SU Prevent referendum extended after “technical glitches”
The Students’ Union referendum on Prevent has been extended after “a technical glitch” that meant the referendum question was not actually displayed on the voting page.
Student Council: what is it and why should I care?
Tonight will see student representatives from all corners of the university world – academic, welfare, community, sports, and societies – come together to vote on and make decisions.
Sexual harassment happens on every night out, say 43% of students
More than two-fifths of students who experience sexual harassment say it happens every night they go out, according to research commissioned by alcohol responsibility campaign Drinkaware.
Student debt set to increase by up to a third
Maintenance grants for students from poorer backgrounds will be scrapped next year, following Chancellor George Osborne’s 2015 budget.
City centre alley could be gated and locked, council propose
A passageway in Lincoln city centre could be gated and locked following anti-social behaviour, City of Lincoln Council have proposed.
Robot professors to descend on Lincoln
The University of Lincoln is set to host Europe’s leading robotics conference, with professors displaying research on how robots are moving from labs and factories into homes and workplaces.
Guardian leagues: Lincoln up 11 places, but still down on 2013
University of Lincoln staff are “delighted” after placing 54th out of 119 universities in the Guardian‘s 2016 university league tables, a rise of 11 places on the previous year.
NUS National Executive support Israel boycott
The national executive of the National Union of Students (NUS) voted yesterday to support the BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) movement against Israel.
Campaigners come together for first #ProtestLincs gathering
A new activist group, known as ProtestLincs, gathered by the Cornhill on Saturday (16 May) to protest against the continued commitment to austerity by the newly-elected Conservative government.
NUS VP Welfare: “we need to make it impossible for government to ignore us”
Gregor Smith speaks to Shelly Asquith, newly elected NUS Vice President Welfare, about how she plans to tackle the various emerging crises in student welfare under a majority Conservative government.