After cancelling the annual performance competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest are considering an ‘alternative’ show. The 2020 contest would have seen performers from 41 countries gather with 16,000 […]
Complete Shutdown of UK Universities due to COVID-19 ‘Impossible’
Vice-chancellors of UK universities have said to the government they are not able to completely shut down if the coronavirus outbreak worsens. This is due to the thousands of students who would be left with […]
“Residents were put at risk of death or serious injury”: Leeds Student Halls in Breach of Fire Safety Orders
Newly built student accommodation Trinity Hall, on Holburn Approach, Woodhouse in Leeds, has been found to be in breach of fire safety orders. The property is sold as a 96-bedroom ‘luxury’ student community spread over […]
New GCSE System is Widening the Gap Between Rich and Poor Students
New research for the social mobility charity, Sutton Trust, condemns the new GCSE system for ‘disadvantaging the disadvantaged’ school pupils who are taking the exams in England. New reforms to GCSE exams were introduced by […]
International Students Crossing Picket Lines ‘Out of Fear of Losing Visas’
From Monday 25th November to Wednesday 4th December, eight days of strikes took place at sixty universities across the UK. Forty thousand members of university staff took part in industrial action to back continuing debates […]
Brexit Uncertainty Threatens Leeds German Christmas Market
In Leeds, the Christkindelmarkt in Millennium Square remains one of the staples of Christmas time in the city. The market is one of the largest and longest-running Christmas markets in the UK. It is organised […]
BBC iPlayer Prepares for the Future of Streaming
The BBC is currently planning a fourth update to its streaming service iPlayer in the wake of the growing popularity of online streaming. With the rise of online streaming networks like Netflix and Amazon Prime […]