Universities Minister, Greg Clark, has visited India in an attempt to mend the relationship between the UK and India and reverse the image that Britain is an unwelcoming country. In recent years the UK has seen a drop in the number of Indian students attending British universities. In the governmentís attempt to reduce immigration, tighter…
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Controversy after NUS rejects ‘boycott Isis’ motion
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the National Union of Students (NUS) has declined to support a motion to condemn the Islamic State at its September meeting, over fears that parts of the motion were Islamophobic. The motion called on the NUS to boycott “anyone found to be funding the Isis or supplying them with…
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Osborne: apprenticeships should be funded by cutting youth benefits
At the Conservative conference two weeks ago, the Chancellor, George Osborne unveiled plans that he claims will tackle the long term problem of youth unemployment, including removing housing benefit from childless young people, preventing under- 21s from claiming Job Seekers’ Allowance if they are still unemployed after six months and using the money saved to…