Dog helping special needs students learn to count and read during lockdown

Teacher’s pet! Dog who can to count to ten and can even spell her own name WOWS This Morning viewers with ‘mind-blowing’ talents Charlotte, from Bradford, has been teaching children remotely during lockdown  Her students have been captivated by her dog who can count to ten and spell  Willow impressed This Morning viewers after showing off … Read more

Lancashire police raid party where 30 Edge Hill University students were caught flouting Covid rules

Police have raided an ‘absolutely ridiculous’ house party as 30 revellers breached coronavirus restrictions for a birthday bash. Officers were called to Ormskirk in Lancashire at 2.45am on Sunday to break up the rave allegedly hosted by ‘bored’ Edge Hill University students. Some escaped by climbing out a window but the organiser – a 20-year-old woman … Read more

Students thank Rebel Wilson after donating $250,000 prize money from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

Students thank Rebel Wilson after she donates her $250,000 prize money from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? to help further their education By Abi Moustafa For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:39 GMT, 2 February 2021 | Updated: 07:39 GMT, 2 February 2021 Rebel Wilson is using her fame for a good cause!  On Tuesday, … Read more

High school students deemed ‘youngest astronomers ever’ find four exoplanets 200-light-years away

High school students deemed ‘youngest astronomers ever’ discover four exoplanets 200-light-years away using the space-based TESS  Kartik Pinglé, 16, and Jasmine Wright, 18, discovered four new exoplanets  The pair used the TESS satellite to observe a sun-like star 200-light-years away Three of the planets are sub-Neptunes and the other is a super-Earth  By Stacy Liberatore … Read more

Medical students ‘wet themselves’ to avoid exam disqualification

A number of final year medical students claim they were forced to wet themselves during a formal exam to avoid being disqualified from the online test. The Doctor’s Association UK (DAUK) has stepped in to represent the students following a string of complaints to the UK Foundation Programme (UKFPO) over the way they handled the … Read more

Medical students say they were forced to wet themselves to avoid being disqualified from online exam

Final year medical students say they were forced to wet themselves to avoid being disqualified from online exam Medical students claim to have wet themselves to avoid exam disqualification  Students across the country were sitting the UK Foundation Programme exam  The online examination was being taken on the Pearson Vue system By Sam Baker For … Read more

France coronavirus: British ‘gap-year students’ are quarantined at ski resort

A group of 26 British skiers is in isolation in a French resort after 16 tested positive for Covid. Villagers in the tiny commune of Vallorcine, in the Chamonix Valley, have branded the party ‘irresponsible’ for escaping UK Lockdown to go skiing. The Brits, described as gap-year students who paid £8,900 each for the 10-week … Read more

Moment police raid lockdown party for dozens of Bristol students

Shocking bodycam footage captures police officers storming a ‘reckless’ lockdown-flouting student party in Bristol. Police flung open the doors of the halls in Bristol city centre to find dozens of students standing in groups in the hallway. They can be heard talking loudly to each other and shouting ‘go’ to clear the area as the … Read more

College chiefs enjoy payments while students have to pay for flats they can’t live in

Universities shell out £500k on bosses’ digs: College chiefs enjoy payments for housekeepers and utilities… while students have to pay for flats they can’t live in because of lockdown £512,309 was spent on residences by 26 universities from 2019 to last year Some vice-chancellors at universities have TV licences and gardening covered Comes as students … Read more

Fresh woe for students as university staff threaten strike action over ‘unsafe’ in-person teaching

Fresh woe for students as university staff threaten strike action if they are asked to resume ‘unsafe’ in-person teaching this academic year University and College Union warned of action if in-person teaching resumes Members already balloted at Northumbria and Birmingham City universities Under current lockdown rules students are not permitted to return to campuses  By … Read more