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Apparently, the UK could be heading towards a huge bed bug invasion
Not her issuing an apology to all dogs
Not her issuing an apology to all dogs
Applying for music at Oxford just for bragging rights really
Applying for music at Oxford just for bragging rights really
‘For those you that bought gig tickets and ended up on a budget flight to Tenerife, I apologise’
‘For those you that bought gig tickets and ended up on a budget flight to Tenerife, I apologise’
She’s going to be debating… veganism?
She’s going to be debating… veganism?
Enrolling for Swift studies at Queen Mary NOW
Enrolling for Swift studies at Queen Mary NOW
Imperial College London is just the equivalent of Barbie land apparently
Imperial College London is just the equivalent of Barbie land apparently
Your bog standard Russell Group might not make the cut here
Your bog standard Russell Group might not make the cut here
Uni lecturers are quaking right now
Uni lecturers are quaking right now
She made over £65 at a Bristol student club night from photos with people
She made over £65 at a Bristol student club night from photos with people
Not really the Oxford dark-academia dream you signed up for is it?
Not really the Oxford dark-academia dream you signed up for is it?
The company directors made £435,000 EACH in 2022
The company directors made £435,000 EACH in 2022
Students at UWE in Bristol received their student finance payments late due to missing grades from the marking boycott
Students at UWE in Bristol received their student finance payments late due to missing grades from the marking boycott
‘It was hot – the kind of heat that makes you yearn for the weather to cool down’ is genuinely one of the first lines
‘It was hot – the kind of heat that makes you yearn for the weather to cool down’ is genuinely one of the first lines
Apparently it’s named after a hotel?
Apparently it’s named after a hotel?
Peak for the 42 unis that are still striking though
Peak for the 42 unis that are still striking though
It was a big year for weed confiscations
It was a big year for weed confiscations
In one case, someone was arrested over the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl
In one case, someone was arrested over the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl
Get me to the Llandudno Wilko leaving drinks now
Get me to the Llandudno Wilko leaving drinks now
Basically just sack off the Russell Group
Basically just sack off the Russell Group
It’s a great day to be studying land and property management at Cambridge
It’s a great day to be studying land and property management at Cambridge
The government has issued a warning about cases among students
The government has issued a warning about cases among students
Stay away from the person who starts chants on the bus to the club
Stay away from the person who starts chants on the bus to the club
Only 4.2 per cent of students from one university are from ethnic minority backgrounds
Only 4.2 per cent of students from one university are from ethnic minority backgrounds
Oxford isn’t actually top for once!