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Sooner or later, a British university is going to go bankrupt - But at the Home Office, May did more to stop the flow of foreign students into higher education in Britain than any other minister since the Second ...

I'm a British academic, but no longer feel welcome in the UK - A huge 76% of European academics are thinking about leaving the UK . ... involves supporting less privileged students to enter higher education .

Students make up lion's share of net migration fall - Of the 87,000 students who it is estimated came to the UK to study from ... Meanwhile, the importance of Chinese students to UK higher education was ...

Demands for MPs to pass bill protecting women against sexual and domestic violence - This Friday, the UK government has the opportunity to lead the way on ... This covers domestic , sexual and physical violence , forced marriage, ...

Elderly people with back or neck pain 'at higher risk of earlier death' - But the new research, which studied twins, found that those with back or neck pain in later years were more likely to die than those without, usually because of a link with a pattern of ill health amongst those sufferers. Associate Professor Paulo Ferreira, from the University of Sydney where the research was conducted, said: “Our study found that compared to those without spinal pain in the back and neck, a person with spinal pain has a 13 per cent higher chance of dying every year.

Relax, your cat isn't a mental health risk - Is having a cat bad for your mental health ? It's not as ridiculous a question as it might sound. For some time it has been speculated that cat ownership ...

The rise of 'political depression' - could Donald Trump and Brexit trigger mental illness ? - After Britain voted to leave the European Union last June, many of us – nearly half the population – felt either dismayed, scared, somewhat ashamed ...

Nearly 60k children in poverty in Greater Lincolnshire, latest figures show - The figures, published in an interactive map of the country, show the number of children in poverty in various areas of the UK , with 57,909 being in ...

This homophobic politician's worst nightmare comes true in the new Alien film - The latest film in the Alien series will feature a gay couple sent to colonise a planet – and Republican Louie Gohmert might not be happy about it.

As president, Trump juggles loyalties on LGBT issues - In a weird way and sometimes a clumsy way, I think President Donald Trump is trying his best to balance issues of LGBT equality and the ...

UK Equalities Minister: LGBTI people will be protected after Brexit - The two key commitments came from UK Equalities Minister Caroline Dinenage. She was speaking in an exclusive interview with Gay Star News to ...

Transgender students decry 'dangerous' Trump decision - New York LGBT Network CEO David Kilmnick warned that the decision will increase the stigma attached to transgender youths and put them at ...

Arkansas Supreme Court Strikes City's LGBT Protections - The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a city's ordinance banning discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation or gender ...

Caitlyn Jenner slams Donald Trump for 'failing to protect' LGBT community: 'It's a disaster' - Caitlyn Jenner has slammed Donald Trump for 'failing to protect' the LGBT community after he reversed a directive on transgender access to public ...

Beyonce speaks out over Donald Trump plan to abolish trans youth protection - Beyonce has voiced support for the LGBT community after US President Donald Trump's administration withdrew Obama-era protection rights for trans ...

Facebook axes ' gay cure' ads threatening eternity in Hell - Facebook has confirmed to PinkNews that it has scrapped an ad deal with evangelical gay 'cure' activists who were using the social network's ...

Ellen DeGeneres, Brie Larson and more react to Trump transgender bathroom rights rollback - James Esseks, the American Civil Liberties Union's LGBT project director, criticised the President and called on school districts to continue protecting ...

US state's senate commitee votes to allow adoption agencies turn away gay couples - A bill advancing through the Alabama Senate would allow religious adoption agencies to turn away gay couples. The Senate Health Committee's bill ...

Will a gay mayor from the Rust Belt be the Democrats' next leader? - For a party in need of an identity, Pete Buttigieg may be the answer. He's touting support from five past DNC chairs – but is it enough to make him the ...

Where Are All The Gay Football Players? - This was the legal name given to the 'crime' of homosexuality in a time ... fans in the UK are comfortable with their club signing an openly gay player.

Out basketball player wonders if he should not have come out as gay - Derrick Gordon was the first National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I player to come out as gay in 2014. He is just one of a handful ...

Christian writer accuses Lego Batman Movie of “ gay propaganda” - The Lego Batman Movie has been entertaining audiences around the world for a few weeks now, proving a hit with fans and critics alike, but one ...

In a few months this will all be a distant memory” - Right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has told fans that he'll be back and that in a few months the controversy surrounding child-sex comments ...

Female bosses 'more likely to hire gay & lesbian employees' - Female employers favor gay and lesbian job applicants over heterosexual candidates, and men prefer to recruit straight people, according to a new ...