Student Life

With the world facing a global warming crisis, the environment needs all the help it can get. The rising temperatures are driving environmental degradation, natural disasters, weather extremes, along with food and water insecurity. In addition, the sea levels are rising, the Arctic is melting, coral reefs are dying, oceans are acidifying, and forests are burning.

It is evident that carrying on with everyday life, as usual, is not good enough and now is a time for bold collective action. One of the best places for these everyday changes is at centres of educational excellence –...

Six schools in the area have been nominated by the local community to be given a bee brick from RGB Building Supplies so they can encourage solitary bees to their outdoor areas.

For every sale over £150 during Solitary Bee Week, which took place between Monday 28th June and Sunday 4th July, RGB donated money to purchase bee bricks from Cornwall-based company Green&Blue. The builders merchant was able to buy 80 bricks, which will provide environments for bees to nest, and invited people to nominate schools, charities and community groups to receive one of the special bee...

A recently launched UK Graduate Visa will allow overseas students who have graduated with a degree or postgraduate course in the UK to remain in the countryfor at least two years (three years for PhD graduates).

The introduction of this new visa is a fantastic opportunity for graduates and employers alike. Graduates will no longer be under pressure to leave the UK as soon as their student visa expires. The new visa allows them to start building careers in the UK, and if they want to stay longer, they can transfer their visa to a work visa or family visa , depending on their...

A medical student from Exeter has been announced a regional finalist of the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Surgical Skills competition, which for the first time this year is testing the talents of our future medical professionals over a video link using innovative lifelike replica bodyparts.

Haider Merchant is one of 40 finalists to make it through after completing a number of surgical tasks at home which were filmed on their mobile for senior surgeons to assess.

The event, which aims to find the UK and Ireland’s best undergraduate surgical talent, is...