Pregnant women and new mothers died needlessly in lockdown, Oxford University report finds

Pregnant women and new mothers died needlessly in lockdown after being denied intensive care beds or mental health services, Oxford University report finds Study looked into cases of 16 women who died between March and May this year The report noted that a ‘lack of intensive care beds was repeatedly documented’ It also criticised access … Read more

Taylor Swift donates £23k to Tottenham teenager for university

Taylor Swift has donated over £23,000 to a Tottenham teenager who started a GoFundMe appeal to become a mathematician. The singer, 30, made the generous donation to Vitoria Mario who described herself as a ‘black 18-year-old with a dream’. The teen explained that despite being offered an unconditional place at the University of Warwick to study … Read more

Taylor Swift donates £23,0000 to Tottenham teenager so she can attend university

Taylor Swift has donated over £23,000 to a Tottenham teenager who started a GoFundMe appeal to become a mathematician. The singer, 30, made the generous donation to Vitoria Mario who described herself as a ‘black 18-year-old with a dream’. The teen explained that despite being offered an unconditional place at the University of Warwick to study … Read more

ALL A-Level students will get a place at their first choice university if they have the grades

ALL A-Level students will get a place at their first choice university if they have the grades – and caps on medical degrees will be scrapped, ministers announce By Joe Middleton For Mailonline Published: 11:22 BST, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 11:22 BST, 20 August 2020 All A-Level students will get a place at their … Read more

Durham University offers bursaries to students who defer entry

One of the UK’s top universities is offering bursaries to students who are willing to defer their entry until next year, as up to 55,000 school leavers scramble to get places at their first choice universities. Durham University, recently rated the 11th best university in the country by one guide, says it will provide students … Read more

University Challenge viewers say contestant looks exactly like former host Bamber Gascoigne 

‘Bamber Gascoigne’s aged well!’ University Challenge viewers say studious-looking Belgian contestant from Cambridge is the spitting image of show’s former host Latest episode saw Clare College Cambridge take on Balliol College Oxford However, viewers were distracted by Cambridge contestant Van Soest’s uncanny resemblance to former show host Bamber Gascoigne  Gascoigne, now 85, was famous for … Read more

Angelina Jolie reveals son Maddox, will be studying online for his second year at Yonsei University

Angelina Jolie reveals son Maddox, 19, will be studying online due to the pandemic as he begins his second year at Seoul’s Yonsei University By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 23:00 BST, 17 August 2020 | Updated: 23:00 BST, 17 August 2020 Angelina Jolie has revealed her son Maddox’s study plans amid the coronavirus pandemic.  Her eldest … Read more

A-levels U-turn throws university admissions into chaos

University admissions departments now face a ‘major headache’ amid the chaos of a Government U-turn on the way A-level results are awarded – and the scrapping of a temporary cap on how many students they can accept.    English universities had only been allowed to recruit 5% more UK students than their targets this year in … Read more

University admissions are plunged into fresh chaos by major exam U-turn

University admissions departments now face a ‘major headache’ amid the chaos of a Government U-turn on the way A-level results are awarded – and the scrapping of a temporary cap on how many students they can accept.    English universities had only been allowed to recruit 5% more UK students than their targets this year in … Read more

2014 Taliban massacre survivor wins place at Oxford University

A-level student who played dead to survive 2014 Taliban massacre of 150 pupils at his Pakistan school wins place at Oxford University Ahmad Nawaz, 19, almost lost his arm after a terror attack at his school in 2014  The Taliban attack in Peshawar killed 150 students including his brother Haris He has now accepted a place to … Read more