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Alice Gast will step down as Imperial College president at the end of her contract She earns £358,600 a year 2 months ago With a salary of £358,600, she is one of Britain’s highest-paid university bosses. Gast’s contract expires in 18 months and she will not be seeking to renew it. This comes after Imperial conducted an independent investigation into allegations of bullying made against Gast in December last year. “I am very sorry that I bullied someone”, she said in a message to the Imperial community.   Despite the university’s resolve to “drive changes as a result of the r...

Cambridge could introduce a reading week, full freshers’ week, and a weekend under a proposal by Cambridge SU Undergraduate President, Ben Margolis. The proposal, which is currently under consultation would significantly revise the Cambridge term structure in an attempt to improve both student well-being and academic performance. The Tab Cambridge spoke to Ben Margolis about his plans:  ‘The current nature of Cambridge education is actively detrimental to student’s education’ Critiques of the Cambridge term structure have a long history, with Ben telling the Tab his proposals came ab...

After over a week of non-stop bing bang bongs, there’s no doubt RuPaul’s Drag Race has provided us with yet another banger. Every new series brings another cover of one of RuPaul’s many anthems and each one is, arguably, more iconic than the last. We had Break Up (Bye Bye) from last year’s Frock Destroyers, we’ve had endless bops from the US series, incredible performances from All Stars and, of course, we’ve also had some really big misses. Out of all the songs this show has given us, some are listened to at least once a week and others are forgotten forever.

Bristol SU has released a statement of support for the University of Bristol Jewish Society (JSoc) after a video of Professor David Miller, a sociology professor at the university, emerged which according to JSoc “criticised Jewish students and the Jewish society” for speaking out against anti-semitism. In the video, the professor calls for the “end” of Zionism as a “functioning ideology of the world”, as well as saying: “It’s fundamental to Zionism to encourage Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism”. He also mentions he has been “complained about” by the presidents of JSoc ...

How to get into hundreds of art galleries and museums for FREE Make 2021 a year to remember and get your Student Art Pass today 6 months ago The pandemic may have taken away our trashy club nights, house parties and uni life as we know it – but there’s one thing we can actually look forward to now lockdown is over: good art and exhibitions. Now with Art Fund’s Student Art Pass, for only FIVE POUNDS, you can get free entry to hundreds of museums and galleries and get 50 per cent off major exhibitions. And the great thing is, all Student Art Pass purchases made this month ...