Club Easy takes double rent by mistake
Student accommodation ClubEasy took out double payments from students last week. Some were left without money while some are still waiting for refunds.
Lecturers may strike over pay increase
The lecturers' union UCU may go on strike following the breakdown of pay negotiations. Most lecturers at the University of Lincoln are represented by the union, but the ballot results…
Lincoln leaps up universities league tables
The University of Lincoln has gone up over twenty places in this year's Complete University Guide, published in the Independent newspaper. Oxford topped the list once again, while London South…
Students want their £500 bursary back
Students are campaigning to get a £500 end-of-year bursary back. The university decided to stop paying it with 2008's intake.
Charges ruled out after Engine Shed incident
The door staff arrested on suspicion of assaulting William Pleasants will not face any charges. An inquest will follow this decision.
Higher Education funding: The good, the bad, and the ugly
A mysterious US donor, Oxford wants tuition fee rises, and corrupting foreign influence.
Report: British students study less than Europeans
A report has shown that British graduates are studying less than their continental counterparts, placed second bottom after the Czech Republic.
Student Council votes for No Platform
At the last meeting of this academic year the Student Council voted to act against offensive groups by introducing a version of the NUS's controversial No Platform policy.
NUS wants booze price hike
At their recent conference in Blackpool the NUS decided to look into setting a minimum price per unit for alcohol sold in bars run by Students' Unions. The move comes…
Budget cuts higher education spending
The 2009 budget does few favours for universities, with spending cuts on top of a recent freeze in student numbers. Only new students will be affected, not current ones.