17 h. ago Chinese PhD student who drugged and raped 10 women asked to be chemically castrated in bid to avoid jail time

Zhenhao Zou, 28, was yesterday jailed for a minimum of 22 years for the vile attacks during his time studying at University College, London.

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36 h. ago Moment serial rapist PhD student Zhenhao Zou arrested then makes casual request

Zhenhao Zou was studying for a PhD at a London university but struggled to answer the question 'What is your name?' when officers carried out a dawn raid at his posh flat

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38 h. ago Imperial retains second in the world position in major university ranking

Imperial retains second in the world position in major university ranking  Imperial College London

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40 h. ago This London university is officially better than Oxford and Cambridge for 2026, according to a prestigious ranking

This London university is officially better than Oxford and Cambridge for 2026, according to a prestigious ranking  Time Out

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40 h. ago English university students must face 'shocking' ideas in a drive to protect free speech on campus

The U.K. national regulator for higher education says students at English universities must prepare to confront ideas they find uncomfortable and shocking

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41 h. ago Imperial College London ranked second best university in world as Oxford and Cambridge lose ground

In total, four British universities featured in the international top 10

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45 h. ago King's College London climbs to 31st in world university rankings

King's College London climbs to 31st in world university rankings  King's College London

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47 h. ago QS World University Rankings 2026: MIT tops, Imperial College London 2nd; IIT Delhi best Indian varsity

QS World University Rankings 2026: MIT tops, Imperial College London 2nd; IIT Delhi best Indian varsity  Hindustan Times

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4 d. ago Two London universities are in the top 10 in the UK right now

Two London universities are in the top 10 in the UK right now  Time Out

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1 week ago The Guardian view on Zambia’s Trumpian predicament: US aid cuts are dwarfed by a far bigger heist | Editorial

As the US decries corruption, a paper suggests the real scandal is multinationals legally extracting billions from Africa’s resource-rich nationDonald Trump’s decision to cut $50m a year in aid to Zambia – one of the world’s poorest nations – is dreadful, and the reason given, corruption, rings hollow. There is evidence of large-scale looting, but the real scandal is that the theft appears legal, systemic and driven by foreign interests. In a paper presented to the Association for Heterodox Economics conference in London later this month, Andrew Fischer of Erasmus University Rotterdam argues that Zambia’s economy is not being plundered by domestic actors but rather by transnational corporate practices enabled by opaque accounting. His findings point to a staggering extraction of wealth that dwarfs the value of the aid intended to help.Zambia is blessed – or perhaps cursed – with mineral wealth. It is Africa’s second-largest copper producer. The metal, key to the green...

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2 w. ago Nigerian grandmother sacked from cleaner job at London university over ‘misplaced bracelet’

Nigerian grandmother sacked from cleaner job at London university over ‘misplaced bracelet’  Vanguard News

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2 w. ago Student visas: London bosses slam 'misguided' plan for Government levy on universities' international fees

They are also calling for more investment to tackle the capital’s housing crisis

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2 w. ago Are there billions more people on earth than we thought? If so, it’s no bad thing | Jonathan Kennedy

A study suggests the global population has been undercounted – but we shouldn’t let the overpopulation alarmists win the argumentAccording to the UN, the world’s population stands at just over 8.2 billion. However, a recent study suggests the figure could be hundreds of millions or even billions higher. This news might sound terrifying, but it is important to remember that anxieties about overpopulation are rarely just about the numbers. They reflect power struggles over which lives matter, who is a burden or a threat and ultimately what the future should look like.The world’s population reached 1 billion just after the turn of the 19th century. The number of people on the planet then began to grow exponentially, doubling to 2 billion by about 1925 and again to 4 billion about 50 years later. On 15 November 2022, the UN announced the birth of the eight billionth human.Jonathan Kennedy teaches politics and global health at Queen Mary University of London, and is the author of Pathoge...

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3 w. ago Kent beat holders Gloucestershire in Blast thriller as Somerset see off Surrey

Liam Dawson warmed up for England duty with a four-wicket haul.

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3 w. ago Surrey, Kent and London university research to help psychosis carers

Surrey, Kent and London university research to help psychosis carers  BBC

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3 w. ago Criminologist reveals 7 things she's learned talking to drug mules and their handlers

Dr Fleetwood, senior lecturer in criminology at City St George's, University of London, and author of Drug Mules: Women in the International Cocaine Trade on how traffickers pick drug mules and what they tell them

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3 w. ago Blind tennis champion Naqi Rizvi lobbies for sport's awareness and Paralympic inclusion

Naqi Rizvi loves the “absolute freedom” he feels on the tennis court

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4 w. ago Man rushed to hospital after stabbing at Brunel University in Uxbridge

The Met has confirmed that the victim’s injuries are not life-threatening

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