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Dr. John Helgeland, Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies, 82, died in Hospice Care at Monument Health Sturgis Care Center in Sturgis, SD on Monday May 8, 2023. His death occurred after a long and valiant battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
MINISTERS are under increasing pressure to compensate university students for the educational and financial losses forced on them during the Covid-19 pandemic. Campaigners spoke of students being “pushed to the brink” by the government’s mishandling of the crisis, as opposition MPs sought a rapid review with the power to recommend compensation. The Department for Education has confirmed that students in England will not be allowed to return to in-person lessons before May 17, by which time most courses will have already finished. Responding to an urgent question today, Universities Mini...
THE University of London (UoL) has been accused of ignoring a series of sexual assaults against students in its halls. The allegations come as students at UoL intercollegiate halls prepare to withhold rent next month as part of a nationwide university rent strike — predicted to be the largest in over four decades. Strike organiser Emerson Murphy told the Morning Star that the university has been “negligent when it comes to protecting the mental health and wellbeing of students living in halls.” He said that allegations of sexual assault had gone “ignored” by the warden, includi...