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Fire at the new Uni campus by the looks of it
at 18:43 12 Aug 2020

Bad at any time, but tomorrow is the start of clearing when they mop up all the extra students they need to pay the bills.

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Westminster planning to hamstring Welsh Universities
at 22:25 29 May 2020

'UK Government plans to limit the number of English students going to university in Wales'
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education/uk-government-plans-limit-number-18

Above highlights planned temporary response to Covid-19 from Westminster. Confirmed student applications for next year so far are well down, as students want to defer because of the uncertainty around Covid. So Westminster's planned response is to safeguard English universities by capping the number of English students allowed entry to Unis here in Wales, protecting English admissions instead. Wales is threatening to retaliate, but obviously would be the loser based on sheer numbers.

All in it together? Are we f*ck. This is beyond simple politicking, it absolutely stinks.

(Background to this is that since the funding model changed to user-funded, student registrations are absolutely key to our universities. Student fees provide the majority of university income. Unis have done a lot already to cut costs in response to a natural fall in the numbers of 18 year olds in the UK over the last couple of years, including job losses. Now they face the impact of Covid on top - the bottom line is that less student equals less income equals job losses, with unis being some of the largest employers in Wales. This is also happening at a time when their 2nd most important income stream, research funding, is shrinking due to the idiocy of Brexit. Welsh unis we're the biggest beneficiaries of EU funding in the sector in the UK. It's a perfect storm that will have long lasting negative impacts on the universities and the communities they support).

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So then, David Icke
at 23:28 4 May 2020

Banned from YouTube & Facebook. Really the Son of God, or a raving lunatic?

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EU, fish & idiots update
at 21:06 20 Jan 2020

Don’t call them thick though...

I still can’t understand how anyone falls for this guff.

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