7 h. ago UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protestsUniversities in the UK reassured arms companies they would monitor students’ chat groups and social media accounts after firms raised concerns about campus protests, according to internal emails.One university said it would conduct “active monitoring of social media” for any evidence of plans to demonstrate against Rolls-Royce at a careers fair. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago South Carolina State University sealed off as 'gunshots heard' near student housing

South Carolina State University is on lockdown following reports of a shooting on campus Saturday night. The reported gunshots came from student housing

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4 d. ago ‘He wasn’t this national hero’: US college students voice concern over Charlie Kirk’s idolization

Black, brown and LGBTQ+ students across the US are puzzled by all the praise the far-right commentator has received after his killingAlana*, a student at Utah Valley University, was taken aback by the deification of Charlie Kirk in the wake of his assassination on 10 September. As an Afro-Latina genderqueer senior at DC’s Howard University, she found it off-putting when she saw an image on Instagram of Kirk hugging Jesus. “He wasn’t this national hero or politician,” Alana, who is using an alias, said. He was “just a white man with a loud opinion.”The sentiment on the historically Black university’s campus, she said, is that Kirk’s rhetoric about marginalized communities was hateful and that they are being unfairly blamed for his death. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trial date for suspect in Florida State mass shooting has been postponed until next October

The trial of the Florida State University student accused of killing two people and wounding six others in a mass shooting on campus in April has been postponed until next October

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7 d. ago Newcastle University student dies after trying MDMA as parents issue warning

Nathan Pavlovic was just 21 when he became unwell after taking the Class A drug MDMA, dying just hours later. Now his family have issued a heartfelt warning as students start university

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7 d. ago Student, 23, took own life when university wrongly told him he failed

Ethan had been told he would not be allowed to graduate, but in fact he would have been awarded a 2:1

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8 d. ago Tragic student took own life after university wrongly told him he wouldn't graduate

Ethan Scott Brown , 23, was expecting an Honours degree in geography after years of hard work at the University of Glasgow but he was incorrectly told he wouldn't be graduating

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8 d. ago Tragic student, 23, took own life after university made major graduation error

Ethan Scott Brown , 23, was expecting an Honours degree in geography after years of hard work at the University of Glasgow but he was incorrectly told he wouldn't be graduating

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8 d. ago How a Leeds University student who suffered from anorexia tragically starved to death in a hotel room in Bali after adopting a raw vegan 'fruitarian' diet

At 27, the Polish-native and former Leeds University student tragically died alone in a hotel room in Bali of malnutrition, having adopted the restrictive routine.

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8 d. ago Honours student took his own life after university wrongly told him he was not eligible to graduate

Ethan Scott Brown, 23, was due to graduate in December 2024 after studying geography at the University of Glasgow .

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8 d. ago Glasgow University student took his own life on graduation day after being given wrong grade

Ethan Brown, 23, was found dead by his mum on what should have been his graduation day in December last year - three months after Glasgow University told him in error that he did not have the necessary credits.

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8 d. ago Ivy League school warns of ‘unprovoked’ slapping attacks tied to social media trend

‘It's pretty scary to hear that you could walk around randomly minding your business, you get slapped by a kid,’ one University of Pennsylvania student told local news

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9 d. ago Sudanese immigrant is found not guilty of raping university student months after arriving in UK

Samir Muhammad, 21, was found not guilty of raping the young woman he met at the Cameo nightclub in Bournemouth, Dorset.

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9 d. ago Student at British university slipped in 'huge puddle' before tumbling to her death off famed Irish cliffs in front of horrified friends, inquest hears

Roxan Bastaens, 20, a Belgian national studying at the University of Edinburgh , had travelled to the west of Ireland for a hiking trip in May last year, weeks before her 21st birthday.

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1 week ago Tinder date turns to horror as woman endures violent sex attack

Sophie, not her real name, was a student at Queen's University Belfast when she was sexually assaulted and has now spoken out in the hopes other victims will pursue justice

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1 week ago Sudanese immigrant accused of raping university student months after arriving in UK says she initiated consensual sex

Samir Muhammad, 21, has denied dragging the alleged victim from a nightclub, raping her and holding her against her will for two hours at his friend's flat in Bournemouth.

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2 w. ago Sudanese immigrant accused of raping university student 'took her phone and messaged her friends to say she was with her boyfriend'

Samir Muhammad is accused of forcing the young woman to strip before raping her after dragging her out of the Cameo nightclub in Bournemouth.

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2 w. ago Former student sues University of Mississippi and Omega Psi Phi over alleged hazing

A former Omega Psi Phi pledge who alleges he was so severely beaten during the Nu Eta chapter’s “Hell Night” that he had to relearn how to walk is now suing the fraternity, the University of Mississippi and multiple other people and organizations

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2 w. ago Robert Redford’s death renews search for suspect in murder of daughter’s boyfriend

FBI announces $10,000 reward to find suspect who disappeared after Sid Wells was fatally shot in 1983The recent death of Robert Redford brought renewed interest to an unresolved search for a murder suspect – the one accused of killing the boyfriend of the acclaimed actor’s daughter in Colorado decades earlier.As local outlets recounted in the aftermath of Redford’s death, his daughter Shauna was attending the University of Colorado Boulder when her boyfriend and fellow student, Sid Wells, was fatally shot in his apartment. Redford was gearing up to film his classic The Natural at the time of the 1 August 1983 murder, yet he was at his daughter’s side in the wake of Wells’ death and was present for his funeral. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Glasgow University student has bid to evacuate family from Gaza rejected by UK government

David Lammy has spoken on a case involving a Gaza woman who is due to study a PhD at Glasgow University.

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