Newcastle University

Student badly injured in suspected hit-and-run

Submitted by editor on Mon, 24/11/2008 - 14:21

From:

The Courier

By: Marina King

Driver runs red light outside Campus Coffee

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Lecturers don’t want to become ‘immigration officers’

Submitted by editor on Tue, 18/11/2008 - 10:30

From:

The Courier

By: Rowan McCabe

From next year, universities will be expected to check whether overseas students are attending their courses.

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Controversy over union blood donation policy

Submitted by editor on Tue, 18/11/2008 - 10:16

From:

The Courier

By: Beatrice Pickup

The National Blood Scheme (NBS) are banned from promoting blood donation within the Union buildings of Newcastle and Sunderland University, due to the NBS policy preventing homo

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50 foreign students expelled

Submitted by Paul Martinovic on Mon, 17/11/2008 - 14:36

From:

The Courier

By: Kate McCann

Forged entry qualifications cause Uni to take action

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Students call to ban bar crawls

Submitted by editor on Mon, 27/10/2008 - 16:26

From:

The Courier

By: Sarah Scott

Scottish students call to ban t-shirt bar crawls after a recent spate of alcohol related deaths throughout the UK

Oxbridge sets bizarre interview questions

Submitted by editor on Mon, 27/10/2008 - 16:17

From:

The Courier

By: Jessica Tully

WOULD you rather be a seedless or non-seedless grapefruit?’ This and other unusual questions were aimed at students hoping for a place at Oxbridge.

Report claims universities are “dumbing down”

Submitted by editor on Mon, 27/10/2008 - 16:14

From:

The Courier

By: Kate McCann

RESEARCH has discovered that University academics are under growing pressure to award higher marks .

Oxford Lecture tops iTunes chart

Submitted by editor on Mon, 27/10/2008 - 15:58

From:

The Courier

By: Bethany Sissons

IT’S NOT just bands topping the iTunes chart at the moment; University lectures are now available through the download service, and academic subjects are making their mark on

Students assaulted outside popular nightclub

Submitted by editor on Mon, 27/10/2008 - 15:39

From:

The Courier

By: Marina King

TWO NEWCASTLE University students were the victims of an attempted mugging outside a takeaway near the popular student nightclub Digital.

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Student news

Students need ‘hard truth’ of A-level choices

Submitted by editor on Mon, 01/12/2008 - 15:41

Students could be ruining their chances of getting into a good university by inadvertently choosing ‘soft’ subjects to take at A-level, a new report has shown.

Science grads in the money

Submitted by editor on Fri, 28/11/2008 - 10:07

Science and technology graduates are more likely to be employed, and earning higher salaries, than arts graduates, research has found.

Best student journalism honoured at ceremony

Submitted by editor on Thu, 27/11/2008 - 11:42

Felix, the newspaper of Imperial College London, was named Student Newspaper of the Year last night at the Guardian Student Media Awards.

Potential students hamstrung by background

Submitted by Paul Martinovic on Tue, 25/11/2008 - 14:58

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A comprehensive survey of current UK students has revealed how influential economic status is when choosing a university.

Facebook used ‘for performance’

Submitted by editor on Thu, 20/11/2008 - 14:11

A new report has analysed the ways in which Facebook and MySpace are used by students to create an ‘ideal self’.

BNP leak sends shockwaves around UK

Submitted by Paul Martinovic on Wed, 19/11/2008 - 15:32

A list featuring a number of current students and academics believed to be members of the British National Party has been leaked on to the internet.

Student News Picks

King’s ‘punk’ draws complaints on University Challenge

Submitted by Paul Martinovic on Fri, 28/11/2008 - 16:52

From:

Varsity

By: Lizzie Tyler

A student from King’s has been contacted by the police after wearing a military jacket on University Challenge.

University investment in arms trade increases

Submitted by editor on Tue, 25/11/2008 - 16:42

From:

Nouse

By: Henry James Foy

The University has been strongly condemned for substantially increasing its investment in arms companies despite continued pressure from divestment groups.