Student News - September, 2008

Chesney fails to draw students to ball

Submitted by editor on Sat, 27/09/2008 - 23:00

From:

Exeposé

By: Adam Walmesley - News Editor

Students enjoyed “The One and Only” official all-nighter, despite the Summer Ball being hit by poor ticket sales.

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Record-breaking Dan runs Britain for charity

Submitted by editor on Sat, 27/09/2008 - 23:00

From:

Exeposé

By: Adam Walmesley - News Editor

History has been made by an Exeter student, as Dan Driver became the first person to run the length of Britain solo.

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Exeter students pay the price

Submitted by editor on Sat, 27/09/2008 - 23:00

From:

Exeposé

By: Catriona Wightman - News Editor

Exeter is the most expensive place in the country to study, a report has revealed.

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Violent attack on Exeter student

Submitted by editor on Sat, 27/09/2008 - 23:00

From:

Exeposé

By: Adam Walmesley - News Editor

An Exeter student was stabbed in a violent attack that he believes was a racially motivated attempted murder.

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Live! on Awards Shortlist

Submitted by editor on Wed, 24/09/2008 - 12:24

From:

Live!

By: Ashley Brown

Live! has been shortlisted in the Guardian Student Media Awards for the second year running, with Felix also up for a number of awards.

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Further disappointment for Holloway in league tables

Submitted by editor on Tue, 23/09/2008 - 16:09

From:

The Founder

By: Tom Matthews

Royal Holloway has again slipped in the university rankings, following last year’s significant slide down the league tables.

New development criticised

Submitted by editor on Thu, 18/09/2008 - 12:13

From:

Edinburgh Student

By: James Ellingworth

The multi-million pound development of a new accommodation block was strongly criticised recently by EUSA President Adam Ramsay.

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Freshers’ Week 2008

Submitted by editor on Thu, 18/09/2008 - 10:36

From:

The Courier

By:

5000 new students descend on city for week of madness.

Edinburgh heroes storm Olympics

Submitted by editor on Wed, 17/09/2008 - 23:00

From:

Edinburgh Student

By: Sarah Morrison

Alumnus Hoy bags three gold medals at the Beijing 2008 games.

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Pram ban on buses leaves mothers ‘isolated’

Submitted by editor on Wed, 17/09/2008 - 23:00

From:

Edinburgh Student

By: Mairi Gordon

Award-winning Edinburgh public transport company Lothian Buses has come under fire for imposing a ban on non-folding prams and buggies aboard their buses.

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Anger as students spend Freshers’ Week in hotels

Submitted by editor on Wed, 17/09/2008 - 23:00

From:

Edinburgh Student

By: James Ellingworth

Pollock Halls rooms to hold bunk beds.

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Students bear the brunt of inflation

Submitted by Paul Martinovic on Wed, 17/09/2008 - 23:00

From:

Edinburgh Student

By: Neil Pooran

AFTER A summer of grim economic news, new research is showing that students will be among those hit the hardest by the country’s financial squeeze.

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£14,151, the hidden price of a degree in 2008

Submitted by Paul Martinovic on Wed, 17/09/2008 - 23:00

From:

Edinburgh Student

By: Lyle Brennan

With incoming students underestimating the cost of living and the economy in the throes of a financial slump, studying in the UK is turning into pricey business

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Edinburgh University shares prop up Mugabe government

Submitted by Paul Martinovic on Wed, 17/09/2008 - 23:00

From:

Edinburgh Student

By: Liz Rawlings

EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY’S investments have helped to prop up Robert Mugabe’s dictatorship in Zimbabwe, Student can reveal.

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Last orders for under-21s

Submitted by Paul Martinovic on Tue, 16/09/2008 - 23:00

From:

Edinburgh Student

By: Jenny Baldwin

Scottish Government proposes to raise drinking age from 18 to 21

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Lehman collapse stifles Varsity sponsorship

Submitted by editor on Tue, 16/09/2008 - 23:00

From:

Cherwell

By: Liz Bennett

Chaos on the world markets spilled over into the sheltered world of Oxford sport yesterday, as the annual Varsity rugby match lost its sponsor, the bankrupt financiers Lehman Br

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Mullan Cleared by the NUS, Suspended by KCLSU

Submitted by editor on Wed, 10/09/2008 - 23:00

From:

Live!

By: Ashley Brown

KCLSU President Chris Mullan has been cleared by the NUS of making racist remarks at a training event, despite a 'witch hunt' which saw him suspended by KCLSU.

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KCLSU President Provokes Controversy

Submitted by editor on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 14:22

From:

Live!

By: The Dark Knight

King's President Chris Mullan has attracted press coverage following claims of racism at an NUS training event.

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