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Al-Qaeda recruits at uni
Drink-drive sabbatical shame
Student leaders and human rights groups will protest former Iranian president Mohammed Khatami's visit to the UK.
Spying suggestion concerns academics Lecturers have expressed concern over reports that university staff may be asked to spy on students to tackle extremism.
Muslim radicals given debate platform Radical Islamists debated alongside moderate Muslims at an event organised by students.
Oxford academics unite against animal lab A new protest group has been set up to oppose Oxford’s controversial animal-testing facility.
Glasgow welcomes sleeping students Glasgow University is to run a series of night classes for insomniacs.
Website launched to solve parking problems A new website to help people who need to find parking spaces was launched in September.
The Joneses try to keep up An event to break the world record for the largest ‘same surname’ gathering will take place in Cardiff.
Campus life sobers up From this month, students in England will pay up to £3000 a year in fees.
Mystery of Briton’s death
The official account of the death of a British student is into doubt following new evidence.
Tributes for stab victim
The parents of a student stabbed to death in her own home have paid tribute to their daughter.
SNP to end fees discrimination
The Scottish National Party has pledged to end the fees discrimination against English students.
89-year-old graduates
A great-grandfather graduated from university this month just days before his 90th birthday.
Cows have regional accents
Language specialists announced that cows have regional accents.
Link between music taste and lifestyle
New research has identified links between the lifestyle we lead and our taste in music.
BNP banned from debate Students at the University of Exeter have voted against allowing the British National Party (BNP) to speak at a debate on campus.
Poll shows major issues facing students A new website aims to highlight the main problems facing students in the UK.
Queen’s forges ‘historic’ new links in US Queen’s University Belfast has forged important new links with Georgetown University.
15,000 less start uni Following the introduction of top-up fees, 15,000 less students started university this year.
Poker Players Love The Flop 194 hopefuls shed their clothes at the World Strip Poker Championships.
WARNING: ‘Behave or else’
Two universities have introduced contracts requiring good behaviour and attendance by students.
Suspended sentence for student voyeur
A student voyeur received a two-year suspended sentence earlier this month.
Bank first to launch Islamic student account
A bank has become the first in the UK to launch a specialised account for Muslim students.
Student complaints increase
A report shows an increase in students complaining to a university watchdog.
Waterstone’s Campus Shop Grievance
Waterstone’s, announced that 17 of its 28 academic bookshops were to become ‘satellites’.
Uni power plant to cut carbon emissions
Loughborough University aims to generate all of its own electricity.
