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1 week agoSix great reads: the man who let snakes bite him, masked heavy metal and the brutal reality for foreign students in the UK
Tim Friede's self-experimentation with snake bites aims to create a universal antivenom amid increasing human-snake interactions due to climate change.
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Higher education
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1 week agoExcessive' financial risks threaten survival of many English universities, report warns
English universities are facing financial risks due to excessive borrowing, rapid expansion, and over-reliance on international students, threatening their sustainability.
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1 week agoI see it as trafficking': the brutal reality of life as a foreign student in the UK
Sam, a 24-year-old from Odisha, sought to study abroad for better job prospects. After filling out forms, he received calls from education agents offering free services to help with university applications.
Higher education
UK politics
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1 month agoHome Office refuses to exempt exceptional students from tough immigration rules
The Home Office rejected the Foreign Secretary's appeal to exempt Chevening scholars from student visa suspensions for Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar, and Sudan, citing concerns about study route abuse and asylum claims.
Higher education
fromBusiness Insider
1 month agoI'm an American who studied at universities in China. The Chinese system was cheaper and set me up for success after graduation.
Chinese universities actively support international student integration and career pathways, contrasting sharply with limited opportunities for international graduates in the US.
fromCN Traveller
3 years agoThe best things to do in Oxford
The Oxford Artisan Distillery (TOAD) produces its whiskey, gin, vodka and liqueur from heritage wheat and rye varieties rediscovered in the thatch of medieval roofs. It's an example of the extraordinary lengths the distillers go here to create their unique flavours while building a regenerative farming system along the way. Tour the distillery to find out all about the processes involved,
Food & drink
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1 month agoSudanese students say UK visa ban has dashed hopes of studying at top universities
More than 200 Sudanese postgraduates and undergraduates fear they will no longer be permitted to take up places at 46 universities, including Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London, with some claiming that their lives have been torn apart by the home secretary's blunt intervention.
Higher education
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoIf I think about what this means, I want to cry': what happens when a city loses its university?
The seaside city of Southend-on-Sea, on England's east coast, looks grey on a winter afternoon in term-time. Its cobbled high street, bordering the university campus, is sparsely populated with market stalls, vape shops and discount retailers, and feels unusually quiet. There used to be lots of shops, restaurants and youth clubs around here, says 23-year-old Nathan Doucette-Chiddicks. Now, the city is about to lose something else that it can scarcely do without.
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Higher education
fromTravel + Leisure
2 months agoI Played Scholar for a Week at Oxford-and Discovered Why Deep Thinking Might Be the Ultimate Luxury
A returning student joins a pricey weeklong Wadham College retreat at Oxford, enjoying curated scholarly experiences while facing familiar last-minute reading anxieties.
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