Covid lockdown England: Students brawl in Nottingham park on first day of Rule of Six freedoms

Punch drunk! Moment booze-fuelled students brawl as thousands enjoy first day of Rule of Six freedoms in Nottingham park Shocking footage shows the moment a brawl breaks out in a Nottingham park Crowds can be seen gathering around as the students throw punches at centre Many people were seen filming the drink-fuelled fight on their … Read more

Exam boards warn students may try to cheat new grading system by submitting work that is not theirs

Exam boards have warned that students may try to cheat the new grading system by submitting work that is not their own.  Schools have been told to take measures to ensure that private tutors are not giving ‘inappropriate levels of support’ to students when they are completing their schoolwork, which could form the basis of … Read more

Hairdresser, 25, bit 19-year-old student’s thumb so hard she broke it in Welsh nightclub attack

Hairdresser, 25, bit 19-year-old student’s thumb so hard she broke it after stepping on her toe and hurling her to the floor in drunken nightclub attack Laurice Weild, 25, launched the attack on Ella Stimpson, 19, in Newport in 2019 Biomedical Science student was thrown to the ground by her hair, a court heard Prosecutor … Read more

Six students get roads ban after they were caught drink-driving through city on e-scooters 

Six students get roads ban after they were caught drink-driving through city on e-scooters Students are given driving bans and fines for drink-driving riding on e-scooters Another student was even found with someone else on the back of the vehicle  Students had ‘not appreciated that these are not toys’ but vehicles, court hears By Daily … Read more

Rutgers will only allow fully vaccinated students back on campus for Fall 2021 semester

Rutgers University announced on Thursday that all students returning to campus in the Fall 2021 will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The mandate applies to all three of the school’s campus locations: New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden.  The university is believed to be the first in the United States to mandate the vaccine for … Read more

Fired! For refusing to write my student’s A-level essay

Could you show me how to write this essay?’ my pupil asks, her wide-eyed expression trained hopefully on my face. A 17-year-old A-level student I have been coaching is meant to be working on her English coursework. The only problem? She has no intention of doing it herself. Once I restructured a paragraph in her … Read more

Chinese Students Association presiden died in 100mph police chase after drinking with diplomats

A university student leader died in a road crash while fleeing police, hours after ‘feeling pressured’ into drinking at a meal with diplomats from China, an inquest heard. PhD student Shiqiang Zhou reached speeds of up to 100mph in a VW Golf as he tried to evade pursing traffic officers in Bolton, Greater Manchester. But … Read more

CDC says students can sit three feet apart – instead of six

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now says students can now sit three feet apart in classrooms rather than six feet. In updated guidance released on Friday, the federal health agency said elementary school students can sit closer together as long as everyone wears masks – regardless of whether COVID-19 community transmission is … Read more

CDC expected to tell schools to let students sit just three feet apart – instead of six – by Friday

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expected to change its guidelines and say students now sit just three feet apart instead of six feet.  It comes after a new study found there was no difference in COVID-19 case rates in districts where pupils sat further apart in classrooms compared to those where … Read more

Hundreds of Liverpool students gather for St Patrick’s Day gathering – despite Covid-19 lockdown

Hundreds of students gathered at a Liverpool park this afternoon as part of St Patrick’s Day celebrations, despite the national lockdown. Police were sent to Sefton Park after footage shared on Twitter and Snapchat showed crowds drinking in the sun as they flouted Covid-19 guidelines. By the time they were moved on, crowds had left … Read more