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To many students, the Big Four grad schemes seem like the Mecca of employment but it turns out they might not be all they're cracked up to be.

Students have been put off by the prospect of online lectures and some have even been offered free accommodation and £10,000 to defer their application.

Durham Students’ Union has accused the UK government of “empowering Holocaust deniers and flat-earthers” through its new Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill, which legally obliges students’ unions to take steps to protect free speech. The Bill, which may still be amended before it becomes law, would legally require universities to defend free speech and “help stamp out unlawful ‘silencing'”. This legal duty would also apply to students’ unions which “will have to take reasonably practicable steps to ensure lawful freedom of speech”. The government claims it “has b...

Editors from all 24 universities of the Russell Group Universities stand together against the Russell Group stance of no 'no detriment' policy support.

0 January 21, 2021 13:00 by Phoebe Raine Russell Group Student Newspapers As the editors of Russell Group student newspapers, we are writing collectively to request a reversal of the Russell Group’s statement, 7 January 2020, ‘on ensuring fair assessment and protecting the integrity of degrees’. As editors, not only are we students ourselves but we are also in constant contact with the students at our respective universities, as part of the function of our extracurricular roles. Apart from sharing in their collective experiences, we have a unique insight i...