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Pastor sorry after inviting students to spit, slap and cut him in ‘crucifixion lesson’

20th April 201919th April 2019 Josie McFarlane 113 Views 0 Comment #Pastor, church, community, easter, Faith, God, students

An Ohio church has apologised after a video emerged of students in a youth programme spitting on, slapping and cutting

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Freedom of speech and extremism on campus: polling shows students least worried

24th March 201921st March 2019 Josie McFarlane 196 Views 0 Comment Black students, christian, college, community, education, Ethnic Minorities, extremism, Faith, Freedom of speech, Islam, students, study, survey, Terrorism, universities

Students are the least worried about issues of extremism and freedom of speech at universities according to new YouGov polling.

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Fund to boost female and black physicist numbers

21st March 201919th March 2019 Josie McFarlane 163 Views 0 Comment black, Black Physicist, community, course, education, funding, Grant, science, Space, students, study, women

The scheme is funded by one of the world’s leading astronomers, Prof Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell. The discoverer of pulsars

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The story of historically black colleges in the US

22nd February 201919th February 2019 Josie McFarlane 283 Views 0 Comment black, black pupils, Colleges, community, Diversity, education, ethnicity, History, students, USA

When Kamala Harris, one of the early front runners for the 2020 Democratic nomination, talked about the importance of the

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Black Church Gives $100k to Howard University to Pay Off Students’ Debt

14th February 201912th February 2019 Josie McFarlane 288 Views 0 Comment #America, black, Black Church, Debt, Faith, Pay, students, University

One of the United Sates oldest Black churches just gave a huge donation to Howard University students who were struggling to pay

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Students Complete Church Building for Remote Jungle Congregation

10th February 20197th February 2019 Josie McFarlane 243 Views 0 Comment Build, charity, church, Church news, community, Faith, God, help, Jungle Congregation, Mexico, students, University

A new Seventh-day Adventist church building was completed in the heart of the Lacandon Jungle in Chiapas, Mexico, thanks to

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US fake university: India anger after students arrested

3rd February 20193rd February 2019 Josie McFarlane 212 Views 0 Comment community, education, Fake university, immigration, India, Row, students, USA, Visa

India has made a diplomatic protest to the US after 129 Indian students were arrested for enrolling in a fake

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Nigeria universities: Where students don’t know if they will graduate

27th January 201924th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 224 Views 0 Comment community, education, government, Graduate, Nigeria, students, Teacher strikes, University

The futures of more than a million Nigerian university students are on hold as a lecturers’ strike drags on less

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‘I’m mixed-race, is Cambridge University right for me?’

22nd January 201922nd January 2019 Josie McFarlane 359 Views 0 Comment #Cambridge, Applications, BAME, black, education, Ethnic, intake, students, University

Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. Cambridge is the fourth-oldest surviving university in the world. Cambridge has

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I exposed racism at my university and got suspended

3rd January 201919th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 350 Views 0 Comment education, Racism, racist, students, University

Student union officer Chloe Long shared images taken at a Lancaster University white t-shirt social event. Members of a university

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UWE Bristol project to close race pay gap faced by graduates

15th December 201814th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 349 Views 0 Comment Atira Burton, BAME, black, Bristol project, community, discrimination, Donnell Asare, Ethnic, Otegha UwagbaUWE, race pay gap, students, Tunde Okewale MBE, University

A project to close the race pay gap experienced by graduating black, Asian and minority ethnic (BME) students is rolling

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‘Racist’ law society disbanded by University of Exeter

14th December 201817th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 396 Views 0 Comment Bracton Law Society, community, Exter, Law, legal, Major Investigation, Racism, racist, Society, students, University

A university law society has been disbanded following a major review into racism. Screenshots of “racist” messages in an Exeter

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Racism at university: Inquiry launched by UK’s equality body

7th December 201810th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 506 Views 0 Comment Chair of commission, community, David Isaac, education, Enquiry, government, Investigation, launched, mental health, Racism, students, universities, Wellbeing

An inquiry into racial harassment at UK universities is being launched. The Equality and Human Rights Commission says there’s a

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Introducing the UKs First MA African Christianity at Liverpool Hope University

21st November 201819th November 2018 Josie McFarlane 559 Views 0 Comment black, christian, community, course, courses, education, Faith, Liverpool Hope University, MA African Christianity, Masters, PHD, students, study, University

The Postgraduate School of Theology at Liverpool Hope University is launching an exciting new MA African Christianity programme, the first

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Should race count in university admissions?

6th November 20186th November 2018 Josie McFarlane 343 Views 0 Comment admissions, black, change, Diverse, education, Ethnic, factors, Harvard university, policies, Race, rejected, students, systems, UK, unfair, University, US

Harvard University this year turned down more than 95% of those who applied. But what is a “fair” system for