Career departments up and down the country push students towards Russell Group universities. Mine was no exception. They stated that these universities were the best, where you needed to be to succeed and would aid my future job prospects. These assumptions commonly surround Russell Group universities. Consequently, these misconceptions can lead to elitism in higher education.
Initially formed in 1994, Russell Group universities are a self-selected association of 24 universities, with Durham University joining this tight-knitted pack in 2012. Taking pride of place on the main page of their website is their own aggrandised statements of them being a group of “world-class” and “world-leading” institutions. Yet it is their shared interests in being vanguards in research and knowledge which unites these universities. Awareness that research bonds Russell groups together is deeply needed in preventing assumptions from parents, career departments and students that the Russell Gr
Britain has highest sin taxes of any major European country
Britain ranks 12th in Europe for sin taxes and prohibitions
14 May 2021 • 6:00am
Government levies on sugary drinks and alcohol have left Britain paying more in so-called “sin taxes” than any major European country.
A report by the Institute of Economic Affairs, the free-market think tank, said Britain ranked ahead of many other European countries based on its taxes and other prohibitions on alcohol, tobacco, e-cigarettes and junk food.
The IEA’s “Nanny State Index” ranked Britain in 12th place, making it the highest-ranking major economy on the list. France was rated 15th and Germany was 30th, the most free .
The Legatum Institute is to end its work on Brexit after months of controversy over the think tank’s influence on government policy.In the past few weeks it has severed links with Matthew Elliott, who
As Britain booms again, let us scrub ‘despite Brexit’ from the lexicon
By early next year the UK is set to close the entire economic gap with the eurozone that has built up since the Brexit referendum
12 May 2021 • 6:32pm
Britain’s coiled-spring recovery is now an economic fact, and it looks even stronger than the most giddy optimists had dared to hope.
Barring any upset from Covid variants or a bond rout, the British economy will be the G7 star this year. That is not in itself surprising. Part of this is a mechanical V-shaped rebound from last year’s exaggerated statistical dip.
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Boris Johnson is set to press ahead with controversial plans for a total ban on online junk food ads, despite industry experts branding the idea not even half-baked .
The Queen s Speech includes legislation to impose the restrictions, along with a block on TV adverts before the 9pm watershed and ending buy one get one free deals for unhealthy foods.
But No10 has ditched another controversial proposal that would have forced pubs to list calorie counts on all beer, wine and spirits, following fury from hospitality bosses who branded the idea un-British .
Plans to ban junk food adverts online were put out to consultation just before Christmas but faced fierce opposition from senior Tories and the industry.