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Lia retweeted
And there we FINALLY have it! I’ll be walking across the graduation stage with an empty piece of paper. No result.
If any VC or government minister ever tells you they care about students again, please politely tell them where to go.
This is a grotesque situation.
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I am a final year student at Edinburgh University. This week I was told that due to industrial action, my 10k word dissertation will probably not be marked...ever.
I've been talking to staff & students - a quick 🧵 on the *utter chaos* going on at Edinburgh right now.
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This is genuinely the most revolting thing I’ve seen on the bbc for a while. Alibhai Brown raises Stanley Johnson assaulting his wife (he broke her nose) & Fiona Bruce cites his friends saying it was a ‘one off’.
A feudal media elite in a modern country.
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6 months have passed since my abuser was found guilty of multiple rapes. I’m yet to receive an answer from Edinburgh Uni as to why they chose to let him on campus when they KNEW he was awaiting trial for rape and had already been suspended from Glasgow Uni.
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This news won’t make Back to School headlines today, but it ought to be everywhere: Under this gov, a child born on 5th September 2006 can, if taken into care tonight, be placed in a hostel, caravan/barge with no guaranteed adult supervision. And their 15-year classmate, who is
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Olympic gold medalist Sir Mo Farah has revealed he was trafficked to the UK as a child, given a new name and forced to work a domestic servant
His real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin
bbc.com/news/uk-62123886
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An unaccompanied 16-year-old Eritrean boy turned up at our youth club this week, just after opening, with some others.
He was a new face so I asked him how long he'd been in the UK and he said: "today".
I said: "what do you mean 'today'?"
He said: "I arrived, just today".
🧵
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£700 extra on gas bill is a disaster. But the gas cap rise is political decision, not some force of nature. Gov't could halt it, levy windfall tax on super-profits, bring failing suppliers into public ownership. Instead they prioritise profits over living standards.
Lia retweeted
Searches are continuing today to trace Alice Byrne, last seen in the Portobello area on Saturday morning. Again, we urge anyone who has seen Alice since Saturday morning, or anyone with information on her whereabouts to contact us on 101 (0647 of 2/2)
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BREAKING: Terrorist incident declared after bomb detonated outside Liverpool hospital independent.co.uk/news/uk/cr…
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Most guys don’t look in the mirror & see a problem. But it’s staring us in the face. Sexual violence begins long before you think it does. #DontBeThatGuy
