Britons turn to sex to pay for education
December 14th, 2011 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 14 (IANS) Rising tuition fees have forced British students into the sex industry.The National Union of Students said students were taking on the "dangerous" work to cope with ... Read more...
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Oz body calls for student visa regime reform
March 14th, 2011 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra (Australia), Mar.14(ANI): The Australian Government has been urged to reform its international student visa program to curb the overseas students downturn.On Monday, Indrajeet Chauhan, the international students' officer of the National ... Read more...
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Martial Law To Be Imposed In UK?
December 16th, 2010 - 8:27 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Dec 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The top police officials in the UK have hinted at the possibility of banning student marches and protest gatherings owing to some instances of violent protest ... Read more...
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Protest in Britain over tution fee hike turns violent
November 10th, 2010 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 10 (IANS) Protests in Britain over the government's plan to raise tution fees in universities turned violent Wednesday as demonstrators marched towards parliament, damaging buildings and clashing with security ... Read more...
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3 in 4 Brit parents use Facebook to check up on their kids’ university antics
September 18th, 2010 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 18 (ANI): A new study has found that three in four parents use social networking site Facebook to check up on their university going children.The research, commissioned by insurance ... Read more...
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One in seven female students in UK suffers serious assault
March 18th, 2010 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 18 (ANI): A study has found that one in seven female students in the UK has been the victim of a serious sexual or physical assault, with many of the ... Read more...
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Safety of Indians a concern: Australian youth leaders
February 4th, 2010 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) In a damage control exercise amid attacks on Indians, a group of young Australian professionals Thursday said their country was "multicultural", but agreed that safety of international ... Read more...
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University students average attention span of just 10 minutes
January 12th, 2010 - 4:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 12 (ANI): University students suffer from a poor attention span of just 10 minutes, according to a new survey.A poll of 1,000 students, conducted for technology company Olympus, found that ... Read more...
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Brit student pub-crawls come under fire over booze-induced mayhem
November 8th, 2009 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 8 (ANI): A firm that arranges drinking events for students in the UK may face a ban after an undergraduate urinated on a war memorial during an event organised by ... Read more...
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Female students are ‘a perk’ to male academics, says Brit varsity VC
September 23rd, 2009 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 23 (ANI): A Brit university vice-chancellor has suggested that female students are a "perk" to be enjoyed by male academics.Terence Kealey, from Buckingham University, said many lecturers knew girls who ... Read more...
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Indian students in Australia rally to protest attacks (Lead, Changing dateline)
June 7th, 2009 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, June 7 (IANS) About 200 Indian students and their supporters marched from the Town Hall to Hyde Park in Sydney to protest against the wave of allegedly racist attacks ... Read more...
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Indian students call for equality at Sunday rally in Sydney
June 7th, 2009 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, June 7 (ANI): Participating in a huge rally outside the Sydney Town Hall on Sunday, hundreds of Indian students and supporters called on the Kevin Rudd Government to stop treating ... Read more...
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Students appeal to Rudd Govt. to probe ‘dodgy colleges’ exploiting foreign students
April 16th, 2009 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Apr.16 (ANI): The Australian Government has been asked to launch an inquiry into the mistreatment of international students amid reports that corrupt training colleges are exploiting them.The National Union of Students ... Read more...
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Oz University rejects demand for Muslims” prayer room
March 23rd, 2009 - 4:07 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar.23 (ANI): The Melbourne-based RMIT University has said that it will not allow Muslim prayer rooms on its campus, leading dozens of Islamic students to announce a plan to protest ... Read more...
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Outrage over drunk Cambridge girls sex simulation acts in booze society initiations
February 7th, 2009 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, February 7 (ANI): Drunken girls at Cambridge University have evoked much criticism by enacting sex acts as members of a drinking society.The students belonging to the Newnham Nuns society left ... Read more...
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Students’ union says Britain’s credit crunch affecting studies
October 21st, 2008 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 21 (IANS) The National Union of Students (NUS) has warned that the credit crunch in Britain may affect students' grades with many of them forced to take up jobs to ... Read more...
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Scottish academics hoping to dump pens for laptops in exam halls
March 2nd, 2008 - 1:52 pm ICT by admin
ANI, Mar 2 (ANI): A Scottish university is trying to break the tradition of writing lengthy exam papers with a pen by allowing students to bring their laptops into the exam hall.According ... Read more...
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