Feels like this weekend is an important time to share this video again...

...what has the ECHR ever done for us?

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"I'm here to talk about what others won’t. To tell the truth about what makes our country great and what makes it not so great. While others thrive on creating scapegoats, I am here to tell you a different story."

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Oxford University encourages students to use ChatGPT as it gives away free access

Hi how about: www.kcl.ac.uk/language-cen...

In London, hate will never win.

Calling all Indian creative writers - apply now for the 2026 Charles Wallace Indian Trust Fellowship. The successful applicant will be hosted by the School of Humanities to work on their creative project for 12 weeks next Spring. For more details: research.kent.ac.uk/colonialandp... @kent.ac.uk

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"It's interesting to think that Bowie was working on this in the US in 2015, with the political situation that was taking place there. Was he thinking about that: The power of art forms to create change within our own political moment?"

Hey, Sky News! Hey, BBC! See how easy it is?

Nigel Farage, lying to Congress here. The New World, the magazine I edit, was banned from Reform's conference this morning, three months after they accepted our request for a press pass

Farage is a rat scurrying into darkness. Oh, wait ....

Vicky Gough, British Council’s schools adviser, said: “We need the success of Spanish reflected across all languages through exchanges, cultural programmes and real-world connections that demonstrate why languages matter. [...] young people from less privileged backgrounds miss out on opportunities"

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In the modern languages, Spanish and Other Modern Languages, which includes Arabic, Chinese and Polish, have both increased by +1.1% and +3.8%, respectively.

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

We are offering up to £10k for researchers to upgrade their skills - e.g. in AI/machine learning; or a language; or something else! Think about it over the summer and apply by early October
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