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Return to university delayed for selected student groups

by Ella Williams• 2nd December 2020

New government guidance asks students to return at staggered starting dates after Christmas to minimise the spread of coronavirus, with some not due back until 7 February. The...

Newcastle and Sussex Universities to use Lateral Flow Devices for COVID-19 testing

by Dominic Lee• 2nd December 2020

Only a few days before student COVID-19 testing begins, Dom Lee reports on the latest university news...

County Durham baby expected to live for minutes celebrates her first birthday

by Alice Holmes• 2nd December 2020

Alice Holmes reports on local baby with Spina Difida who defied the odds and celebrated her first birthday....

Newcastle University students campaign for safety net

by Kayleigh Fraser• 2nd December 2020

Students are campaigning for another safety net for this academic year. Kayleigh Fraser reports...

Newcastle named global ‘climate leader’

by Sophie Wilson• 1st December 2020

Sophie Wilson reports on Newcastle's new title as global 'climate leader'...

Legalise it: LSD

by Max Bover• 1st December 2020

Max Bover examines the history and the usage of LSD, and considers whether it’s seeming success as a mental health medicine will mean a legalization sometime in the future....

Bristol University makes U-turn on threat to take unpaid rent from bursaries

by Alex Walker• 1st December 2020

Bristol University faces backlash. Alex Walker reports...

How will churches celebrate Christmas 2020?

by Kate Lovell• 1st December 2020

‘Everyone agrees that Christmas is about light, so I think it’s a time to explore the one who claims to be the light’ Brogan Hume, Ordinand at St Thomas’350 Kate Lovell...