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Student, 20, is forced to crowdfund to pay annual £20,000 International Student fees

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Award-winning chemical engineering student, 20, reveals she’s been forced to crowdfund her £23,000-a-year fees because she’s classed as an ‘international student’ despite living in the UK since she was NINE Opemipo Hamilton, 20, moved to the UK with her family from Nigeria aged nine and grew up in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire The second year Chemical Engineering student at … Read more

Desperate hospitals are forced to crowdfund for vital PPE equipment

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NHS staff have been forced to fly in their own supplies of visors, masks and gowns after raising millions through crowdfunding. They have welcomed the donations but say it should never have been necessary. One appeal – called Masks for NHS Heroes – has already raised £1.8million. The group, started by a team of NHS … Read more