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A rather entertaining story in this fortnight's edition of the Forge Press at the University of Sheffield. Apparently, the Sheffield University Officer Training Corps have been involved in the publication of the wonderfully titled 'Slag Mag' - a periodical detailing the various sexual exploits of its members.
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I can't work out whether this story is an April Fool's Day joke or not. Students campaigning to get rid of Facebook and Twitter from university computers? 'Surely not', I thought. 'Must be a wind up'. But that was until I recalled a moment of weakness in first year when I emailed the technicians and...
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The Credit Crunch is going to affect practically all universities, especially their endowments - Harvard lost $8 billion (yes, that's billion with a B) when the stock exchanges of the world went south. As a result, an advert for a conference on 'Managing University Estates' arrived in my inbox from THE. The day long...
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It's never a good time for bosses to reveal massive pay rises for themselves. But the timing of this particular story takes the biscuit. After grudgingly giving staff a pay rise of, on average around 5.7%, it turns out Vice-Chancellors last year received a pay increase of 9%. Oh dear.
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At the beginning of the year, two of Britain’s great institutions join forces. In an unprecedented move The University of Chichester and Butlins came together to offer a degree in becoming a Redcoat. A quick glance at a Redcoats alumni list shows Michael Barrymore, Darren Day and H from Steps all started life as...
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As I’ve said before, the credit crunch really isn’t that bad for students. If you’re graduating in July, you will have some trouble finding a job. But, hey, use the gap to do something fun. Go teach scuba diving in Thailand. Go volunteer. Do an MA. Don’t sit there and sob because some God-awful...
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The room was jammed. People were even standing at the back to get a glimpse of the speaker. Black and white scarves dominated the room, each wearer showing his or her solidarity with the Palestinian movement. There was a palpable sense of excitement among the crowd, an energy stemming from the feeling that history...
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Entrapment is a horrible thing. Whether it’s US snipers using ‘bait’ to give themselves an excuse to shoot Iraqis, or just a really bad movie, it should be avoided in all forms. But, according to The Times, this is exactly what the government is doing to the UK’s universities: “Universities will now have their...
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