Hundreds of Liverpool students gather for St Patrick’s Day gathering – despite Covid-19 lockdown

Hundreds of students gathered at a Liverpool park this afternoon as part of St Patrick’s Day celebrations, despite the national lockdown. Police were sent to Sefton Park after footage shared on Twitter and Snapchat showed crowds drinking in the sun as they flouted Covid-19 guidelines. By the time they were moved on, crowds had left … Read more

At least 99 students who traveled to Cancún tested positive for COVID-19 upon returning to Argentina

A total of 99 students have tested positive for COVID-19 since returning to Argentina following a high school graduation trip to Cancún amid reports that some negative test results were faked to allow them to fly.  Argentine newspaper Clarín reported that students from 35 schools in the country had signed up for the vacations that … Read more

Entire year of 230 students is sent home from school after positive Covid tests

Entire year of 230 students is sent home from school after positive Covid tests less than a week into return to school Whole of Year 10 at Budmouth Academy in Dorset are back to remote learning The pupils had only returned to school on Monday for first time since January They must now isolate for … Read more

Students sitting 6 feet apart in classrooms no better protected from those who sit 3 feet apart

Social distancing in classrooms where children sit six feet apart is NOT necessary and they’re no better off than sitting three feet apart, new study finds as Biden pushes for children to get back to school A new study looked at 251 Massachusetts school districts open for in-person learning in fall 2020 that had six … Read more

Attainment gap between black students and their white peers ‘too high’, watchdog warns

Attainment gap between black students and their white peers at university is ‘too high’, higher education watchdog warns New data found black students less likely to get top degrees than white peers Office for Students found 68.2 per cent of black students gained a first or 2:1 In same time period, 2019-20, 86.6 per cent of … Read more

Five Bolivian students die and three injured as fourth-storey railing collapses over stairwell

At least five students die and three are injured as railing collapses sending people plummeting down a four-storey stairwell as dozens of youngsters try to cram into Bolivian university protest meeting WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: A huge crowd was gathered at El Alto University They were trying to enter an assembly room when a metal barrier … Read more

Student’s lottery numbers come up in £182 Euromillions draw but she forgot to buy weekly ticket

Student whose lottery numbers came up came up in £182million Euromillions draw – the week she forgot to buy a ticket Rachel Kennedy from Hertfordshire thought she had scooped Friday’s jackpot  The Brighton student plays the lottery with the same numbers every week When she rang to claim the win, she was told she hadn’t … Read more

Student’s lottery numbers come up in £182 Euromillions draw but she forgot to buy weekly ticket

Student whose lottery numbers came up came up in £182million Euromillions draw – the week she forgot to buy a ticket Rachel Kennedy from Hertfordshire thought she had scooped Friday’s jackpot  The Brighton student plays the lottery with the same numbers every week When she rang to claim the win, she was told she hadn’t … Read more

Woke Lancaster students demand The Sugarhouse Nightclub is renamed due to links to city’s slavery

Woke Lancaster students demand The Sugarhouse Nightclub change its name due to links to city’s slave trade Sugarhouse Nightclub is located on Sugarhouse Alley and run by student union But undergrads think it should be renamed over ‘vicious atrocities’ in slave trade  A petition has been set up and needs around 320 signatures to be … Read more

Cambridge University students who break Covid rules must write essay

Students at Cambridge University have allegedly been forced to write five-page essays on the ‘perils’ of breaking Covid-19 rules if caught flouting them. Bosses at the university have also allegedly asked repeat rulebreakers to carry out ‘community service’ and undergraduates at one college have even been banned from their own rooms as punishment.  These punishments … Read more