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Straits Times
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Villa denied Champions League spot as Man Utd end woeful season with victory
Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester United v Aston Villa - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - May 25, 2025 Manchester United's Amad Diallo scores their first goal REUTERS/Chris Radburn Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester United v Aston Villa - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - May 25, 2025 Manchester United's Christian Eriksen scores their second goal from the penalty spot REUTERS/Chris Radburn Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester United v Aston Villa - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - May 25, 2025 Manchester United's Amad Diallo in action with Aston Villa's Ian Maatsen REUTERS/Chris Radburn MANCHESTER, England - Manchester United ended their disappointing season with a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa on Sunday on the final day of the Premier League campaign, denying the visitors a Champions League qualification spot in the process. United surprisingly dominated the first half against a side chasing a top-five finish, with the hosts' cause aided further after Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was sent off just before the break. Against the run of play, Morgan Rogers appeared to have netted Villa a crucial goal 18 minutes from time, but referee Thomas Bramall ruled that he had fouled United goalkeeper Altay Bayindir before slotting home. Furious Villa's mood worsened after Amad Diallo immediately headed the hosts in front down the other end, before Christian Eriksen's penalty ensured United finished 15th and sixth-placed Villa had to settle for a place in the Europa League next term. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Scotsman
20-05-2025
- Business
- Scotsman
How Labour could make Scotland's university funding crisis even worse
Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Economic growth is the holy grail for this and every government, and an essential factor in achieving that is education. But in Scotland, as across the rest of the UK, the policies of Keir Starmer's government are creating an increasing challenge for our universities. Of course, much of that is the result of the funding structure created by Holyrood. But the pressure on their finances has been ratcheted up several notches by the increases to employers' national insurance contributions, and by confusion surrounding immigration proposals, which if they go ahead would undermine their ability to attract international students. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad A clarification late last week suggested Scotland might be spared this blow, despite the fact that was never mentioned when I raised it in parliament. All fingers will be crossed, hoping to avoid a bill which Universities Scotland estimated at £85 million a year. Universities are vitally important to the economy and are facing difficult times financially (Picture: Chris Radburn) | PA International students in love But even without it the picture is challenging. Dundee University recently announced 300 redundancies – down from an original figure of 700 – while the University of Aberdeen has warned of around 70 job losses because of a £5.5m hole in its finances. International income is vital not just to Scottish but to all British universities. The ability to attract international students is both an indicator of an institution's reputation and a vital source of finance, particularly with the difficulties faced with the current funding model in Scotland. When I began my time as a university teacher, I had two foreign students in a class of 30. Ten years later, that number was approaching 50 per cent of a larger group. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad In my career, I have also come across doctors, scientists, industrialists and entrepreneurs who came to study at our world-renowned universities, fell in love, either with our country or an individual, and then went on to make significant contributions to our economy and culture. Following my calls for a visa route to be established for Americans who no longer want to live under a Trump presidency, I have received numerous emails from US residents who have degrees from Scottish universities, and who told me how they put their education into practice in our country. How they paid their taxes, and became part of their communities. Damaging UK's reputation and economy Labour's immigration proposals would undermine our potential to continue to attract those young people, the best and brightest of their generation, by putting a price tag on their heads for our educational institutions. If universities in any part of the UK cannot afford to teach them, they will find it difficult to afford to teach those who attend from here. Their loss will undermine our international reputation, our scientific and medical research potential and also our economy. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The income from international students is now greater than that from domestic students. The funding model is broken, but to punish both students, teachers and the institutions as a whole is not a solution. If education is the communication of knowledge, then it is naïve at best to think we do not need to learn from those beyond our own borders. Tony Blair once famously spoke of the three most important priorities of his party as being, 'education, education, education'. His successors might benefit from going back to school.
Wales Online
20-05-2025
- Health
- Wales Online
Cow 'humanely culled' after case of BSE found on farm
Cow 'humanely culled' after case of BSE found on farm The chief veterinary officer has made a statement The cow was tested (Image: Chris Radburn/PA ) A single case of atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed on a farm in Essex, the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) said. The UK government said the animal had been humanely culled and there was no risk to public health or food safety as the cow was not destined to enter the food chain. Atypical BSE is a non-contagious disease in cows which is different from 'classical' BSE, which is linked to contaminated feed. Chief veterinary officer Christine Middlemiss said: 'A single case of atypical BSE has been confirmed on a farm in Essex. The animal died on farm and was tested as part of our strict routine controls and surveillance regime. 'Atypical BSE is distinct from classical BSE and is a spontaneously and sporadically occurring, non-contagious disease which is believed to occur at a very low level in all cattle populations. This is proof that our surveillance system for detecting and containing this type of disease is working.' Article continues below Millions of cattle were culled in the UK in the 1990s during a BSE epidemic.
Scotsman
11-05-2025
- General
- Scotsman
Poll reveals levels of support for SNP's free university tuition policy
Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... The majority of Scots are strongly in favour of maintaining free university tuition - but are calling for a commission to be set up to examine how higher education is funded. A new poll by Survation has found 57 per cent of Scots say they 'strongly' or 'somewhat' support free tuition in Scotland. By comparison, only 17 per cent of people interviewed said they opposed the flagship SNP policy. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad A graduation ceremony at University Campus Suffolk in Ipswich. Picture: Chris Radburn | Chris Radburn The poll also found support is higher amongst women and that support for free tuition grows the more academic qualifications a person has. Support for the policy, which according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies costs the Scottish Government around £900 million a year, is highest amongst Scottish Green voters, followed by SNP voters. On top of this, support for the policy is above 50 per cent for almost all generations except the ones most likely to currently be at university - those between the ages of 16 and 24. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Only 46 per cent of this age group said they support free tuition fees. The poll was carried out for public affairs agency True North, with 1,012 people in Scotland aged 16 and over interviewed online from May 2-5. Broken up by region, 90 per cent of respondents living in Lothian, which has one of the highest concentrations of higher education institutions in Scotland, said they support the policy. In the north-east, which includes cash-strapped Dundee University, 85 per cent of people support free tuition. The region with the lowest level of support is Mid Scotland and Fife, which includes St Andrews University and Perth College UHI. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad SNP MSP George Adam said: 'The SNP is proud to have abolished tuition fees in Scotland and is the only party which can be trusted to make sure that access to further and higher education is based on the ability to learn, not the ability to pay. Jane Barlow/Press Association 'History has shown that the Labour Party cannot be trusted on tuition fees. Whether in Scotland, England or Wales, fees have gone up under Labour governments. 'Under the SNP, we have record numbers of Scottish students securing places at our universities, and recent figures showed a rise in students from our most disadvantaged communities. 'This progress has only been made possible because the SNP abolished Labour's tuition fees and we will never let them be reimposed on Scotland's students.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad One in two Scots (49 per cent) surveyed said they want to see a new commission being set up to examine the existing funding model for universities. A number of universities have declared financial crises over the past month, not least Dundee University, which is cutting over 600 jobs in a bid to plug a £35m deficit. Professor Shane O'Neill, the university's interim principal and vice-chancellor, said the crisis was partly down to the Scottish Government's underfunding of higher education. Miles Briggs, the Scottish Conservatives' education spokesman, said: 'Years of cuts from the SNP have had a devastating impact on the finances of Scotland's leading universities. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Miles Briggs MSP 'Ministers cannot continue to bury their heads in the sand and must look at ways of addressing these issues, which could include setting up a commission on future funding models. 'It is clear from this poll that Sots are keen for the SNP to act before the crisis in our universities escalates even further.' Only 45 per cent of Conservative voters said they support free tuition fees.
The Star
03-05-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Soccer-Referee Webb substituted due to head injury on Premier League debut
Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Southampton - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - May 3, 2025 Referee David Webb reacts after sustaining an injury REUTERS/Chris Radburn EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO USE WITH UNAUTHORIZED AUDIO, VIDEO, DATA, FIXTURE LISTS, CLUB/LEAGUE LOGOS OR 'LIVE' SERVICES. ONLINE IN-MATCH USE LIMITED TO 120 IMAGES, NO VIDEO EMULATION. NO USE IN BETTING, GAMES OR SINGLE CLUB/LEAGUE/PLAYER PUBLICATIONS. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE FOR FURTHER DETAILS..
