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Post-18 Education Review Finds ‘Burning Injustices’
The Augar review of post-18 education in the UK has recommended that tuition fees be lowered to £7,500 per year to be repaid over 40 years
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Anonymity Breaches Exposed in Online Marking System
Students from at least four of the five academic colleges appear to have had assignments marked non-anonymously in 2019, in breach of the University of Birmingham’s code of practice
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ValeFest Ready For its Fifteenth Festival
ValeFest, UoB’s multi-entertainment charity festival, returns for its 15th Anniversary Edition on Saturday 8th June
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Final Question Time for 2018-19 Officers
The potential removal of the Guild President position emerged as a talking point from this year's final Officer Question Time
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Birmingham MP Addresses Homeless Crisis in Commons
Rhiannon Wood reports on Liam Byrne MP's speech in the House of Commons where he read out the names of 22 homeless people who have died in Birmingham since 2017
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Boy Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison Following Selly Oak Stabbing
The perpetrator of a 'sickening' stabbing in October 2018 on Heeley Road has been sentenced to 18 years in prison
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Birmingham Clean Air Zone Approved
News Reporter Diana-Andreea Mandiuc reports on Birmingham City Council's Clean Air Zone project
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UoB Research Cuts Branded a ‘Betrayal’ by Academic Staff
The College of Arts and Law (CAL) has proposed to cut down the time academic staff spend on research, which one lecturer has branded a ‘betrayal’ by the University of Birmingham
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PayPal Urged to Block Payments to Essay Writing Services
Education Secretary Damian Hinds has called on PayPal and other payment firms to block transactions made to essay writing companies
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Birmingham MP Turns Down UoB Honour Due to Living Wage Controversy
The Labour MP for Hodge Hill, Liam Byrne, has rejected an Honorary Senior Research Fellowship from the University of Birmingham because the University does not have an official living wage employer status
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UoB Researchers Receive Funding to Reduce STIs in Men Aged 16-25
Academics at the University of Birmingham are collaborating with researchers from the University of Southampton, the University of Westminster, and Coventry University to launch a new study to help improve condom use amongst young people, especially men, aged 16 to 25 in the UK to tackle sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
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One Third of Young People Across the UK Are Registered To Vote
According to The Electoral Commission, the independent body which oversees elections in the UK, only a third of young people are registered to vote