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CAMPUS POLICE SHOOT DEAD LGBT ACTIVIST ARMED WITH KNIFE AT GEORGIA UNIVERSITY
CAMPUS POLICE SHOOT DEAD LGBT ACTIVIST ARMED WITH KNIFE AT GEORGIA UNIVERSITY President of Pride Alliance, 21, killed in front of dorm residents after refusing to drop weapon in unexplained standoff Georgia Tech police shot and killed the president of the Pride Alliance student group on Saturday night in full view of dorm residents. Police encountered Scout Schultz, a 21-year-old computer engineering student who identified as neither male nor female , in a parking lot outside the dorms after someone called 911 to report “a person with a knife and a gun,” according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Schultz didn't appear to be holding a gun in video recorded from a window above the parking lot, as the campus was placed on lockdown shortly before midnight. But the student was armed with a knife, the bureau wrote in a statement - and video shows officers repeatedly telling Schultz to drop the weapon as the student advances. “Come on m...
EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY IN RUSSIA FACES CLOSURE
EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY IN RUSSIA FACES CLOSURE With its teaching licence revoked and the forced removal from its premises, the European University in St Petersburg is on life support. “We have lost virtually everything,” says one of its professors For the European University in St Petersburg , each day is about survival. It has been this way for some time. The private and internationally-backed postgraduate school has been a target of lawmakers for over a decade, in what critics claim is a complicated plot to stifle independent points of view, take ownership of a historic building, and stamp out western influences. It’s a collection of different players who have come together to crush it,” says Dmitry Dubrovsky, associate research fellow at the Centre of Independent Social Research in St Petersburg, and a former student of the university. “They are doing this with the aid of the rule of law and the Russian bureaucratic machine. The university, which has 100 s...
OXFORD STUDENT WHO WON RIGHT TO STAY IN UK SAYS VISA PROCESS SHOULD BE MORE TRANSPARENT
OXFORD STUDENT WHO WON RIGHT TO STAY IN UK SAYS VISA PROCESS SHOULD BE MORE TRANSPARENT Brian White, 21, tells of relief but says he does not think he would have heard from Home Office in time without publicity Brian White, the student who won a protracted battle to remain in Britain and take up his place at Oxford University, has called on the Home Office to be more transparent and clear in its visa application processes. White, 21, from Wolverhampton, faced losing his place at Oxford because of uncertainty over his immigration status, but following a nationwide campaign the Home Office granted him indefinite leave to remain in the UK . I think the process is quite confusing for people who don’t have a solicitor beside them, someone to actually do the work for them,” White said in his first interview since that decision. When I was trying to read all the documentation and find out what I had to do, before I got my solicitor, I didn’t understand most of it. ...
OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE TOP WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS
OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE TOP WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS Oxford beats Cambridge to top spot as several other leading British institutions slide down league table Oxford and Cambridge have grabbed the top slots in the musical chairs of the international university league table, despite fears that British higher education is facing disruption over funding and student tuition fees. The latest rankings by Times Higher Education (THE) put Oxford on top for the second year in a row and rival Cambridge in second, displacing the California Institute of Technology. The sterling performance of Oxbridge and other British universities comes as a fillip to the sector after a summer of headlines criticising vice-chancellors’ pay and rising graduate debt, with the government threatening to overhaul funding. At the THE summit on Monday, Louise Richardson, Oxford’s vice-chancellor, attacked “completely mendacious” politicians who had suggested university leaders ...
TALENTED STUDENT RISKS LOSING PLACE AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY
TALENTED STUDENT RISKS LOSING PLACE AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY 'DUE TO HOME OFFICE VISA ERRORS' A talented chemistry student risks losing a place at Oxford University due to uncertainty over his immigration status. Friends of Brian White , 20, have launched a petition urging officials to review his case after what they say were errors made by the Home Office. Brian was brought up in an orphanage in Zimbabwe until age six-year-old, before being adopted by a family who later moved to the UK. The student only got permission to join to join his relatives in Britain at age 15 and excelled at school with four A* grades at A-level. But when he applied for student finance, his immigration status was red-flagged, leaving his future in doubt. Supporters say mistakes were made with Brian's paperwork when he first arrived into the UK. They say he should have been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain by the Home Office , but was instead given Limited Leave to Remain, ...
WHAT TO DO WHEN GRADUATE WITH A 2.2 OR BELOW
GRADUATED WITH A 2.2 OR BELOW? HERE'S WHAT TO DO From networking to maximising your day job, experts give their advice on finding a job when your degree didn’t meet your expectations Ripping open up the envelope to see you’ve received a 2.2 or below may not be how you envisaged starting life as a graduate, but don’t be disheartened: a lower degree classification doesn’t mean you’ve hindered your chances of securing your dream career, whatever that might be. But for those unsure of what next step to take, it’s worth dedicating time to exploring what kind of career you’d like. Think about what interests you and what your passions are. “If you need help, find out if your university careers service can still support you,” says Laura Hooke, a careers consultant working at Lough borough University London. “They may be able to talk to you by phone, Skype or email if you are no longer in the area. See if you can access any useful resources on their website to help you cons...
CHINA CENSORSHIP TO BOYCOTT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS FACES BOYCOTT OVER CHINA CENSORSHIP Academics pressure publisher as Beijing mouthpiece says western institutions can leave if they don’t like ‘the Chinese way’ Cambridge University Press must reject China’s “disturbing” censorship demands or face a potential boycott of its publications, academics have warned, as a Communist party newspaper attacked critics of Beijing’s information war as “arrogant and absurd”. In a petition published on Monday, academics from around the world denounced China’s attempts to “export its censorship on topics that do not fit its preferred narrative”. The appeal came after it emerged that Cambridge University Press (CUP), the world’s oldest publishing house, had complied with a Chinese instruction to block online access to more than 300 politically sensitive articles from its highly respected China Quarterly journal. The blacklisted articles covered topics including Chairman Mao’s Cultu...