Check the date! All the ways we got you good on April Fool’s Day 2025

Well, it’s that time of year again – April Fool’s Day 2025, and The Tab has fooled you literally left, right and centre and had a good hearty chuckle along the way. Nothing is more fun than being able to come up with outlandish albeit believable yarns and seeing how many people fall for it. Endless fun.

We’ve had a great time peddling silly little joke stories across our local Tab sites, across campus and on a National end. Whether The Tab has fooled you with compulsory surf lessons at Bournemouth, Jamie Laing themed pubs in Leeds or vape induced concentration improvements, it’s been chaos. And that’s before we get to the National jokes of Bonnie Blue, toxic MAFS and Love Island! Here’s a rundown of all The Tab trickery on April Fool’s Day 2025.

The Tab National

On the National end, we had a right laugh coming up with the nonsense that Bonnie Blue would be joining Dragons’ Den as the latest Dragon. This is of course, not true – although people may have many thoughts about Bonnie but one thing you cannot take away from her is that she is very entrepreneurial.

The Holy Church of Netflix

Credit: Netflix

The Tab’s Holy Church of Netflix page played a blinder and told you that Squid Game season three was actually coming next week. Despite the fact this would have been absolutely heaven on earth, I’m afraid you’re going to have to wait til June 27th of this year after all!

The Holy Church of Love Island

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Over on The Tab’s Love Island page, we obviously couldn’t resist any April Fool’s Day without a Love Island gag and 2025 is no different. We conned you into thinking that Love Island Mega Stars was coming – an All Stars full of just Islanders who’ve been on All Stars. You know Casey would be bag packing SO hard.

The Holy Church of MAFS

We also take you to church on our MAFS page, and we sneakily tricked you into thinking that MAFS Australia had been pulled off air because male cast members had been branded “too toxic for TV”. This didn’t actually happen, although let’s be honest – it probably should have.

Oxford

Funnily enough, Timothée Chalamet is finding himself quite booked and busy of recent and will not actually be heading to the University of Oxford to study philosophy. Please someone tell Club Chalamet to stand down.

Belfast

We tricked you in Belfast that Queen’s University was planning to open vape rooms to combat students vaping in lectures. Funnily enough this is actually a lie, but if it was true I’d pop down for a couple of puffs.

Birmingham

the University of Birmingham’s Old Joe is famous for being the world’s tallest freestanding clock, but we lied our pants off and told you it was getting smashed down to tackle everyone in Selly Oak having a whinge about the racket it makes.

Bournemouth

As gorgeous as the sea might be when you had down to the Bournemouth coast, students may be dismayed to hear that the university is not actually making surf lessons compulsory. Wish they would, though.

Bristol

Great news for Surrey residents but less great news for the vibey students of Bristol – the uni is not actually banning applicants from Surrey for having vibes that are off. You guys live to posh another day.

Oxford Brookes

Don’t panic Oxford Brookes students, despite our crafty little April Fool’s Day 2025 lie you still can actually all go to Fishies. It doesn’t matter if lecture attendance is low on Thursday, your rights remain!

Cambridge

Breathe a sigh of relief all you lot at Cambridge, you don’t actually have to wear compulsory sub fusc uniform. Twas merely an April Fool’s Day yank of your chain.

Cardiff

In news that must have rocked the Cardiff student population off its axis, no – Cardiff University is NOT getting removed from the Russell Group. A sigh of relief heard across Wales.

Coventry

The outrageous lie that Coventry uni was implementing some draconian 11pm curfew on house parties is THANKFULLY not true. Just another bit of April Fool’s Day merriment.

Durham

Fans of Durham University college bars live to bevvy another day – they’re not shutting down due to being inferior to Jimmy’s. Despite our devious lies, hehe.

Edinburgh

Look, if there was one university that would actually try to enforce a compulsory uniform on campus, you know full well it would be Edi. Thankfully all the stylish students over on Edi Tab TikTok can continue to slay.

Exeter

Would like to stress there is no truth to a new strain of chlamydia surging out of University of Exeter halls right now.

Glasgow

Pints of Fun fans please swiftly drink UP because they live to ruin hangovers once again! They’re not getting banned, there’s no VK shortage, it’s just April Fool’s Day 2025.

King’s 

Funnily enough, guys, King’s College London isn’t letting students vape in order to help their concentration. Imagine!

Lancaster

In a wily little April Fool’s Day bit of trickery, Lancaster University is NOT switching its name to King’s College Lancaster so people stop muddling it up with UCLan. I bet it would love to, though.

Leeds

Despite the fact the always up for a laugh Jamie Laing himself shared this news to his Instagram story, I can confirm that there will not be a pub on the Otley Run opening in his honour where all the staff have to wear blonde wigs. But if it was true I’d be there having a Guinness.

Lincoln

More false enforced clothing rules was the lie peddled to you over in Lincoln, and it was all a trick! Rest assured next academic year you will not have to be wearing business clothes.

Liverpool

Wishful thinking indeed – if you’re in Liverpool your lecture times will remain at 9am and no matter how bad you may want it the 6pm lecture story was just a fun little joke.

London

There is truly no such thing as UCL and King’s College London merging together into one super university. But imagine the utter chaos if it did!

Manchester

Despite the fact she’s the hardest working woman to ever work a day in her life, the University of Manchester will not be bestowing Molly-Mae with an honorary degree in fashion business.

Newcastle

Perhaps lecturers would adore this to actually come true, but Newcastle isn’t introducing breathalyser tests once a week in order to combat binge drinking. Pass the VKs!

Nottingham

Another little appearance of everyone’s fave OnlyFans diva, Nottingham’s own export Bonnie Blue. Despite the fact she knows her way around it, she won’t be popping in to the Uni of Notts to give a lecture on human anatomy.

Sheffield

From Bonnie straight to Lily Phillips, the University of Sheffield alum will not be going back there to do a Master’s degree. She’s got enough on her plate, to be fair.

Southampton

Freshers in the Southampton area cheering as they realise that it was all a lie and Fishies will not be enforcing an over 21 rule. Even if it might be very true that the Freshers cannot hold their drink.

St Andrews

St Andrews isn’t introducing a mandatory chant that students have to do before lectures. If we’re being real, they’re probably doing it anyway without any sort of rule.

Sussex

If you are heading on to do sociology at the Uni of Sussex, have no fear. You’re going to get taught an actual course by a human and not AI – despite our crafty little lie for April Fool’s Day 2025.

UEA

Despite the fact it may very well be needed, the University of East Anglia is not actually bringing in a compulsory class to help the students get to grips with Norfolk slang. But we told you otherwise!

Warwick

Don’t sweat it if you want to go to Copper Rooms in fancy dress, you will still be allowed to be. We told you the Uni of Warwick was banning it due to health and safety concerns – but guess what? We were lying.

York

Over in York, finally, we cruelly tricked you all into thinking that Goodricke College was getting demolished for being inferior – but this is not the case! Phew.

It’s been of a hell of an April Fool’s Day in our good year of 2025 – hope you had as much of a laugh with these as The Tab had cooking them up for you.

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