CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html>   <html>  <head><script type="text/javascript" src="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=7YQSqjSh" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("https://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("http://www.independent.co.uk/student","20170210000038","https://web.archive.org/","web","https://web-static.archive.org/_static/", "1486684838"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=p7PEIJWi" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <title>Student | The Independent</title> <link rel="manifest" href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/manifest.json"> <link rel="preload" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/font/Fira-Sans-Extrabold.woff2" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin> <link rel="preload" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/font/Fira-Sans-Bold.woff2" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin>   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=499587380, affiliate-data=1l3v95Z"/> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"/> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://static.independent.co.uk/"/> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS - Student" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/rss"/> <meta name="generator" content="Drupal 7 (http://drupal.org)"/> <link rel="canonical" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student"/> <meta property="fb:admins" content="729735830"/> <meta property="fb:app_id" content="235586169789578"/> <meta property="og:site_name" content="The Independent"/> <meta property="og:type" content="article"/> <meta property="og:url" content="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student"/> <meta property="og:title" content="Student"/> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"/> <meta name="twitter:site" content="@independent"/> <meta name="twitter:url" content="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038im_/http://www.independent.co.uk/student"/> <meta name="twitter:title" content="Student"/> <meta property="og:locale" content="en_GB"/> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/web/20170210000038im_/http://www.independent.co.uk/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/favicon.ico" type="image/ico"/> <meta name="msvalidate.01" content="58C7FB6B9237322BB527AA3C68656AE3"/> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/web/20170210000038im_/http://www.independent.co.uk/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/img/apple-icon-60x60.png"/> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/web/20170210000038im_/http://www.independent.co.uk/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/img/apple-icon-72x72.png" sizes="72x72"/> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/web/20170210000038im_/http://www.independent.co.uk/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/img/apple-icon-76x76.png" sizes="76x76"/> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/web/20170210000038im_/http://www.independent.co.uk/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/img/apple-icon-114x114.png" sizes="114x114"/> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/web/20170210000038im_/http://www.independent.co.uk/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/img/apple-icon-120x120.png" sizes="120x120"/> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/web/20170210000038im_/http://www.independent.co.uk/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/img/apple-icon-144x144.png" sizes="144x144"/> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/web/20170210000038im_/http://www.independent.co.uk/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/img/apple-icon-152x152.png" sizes="152x152"/> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/web/20170210000038im_/http://www.independent.co.uk/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/img/apple-icon-180x180.png" sizes="180x180"/> <link rel="android-icon" href="/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/img/android-icon-36x36.png" sizes="36x36"/> <link rel="android-icon" href="/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/img/android-icon-48x48.png" sizes="48x48"/> <link rel="android-icon" href="/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/img/android-icon-72x72.png" sizes="72x72"/> <link rel="android-icon" href="/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/img/android-icon-96x96.png" sizes="96x96"/> <link rel="android-icon" href="/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/img/android-icon-114x114.png" sizes="114x114"/> <link rel="android-icon" href="/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/img/android-icon-192x192.png" sizes="192x192"/> <link rel="ms-icon" href="/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/img/ms-icon-70x70.png" sizes="70x70"/> <link rel="ms-icon" href="/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/img/ms-icon-144x144.png" sizes="144x144"/> <link rel="ms-icon" href="/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/img/ms-icon-150x150.png" sizes="150x150"/> <link rel="ms-icon" href="/sites/all/themes/ines_themes/independent_theme/img/ms-icon-310x310.png" sizes="310x310"/>  <script>var _sf_startpt=(new Date()).getTime(); ; var _sf_async_config = _sf_async_config || {}; /** CONFIGURATION START **/ _sf_async_config.uid = 62356; _sf_async_config.domain = 'independent.co.uk'; _sf_async_config.useCanonical = true; _sf_async_config.flickerControl = false; _sf_async_config.sections = 'student'; _sf_async_config.title = 'Student'; /** CONFIGURATION END **/ var _sf_startpt = (new Date()).getTime(); ; var gptPath = "-in_student-in_student_hp"; ; var s_account = "indepdev"; ; </script>   <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038cs_/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/advagg_css/css__8hNSjhZ5ePShkLRtI7ArCXODkeETokErBoR_jivVdhs__aGt4yVSh1hGUOWQPJHX1welIYf4kG9qULPVHBcnp4q4__MpwC7pnO3I-T-C8-CLW9PWEOFPhlH8ym2nT2lqa6fNY.css" media="all"/>  <script type="text/javascript"> var articleId = 'index'; var pageType = 'index'; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//web.archive.org/web/20170210000038js_/http://www.independent.co.uk/sites/all/libraries/modernizr/modernizr-custom.js?ol2f6w"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//web.archive.org/web/20170210000038js_/http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.4.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038js_/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/advagg_js/js__H5AFmq1RrXKsrazzPq_xPQPy4K0wUKqecPjczzRiTgQ__p930YZ_ODW6ZjDLOJmxJnRL7juGStYuszD6uNS8_FFo__MpwC7pnO3I-T-C8-CLW9PWEOFPhlH8ym2nT2lqa6fNY.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038js_/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/advagg_js/js__HtxFT83R1UUVYe_-Mp7n9esVnhjh45YItD5R_qypsm8__3pBtSuTbo7ZenhKC1_6XtJLL0jn9ByuHrZzqjwJ4Edo__MpwC7pnO3I-T-C8-CLW9PWEOFPhlH8ym2nT2lqa6fNY.js" defer="defer"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038js_/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/advagg_js/js__GM3GJPR36rRIz0TRkjC5OQwrioSyN9aoYRivDhCO_AM__qAl84FcCv2jyN22yFGS5Oc85cjd9zKX6p_cFNLGhe-M__MpwC7pnO3I-T-C8-CLW9PWEOFPhlH8ym2nT2lqa6fNY.js" defer="defer" async="async"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//web.archive.org/web/20170210000038js_/http://www.independent.co.uk/profiles/ines/modules/ines_js/js/ines_helper.min.js?ol2f6w"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038js_/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/advagg_js/js__12ka-7VVKLLsnpn89DAEyT6Ny99XhemGe4MO3RK2ldI__RtegqCzo4aO2JDLDYFXX4-jJ0jyE2pzFJTOtXbSbkfA__MpwC7pnO3I-T-C8-CLW9PWEOFPhlH8ym2nT2lqa6fNY.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038js_/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/advagg_js/js__V5w3ObMA-w7-TWdpbZ1X-KU4z7_tiCjms8V3A7NIzMM__MWa9MbJ4vAT6Ciy28yBWPtvaCsbP-zD5piqK7f7DCKg__MpwC7pnO3I-T-C8-CLW9PWEOFPhlH8ym2nT2lqa6fNY.js" defer="defer"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> <![CDATA[//><!]]> </script>  </head> <body class="not-front section section-student">   <header id="masthead"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/" title="Home"> <span class="logo"></span> </a> <ul id="dynamic-header"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/" title="Home"> <li class="logotype active"> <span class="logo-full"></span> </li> </a> <li class="push"> <div id="fb-root"></div> <div class="fb-like" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/TheIndependentOnline?fref=ts" data-layout="button_count" data-action="like" data-show-faces="false" data-share="false"></div> <a class="twitter-follow-button" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/https://twitter.com/IndyStudents" data-show-screen-name="false" data-show-count="false"></a> </li> </ul> <nav> <ol><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/us" title="">News</a><ul><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/topic/us-election-2016" title="">Election 2016</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas" title="">Americas</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk" title="">UK</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world" title="">World</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe" title="">Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business" title="">Business</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices" title="">Voices</a><ul><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment" title="">Comment</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/author/robert-fisk" title="">Robert Fisk</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/author/robert-fisk" title="">Mark Steel</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/author/grace-dent" title="">Grace Dent</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/author/holly-baxter" title="">Holly Baxter</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/campaigns" title="">Campaigns</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials" title="">Editorials</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letters" title="">Letters</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/us-sport" title="">Sports</a><ul><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/us-sport" title="">US sports</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football" title="">Soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis" title="">Tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/boxing" title="">Boxing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing" title="">Formula 1</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/wwe-mma-wrestling" title="">WWE</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment" title="">Culture</a><ul><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films" title="">Film</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv" title="">TV</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music" title="">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books" title="">Books</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style" title="">Lifestyle</a><ul><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion" title="">Fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink" title="">Food + drink</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/travel" title="">Travel</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families" title="">Health + families</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex" title="">Love + sex</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech" title="">Tech</a><ul><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming" title="">Gaming</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features" title="">Tech culture</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news" title="">Tech news</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics" title="">US election</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/marketing/apps" title="">Daily Edition</a><ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://www.independentsubscriptions.co.uk/" title="">Subscribe for a free trial</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://edition.independent.co.uk/" title="">Read Now</a></li> </ul></li> </ol> </nav> <ol id="meta-nav"> <li class="search"> <a href="#" class="icon-search dropdown-toggle" title="Search"></a> <form class="search-form search search" action="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student" method="post" id="search-form" accept-charset="UTF-8"><div><div class="container-inline search-container search-container form-wrapper" id="edit-basic"><div class="form-item form-type-textfield form-item-keys"> <label for="edit-keys"> </label> <input placeholder="Search" autofocus="1" type="text" id="edit-keys" name="keys" value="" size="20" maxlength="255" class="form-text"/> </div> <input type="submit" id="edit-submit" name="op" value="Search" class="form-submit"/><input type="hidden" name="get" value="[]"/> </div><input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" value="form-qMSaqMIYBVfbFClTm1M_trCxF6PS6P7Ji-UP08gIlgo"/> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" value="apachesolr_search_custom_page_search_form"/> </div></form> </li> <li class="edition"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="icon-us dropdown-toggle" title="Edition"></a> <ul class="dropdown-menu"> <li> <a href="javascript:void(0)" data-edition="UK">UK Edition </a> </li> <li> <a href="javascript:void(0)" data-edition="US">US Edition <span class="icon-check"></span></a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="account"> <a href="#" class="icon-user dropdown-toggle" title="Account"></a> <ul class="dropdown-menu"><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/login">Sign in</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/register">Register</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/https://subscriptions.independent.co.uk/" title="">Subscriptions</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toggle-menu"> <a href="#" class="icon-menu" title="Toggle menu"></a> </li> </ol> <div id="menu"> <form class="search-form search search" action="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student" method="post" id="search-form" accept-charset="UTF-8"><div><div class="container-inline search-container search-container form-wrapper" id="edit-basic"><div class="form-item form-type-textfield form-item-keys"> <label for="edit-keys"> </label> <input placeholder="Search" autofocus="1" type="text" id="edit-keys" name="keys" value="" size="20" maxlength="255" class="form-text"/> </div> <input type="submit" id="edit-submit" name="op" value="Search" class="form-submit"/><input type="hidden" name="get" value="[]"/> </div><input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" value="form-qMSaqMIYBVfbFClTm1M_trCxF6PS6P7Ji-UP08gIlgo"/> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" value="apachesolr_search_custom_page_search_form"/> </div></form> <ul class="topics"><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/us" title="">News</a><ul><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/topic/us-election-2016" title="">Election 2016</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world" title="">World</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas" title="">US</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk" title="">UK</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe" title="">Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people" title="">People</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science" title="">Science</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news" title="">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business" title="">Business</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices" title="">Voices</a><ul><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment" title="">Comment</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/author/robert-fisk" title="">Robert Fisk</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/author/mark-steel" title="">Mark Steel</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/author/grace-dent" title="">Grace Dent</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/author/holly-baxter" title="">Holly Baxter</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/campaigns" title="">Campaigns</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials" title="">Editorials</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letters/letters-9626866.html" title="">Letters</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport" title="">Sports</a><ul><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/us-sport" title="">US sports</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football" title="">Soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket" title="">Cricket</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis" title="">Tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/boxing" title="">Boxing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing" title="">Formula 1</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment" title="">Culture</a><ul><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books" title="">Books</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films" title="">Film</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv" title="">TV</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music" title="">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art" title="">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance" title="">Theatre & Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy" title="">Comedy</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style" title="" class="active-trail">Lifestyle</a><ul><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink" title="">Food & drink</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families" title="">Health & families</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex" title="">Love & sex</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring" title="">Motoring</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student" title="" class="active-trail active">Student</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/travel" title="">Travel</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion" title="">Fashion</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech" title="">Tech</a><ul><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming" title="">Gaming</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features" title="">Tech culture</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news" title="">Tech news</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/video" title="">Video</a><ul><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/video/Explainers" title="">Explainer videos</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/video/News" title="">News videos</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/video/People-and-culture" title="">People & culture videos</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/video/Sport" title="">Sport videos</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest" title="">IndyBest</a><ul><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/fashion-beauty" title="">Fashion & Beauty</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/house-garden" title="">Homes & Design</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/food-drink" title="">Food & Drink</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/gadgets-tech" title="">Gadgets & Tech</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/outdoor-activity" title="">Outdoor & Activity</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/arts-books" title="">Arts & Books</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/travel" title="">Travel</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/money" title="">Money</a><ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/money/health-insurance?icn=axa_nav" title="">Health insurance</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/money/investments/" title="">Investments</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/extras" title="">Extras</a><ul><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/independentbooks" title="">The Independent Books</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://puzzles.independent.co.uk/" title="">Puzzles</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/https://www.indy100.com/" title="">indy100</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/marketing/apps" title="">Apps</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/ebooks" title="">Ebooks</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://ijobs.independent.co.uk/" title="">iJobs</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://dating.independent.co.uk/" title="">Dating</a></li> </ul></li> </ul> <ul class="follow"> <li>Follow us:</li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/https://www.facebook.com/TheIndependentOnline" target="_blank" title="Facebook" class="icon-facebook"></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/https://twitter.com/independent" target="_blank" title="Twitter" class="icon-twitter"></a> </li> </ul> </div> </header> <div id="content"> <div class="region region-header"> <div class="ad-leaderboard"> <div id="leaderboard" style="margin: 0 auto 40px;"></div> </div> </div> <div id="cookie-warning"> <a href="#" class="close icon-close" title="OK"></a> <p>We use cookies to enhance your visit to our site and to bring you advertisements that might interest you. Read our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html">Privacy</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html">Cookie</a> Policies to find out more.</p> </div> <div class="tabs"></div> <div class="region region-content"> <div class="term-listing-heading"> <header class="section-title "> <h1 class="box-title"> <span class="title">Student</span> <span class="slogan"></span> </h1> </header> <div class="content"> <div class="row" data-tb-region="row-1"><article data-weight="2" class="weight-2"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/university-challenge-contestant-accused-of-raping-student-york-joly-de-lotbiniere-sexual-assault-a7568891.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc" style="background-image: url('https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038im_/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size2/public/thumbnails/image/2017/02/08/12/joly.jpg');"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/university-challenge-contestant-accused-of-raping-student-york-joly-de-lotbiniere-sexual-assault-a7568891.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/university-challenge-contestant-accused-of-raping-student-york-joly-de-lotbiniere-sexual-assault-a7568891.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>University challenge contestant accused of raping student</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Defendant claims sent to victim after the alleged attack relate to his inability maintain an erection during the encounter</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc" style="background-image: url('https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038im_/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2017/02/06/17/strike.jpg');"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/london-students-join-striking-cleaning-staff-in-fight-for-fair-conditions-pay-migrants-protest-a7565551.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/london-students-join-striking-cleaning-staff-in-fight-for-fair-conditions-pay-migrants-protest-a7565551.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>London students join striking cleaning staff in fight for fair pay</a></h1> </div> </div> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-2"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc" style="background-image: url('https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038im_/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/07/01/17/graduates.jpg');"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/student-loans-sales-debt-private-companies-treasury-graduates-12bn-a7565716.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/student-loans-sales-debt-private-companies-treasury-graduates-12bn-a7565716.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Government begins controversial plans to sell off student debt</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1" data-locked="true"> <div id="mpu0" class="grid-mod-single-mpu"> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-2"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/millennials-generation-y-quie-polite-activism-protest-streets-activism-twitter-facebook-ice-bucket-a7559801.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2017/02/02/16/student-tech.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/millennials-generation-y-quie-polite-activism-protest-streets-activism-twitter-facebook-ice-bucket-a7559801.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/millennials-generation-y-quie-polite-activism-protest-streets-activism-twitter-facebook-ice-bucket-a7559801.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Generation quiet: Why millennials are rejecting the outdoor protest</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>'The social trend of so-called ‘New Wave Traditionalists’ sharing many attitudinal traits with their grandparents continues to amaze', say researchers</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-cc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/10/28/11/clash.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/ucl-pro-palestinian-protest-friends-of-israel-students-hen-mazzig-video-freedom-of-speech-breached-a7557791.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/ucl-pro-palestinian-protest-friends-of-israel-students-hen-mazzig-video-freedom-of-speech-breached-a7557791.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>IDF soldier's freedom of speech 'breached by pro-Palestinian protest'</a></h1> </div> </div> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-2"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2017/01/30/12/student-commute.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/more-students-choosing-to-live-at-home-and-commute-to-save-costs-a7549981.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/more-students-choosing-to-live-at-home-and-commute-to-save-costs-a7549981.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>More students choosing to live at home and commute to save costs</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/cambridge-university-women-men-places-accepted-brexit-ucas-data-students-a7554041.html" data-tb-region-item="3-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2017/01/30/17/cambridge.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/cambridge-university-women-men-places-accepted-brexit-ucas-data-students-a7554041.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/cambridge-university-women-men-places-accepted-brexit-ucas-data-students-a7554041.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Women overtake men in winning places at Cambridge for the first time</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>A higher proportion of women than men were awarded places at the top tier university, but Cambridge still receives criticism for lack of diversity</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/jewish-students-no-right-define-ant-semitism-soas-student-union-london-university-school-oriental-a7548036.html" data-tb-region-item="4-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2015/09/17/21/5-SOAS-Rex.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/jewish-students-no-right-define-ant-semitism-soas-student-union-london-university-school-oriental-a7548036.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/jewish-students-no-right-define-ant-semitism-soas-student-union-london-university-school-oriental-a7548036.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Jewish students told they don't have right to define anti-Semitism</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>'This was, once again, a room full of students who do not identify as Jewish, explaining to Jewish students how to define their own oppression,' says Jewish Society student</p> </div> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-3"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1" data-locked="true"> <div id="ayl" class="grid-mod-single-mpu"> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story grid-mod-half-height " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/students-took-equivalent-300-cups-coffee-caffeine-botched-experiment-northumbria-university-a7546061.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1_half/public/thumbnails/image/2016/06/08/16/pills.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/students-took-equivalent-300-cups-coffee-caffeine-botched-experiment-northumbria-university-a7546061.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/students-took-equivalent-300-cups-coffee-caffeine-botched-experiment-northumbria-university-a7546061.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Students took equivalent of 300 cups of coffee in botched experiment</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Undergraduate students Alex Rossetto and Luke Parkin were admitted to hospital for emergency treatment after they were given 100 times the correct dosage of caffeine</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story grid-mod-half-height " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/rhodes-must-fall-activist-joshua-nott-accepts-40000-cecil-rhodes-scholarship-study-oxford-university-a7543201.html" data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1_half/public/thumbnails/image/2016/01/28/22/cecil-rhodes-south-africa.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/rhodes-must-fall-activist-joshua-nott-accepts-40000-cecil-rhodes-scholarship-study-oxford-university-a7543201.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/rhodes-must-fall-activist-joshua-nott-accepts-40000-cecil-rhodes-scholarship-study-oxford-university-a7543201.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Rhodes Must Fall activist accepts £40,000 Rhodes scholarship</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>An active member of the Rhodes Must Fall campaign at Cape Town University, Joshua Nott once likened the Cecil Rhodes statue to a 'swastika in Jerusalem'</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1" data-locked="true"> <div id="mpu3" class="grid-mod-single-mpu"> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-4"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/student-budget-how-to-eat-healthily-undergraduate-university-cheap-a7541921.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2017/01/23/15/health.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/student-budget-how-to-eat-healthily-undergraduate-university-cheap-a7541921.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/student-budget-how-to-eat-healthily-undergraduate-university-cheap-a7541921.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>How to eat healthily for the new year on a student budget</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>As the new term approaches, take heed of some tips and cheats from student bloggers in the know</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/oxford-university-1-million-trial-student-fail-first-class-degree-ma-faiz-siddiqui-graduate-alumni-a7541311.html" data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/12/11/15/brasenose-oxford.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/oxford-university-1-million-trial-student-fail-first-class-degree-ma-faiz-siddiqui-graduate-alumni-a7541311.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/oxford-university-1-million-trial-student-fail-first-class-degree-ma-faiz-siddiqui-graduate-alumni-a7541311.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Oxford University to face £1m landmark trial</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>High Court judge Mr Justice Kerr rules the university has a case to answer for, and that a trial should take place 'as soon as possible'</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="3-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2017/01/21/13/nurses.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/istudents/apprenticeships-government-promises-apprentices-disadvantaged-young-people-living-minimum-wage-a7539101.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/istudents/apprenticeships-government-promises-apprentices-disadvantaged-young-people-living-minimum-wage-a7539101.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>The one very big problem with the Government's apprenticeship scheme</a></h1> </div> </div> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="3-2"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2017/01/21/15/computer-email.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/kings-college-london-prevent-anti-terror-london-university-islamaphobia-monitoring-student-emails-a7538931.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/kings-college-london-prevent-anti-terror-london-university-islamaphobia-monitoring-student-emails-a7538931.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>King's College London admits it is monitoring students' emails</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sussex-university-student-assault-allison-smith-senior-lecturer-dr-lee-salter-beat-punch-stamp-a7533751.html" data-tb-region-item="4-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/12/12/smith-nice.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sussex-university-student-assault-allison-smith-senior-lecturer-dr-lee-salter-beat-punch-stamp-a7533751.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sussex-university-student-assault-allison-smith-senior-lecturer-dr-lee-salter-beat-punch-stamp-a7533751.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Sussex University ‘failed duty of care’ to student assault victim</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Sussex University ‘failed to follow its own safeguarding procedures’ by allowing Dr Lee Salter to remain employed, despite gross physical and emotional abuse caused to Allison Smith</p> </div> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-5"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1" data-locked="true"> <div id="mpu1" class="grid-mod-single-mpu"> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/uk-university-graduates-degree-quarter-achieve-increase-first-class-second-class-third-class-a7526286.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/06/26/12/free-students-gettyimages-89018487.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/uk-university-graduates-degree-quarter-achieve-increase-first-class-second-class-third-class-a7526286.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/uk-university-graduates-degree-quarter-achieve-increase-first-class-second-class-third-class-a7526286.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Record number of university students graduate with first-class degrees</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Number of women enrolling at university reaches an all-time high, while concerns are raised over declining international candidates</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="2" class="weight-2"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/top-10-job-interview-mistakes-graduate-post-university-career-cv-resume-applications-dress-a7525511.html" data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size2/public/thumbnails/image/2017/01/13/12/interview.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/top-10-job-interview-mistakes-graduate-post-university-career-cv-resume-applications-dress-a7525511.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/top-10-job-interview-mistakes-graduate-post-university-career-cv-resume-applications-dress-a7525511.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Top 10 graduate job interview mistakes</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Interviews are a necessary evil on the path to a successful career - go along prepared by taking note of the following tips</p> </div> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-6"><article data-weight="2" class="weight-2"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/brexit-latest-news-studies-centre-uk-british-first-launch-birmingham-university-city-a7523961.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size2/public/thumbnails/image/2017/01/12/13/bham-city.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/brexit-latest-news-studies-centre-uk-british-first-launch-birmingham-university-city-a7523961.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/brexit-latest-news-studies-centre-uk-british-first-launch-birmingham-university-city-a7523961.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>UK's first centre for Brexit studies launched in Birmingham</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Researchers at the new centre will <span>study issues relating to Brexit, including business and trade, national security, hate crime and radicalisation and cultural identity</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2017/01/12/12/oxford.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/oxford-university-students-protest-tuition-fees-hike-boycott-student-survey-satisfaction-tef-sorana-a7523781.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/oxford-university-students-protest-tuition-fees-hike-boycott-student-survey-satisfaction-tef-sorana-a7523781.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Oxford University students latest to boycott national student survey</a></h1> </div> </div> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-2"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2017/01/10/14/queen-mary.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/the-sun-ban-queen-mary-university-students-protest-free-copies-a7519646.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/the-sun-ban-queen-mary-university-students-protest-free-copies-a7519646.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Students protest university's decision to ban tabloids</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"> <div class="container grid-mod-markup"> <div> <style> .ijobsWidget{margin-left:10px; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:20px; overflow:hidden; position:relative; width: auto; height: 600px; background-color: #fff; border-top: 8px solid #cccccc; border-right: 1px solid #ccc; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; border-left: 1px solid #ccc;} #feed {padding: 13px;} #feed a {color: #666 !important; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none;display: block; margin-bottom: -17px; margin-top: 8px;} #feed a:hover{color:#b80000 !important;} #feed hr{border:1px solid #ccc; } #feed span {color: #333333; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 8px; display: block;} .iJobs-head{ margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: -16px; } .iJobsLink{display: block; background: #ccc; height: 44px; position: absolute; width: 100%; bottom:0px; } .iJobsLink a{font-size: 15px;line-height: 15px; color:#000; padding: 7px; display: block; text-decoration: none;} .iJobs-head img{width: 265px; } .iJobs-head{text-align: center;} </style> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038js_/https://www.google.com/jsapi"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> google.load("feeds", "1"); function initialize() { var feed = new google.feeds.Feed("https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://ijobs.independent.co.uk/widget/jobs/;i=22"); feed.setNumEntries(5); feed.load(function(result) { if (!result.error) { var container = document.getElementById("feed"); for (var i = 0; i < result.feed.entries.length; i++) { var entry = result.feed.entries[i]; var a = document.createElement("a"); var span = document.createElement("span"); var newLind = document.createElement("br"); var newLine = document.createElement("hr"); a.appendChild(document.createTextNode(entry.title)); container.appendChild(a); a.setAttribute('href', entry.link); container.appendChild(newLind); span.appendChild(document.createTextNode(entry.contentSnippet)); container.appendChild(span); container.appendChild(newLine); } } }); } google.setOnLoadCallback(initialize); </script> <div class="ijobsWidget"> <div class="iJobs-head"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://ijobs.independent.co.uk/" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038im_/http://assets.independent.co.uk/independentjobs/independentjobs.png" alt="Independent Jobs Job Widget"></a> </div> <div id="feed"></div> <div class="iJobsLink"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://ijobs.independent.co.uk/jobs/technology-and-new-media/" target="_blank">View the latest Tech and New Media jobs now</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-7"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/higher-education-bill-lords-reforms-hepi-report-scam-universities-a7509791.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/12/14/19/graduation.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/higher-education-bill-lords-reforms-hepi-report-scam-universities-a7509791.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/higher-education-bill-lords-reforms-hepi-report-scam-universities-a7509791.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Government reforms leave new higher education providers unregulated</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>‘As the higher education market continues to change shape, we must be vigilant in ensuring bad apples do not contaminate the sector as a whole’</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2017/01/03/12/hospitality.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/top-10-best-graduate-careers-prospects-2017-university-leavers-jobs-workplace-advice-where-to-a7507081.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/top-10-best-graduate-careers-prospects-2017-university-leavers-jobs-workplace-advice-where-to-a7507081.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Top 10 graduate careers with best prospects for 2017</a></h1> </div> </div> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-2"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2017/01/02/14/sussex.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/sussex-university-gender-neutral-pronouns-transgender-lgbt-rights-brighton-sexuality-politics-a7505671.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/sussex-university-gender-neutral-pronouns-transgender-lgbt-rights-brighton-sexuality-politics-a7505671.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Sussex University to use gender neutral pronouns</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/how-to-get-fit-student-budget-fitness-gym-health-christmas-new-year-binge-eating-drinking-a7505296.html" data-tb-region-item="3-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2017/01/02/10/fit.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/how-to-get-fit-student-budget-fitness-gym-health-christmas-new-year-binge-eating-drinking-a7505296.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/how-to-get-fit-student-budget-fitness-gym-health-christmas-new-year-binge-eating-drinking-a7505296.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>How to get fit for January on a student budget</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>No excuses – here's how to get fit without spending a fortune</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1" data-locked="true"> <div id="mpu2" class="grid-mod-single-mpu"> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-8"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/archbishop-of-canterbury-lord-george-carey-picture-remove-kings-college-london-anti-gay-marriage-a7490761.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2013/12/24/01/george-carey-GETTY.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/archbishop-of-canterbury-lord-george-carey-picture-remove-kings-college-london-anti-gay-marriage-a7490761.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/archbishop-of-canterbury-lord-george-carey-picture-remove-kings-college-london-anti-gay-marriage-a7490761.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Former Archbishop of Canterbury's picture removed from London college</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>A student union campaign to have Lord Carey's image removed began more than four years ago after he said same-sex relationships could not be put "on the same level" as heterosexual marriage</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/12/21/09/office-laptops.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/first-job-graduates-university-mistakes-first-office-job-coffee-a7488076.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/first-job-graduates-university-mistakes-first-office-job-coffee-a7488076.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>9 Mistakes all university graduates make in their first office job</a></h1> </div> </div> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-2"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/12/14/13/imperial.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/imperial-college-london-accused-ingrained-misogyny-female-students-sexism-humiliated-a7474166.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/imperial-college-london-accused-ingrained-misogyny-female-students-sexism-humiliated-a7474166.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Imperial College London accused of 'ingrained misogyny'</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="2" class="weight-2"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/oxford-university-student-union-gender-neutral-pronoun-ze-a7471701.html" data-tb-region-item="3-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size2/public/thumbnails/image/2015/06/19/15/oxforduni.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/oxford-university-student-union-gender-neutral-pronoun-ze-a7471701.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/oxford-university-student-union-gender-neutral-pronoun-ze-a7471701.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Oxford University union denies telling students to use pronoun 'ze'</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>'No, we didn't publish a leaflet banning gendered pronouns. But we do stand against transphobia'</p> </div> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-9"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/oxford-university-students-gender-neutral-pronouns-peter-tatchell-student-union-ze-xe-a7470196.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/12/12/15/oxford-university.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/oxford-university-students-gender-neutral-pronouns-peter-tatchell-student-union-ze-xe-a7470196.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/oxford-university-students-gender-neutral-pronouns-peter-tatchell-student-union-ze-xe-a7470196.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Oxford University students 'told to use gender neutral pronoun ze'</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Student union officials hope use of gender neutral pronouns will expand to seminars and lecture theatres</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-list no-title"> <ul class="simple-news-list"> <li class="story" data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/home-office-international-student-visas-slash-amber-rudd-slash-nearly-half-universities-a7469611.html"> <div class="image-holder"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-original="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/storylist/public/thumbnails/image/2016/12/12/12/amber-rudd.jpg"/> </div> <h2>Home Office to slash international student visas by nearly half</h2> </a> </li> <li class="story" data-tb-region-item="2-2"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/societies-university-freshers-week-douglas-adams-clubs-a7464246.html"> <div class="image-holder"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-original="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/storylist/public/thumbnails/image/2016/03/07/15/early-exercise-getty.jpg"/> </div> <h2>The best societies to join at university</h2> </a> </li> <li class="story" data-tb-region-item="2-3"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/durham-student-counsellor-accused-of-raping-drunk-woman-had-role-played-attacker-in-training-a7461356.html"> <div class="image-holder"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-original="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/storylist/public/thumbnails/image/2016/12/07/16/durham-crown-court.jpg"/> </div> <h2>Student counsellor accused of rape had role played attacker</h2> </a> </li> <li class="story" data-tb-region-item="2-4"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/oxford-student-matt-smith-ski-val-thorens-france-alps-killed-mix-of-drink-bodybuilding-medication-a7460576.html"> <div class="image-holder"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-original="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/storylist/public/thumbnails/image/2016/12/05/09/matt-smith.jpg"/> </div> <h2>Oxford skier may have been killed by ‘mix of drink and medication’</h2> </a> </li> <li class="story" data-tb-region-item="2-5"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/study-abroad/news/durham-student-union-candidate-tom-harwood-pledges-to-defeat-isis-and-build-217-ft-statue-of-nus-a7459416.html"> <div class="image-holder"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-original="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/storylist/public/thumbnails/image/2016/12/06/17/harwood.jpg"/> <span class="icon-play vsmall"></span> </div> <h2>Durham student union candidate pledges to 'defeat Isis'</h2> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </article><article data-weight="2" class="weight-2"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/leicester-university-launches-scheme-medicine-university-help-poorer-students-scholarship-grant-a7459061.html" data-tb-region-item="3-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size2/public/thumbnails/image/2016/10/06/17/doctor.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/leicester-university-launches-scheme-medicine-university-help-poorer-students-scholarship-grant-a7459061.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/leicester-university-launches-scheme-medicine-university-help-poorer-students-scholarship-grant-a7459061.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>University launches scheme to help poorer students into medicine</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>State school applicants with 'compassion, empathy and enthusiasm' are encouraged to apply for one of 25 places on the new scheme</p> </div> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-10"><article data-weight="2" class="weight-2"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/study-abroad/free-university-education-courses-study-abroad-brexit-erasmus-students-germany-copenhagen-france-a7457576.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size2/public/thumbnails/image/2016/12/05/18/prague.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/study-abroad/free-university-education-courses-study-abroad-brexit-erasmus-students-germany-copenhagen-france-a7457576.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/study-abroad/free-university-education-courses-study-abroad-brexit-erasmus-students-germany-copenhagen-france-a7457576.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>The countries offering students free university education</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Even where courses are not completely free, they're often markedly cheaper than those at UK universities</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="2" class="weight-2"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170210000038oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/oxford-student-death-ski-trip-val-thorens-matt-smith-varsity-trip-university-a7456161.html" data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size2/public/thumbnails/image/2016/12/05/09/matt-smith.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/oxford-student-death-ski-trip-val-thorens-matt-smith-varsity-trip-university-a7456161.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/oxford-student-death-ski-trip-val-thorens-matt-smith-varsity-trip-university-a7456161.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Oxford student dies on university ski trip</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Friends of 22-year-old Matt Smith found him passed out in his holiday apartment, where he was pronounced dead after suspected cardiac arrest</p> </div> </div> </div> </article></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer id="mastfooter" tynt-data="no-content"> <div class="stamp"></div> <ul class="follow"> <li>Follow us:</li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/https://www.facebook.com/TheIndependentOnline" target="_blank" title="Facebook" class="icon-facebook"></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/https://twitter.com/independent" target="_blank" title="Twitter" class="icon-twitter"></a> </li> </ul> <ul class="links"><li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html" title="">User Policies</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html" title="">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html" title="">Cookie Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/service/code-of-conduct-a6184241.html" title="">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/https://independentnews.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new" title="">Complaint Form</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/service/contact-us-759589.html" title="">Contact Us</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/service/external-contributors-policy-7905982.html" title="">Contributors</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/topics-list" title="">All Topics</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/archive" title="">Archive</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/register" title="">Newsletters</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://independentjobs.independent.co.uk/" title="">Jobs</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/https://subscriptions.independent.co.uk/" title="">Subscriptions</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://esimedia.co.uk/" title="">Advertising Guide</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://syndication.independent.co.uk/" title="">Syndication</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://www.standard.co.uk/" title="">Evening Standard</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://en.novayagazeta.ru/" title="">Novaya Gazeta</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://www.independent.co.uk/marketing/apps/" title="">Install our Apps</a></li> </ul> </footer> <div id="outofpageslot"> </div> <div id="teadsib"> </div> <div id="znaptag" tynt-data="no-content"> </div> <div id="thirdparty01"> </div> </div>  <script>(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"]=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)})(window,document,"script","//web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js","ga");ga("create", "UA-27212627-1", {"cookieDomain":"auto"});ga("set", "anonymizeIp", true);ga("send", "pageview"); ; </script>  <div class="region region-page-bottom">  <script type="text/javascript" src="//web.archive.org/web/20170210000038js_/http://www.independent.co.uk/sites/all/libraries/sitecatalyst/ind_am_code.js?ol2f6w"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038im_/http://independent.122.2o7.net/b/ss/indepdev/1/H.27.5--NS/0?[AQB]&cdp=3&[AQE]/2283250" height="1" width="1" alt=""></noscript>   <div class="adblock-modal adblock" style="display: none;"> <aside class="adblock-notice"> <div class="ctrl"><button class="close" data-action="close">Close</button></div> <h2><span class="logo"></span></h2> <div class="adblock-container main"> <div class="content"> <p><strong>We've noticed that you are using an ad blocker.</strong></p> <p>Advertising helps fund our journalism and keep it truly independent. It helps to build our international editorial team, from war correspondents to investigative reporters, commentators to critics.</p> <div class="content-section"> <p><a data-toggle="instructions" href="javascript:void(0);">Click here to view instructions</a> on how to disable your ad blocker, and help us to keep providing you with free-thinking journalism - for free.</p> <p>Thank you for your support.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="adblock-container instructions"> <p><strong>How to disable your ad blocker for <span class="site-url">independent.co.uk</span></strong></p> <h3 class="ad-block-icon"> Adblock / Adblock Plus</h3> <ul> <li>Click the Adblock/Adblock Plus icon, which is to the right of your address bar.</li> <li>On Adblock click "Don't run on pages on this domain".</li> <li>On Adblock Plus click "Enabled on this site" to disable ad blocking for the current website you are on. If you are in Firefox click "disable on <span class="site-url">independent.co.uk</span>".</li> </ul> <h3 class="firefox-icon">Firefox Tracking Protection</h3> <ul> <li>If you are Private Browsing in Firefox, "Tracking Protection" may cause the adblock notice to show. It can be temporarily disabled by clicking the "shield" icon in the address bar.</li> </ul> <h3 class="ghostery-icon">Ghostery</h3> <ul> <li>Click the Ghostery icon.</li> <li>In versions before 6.0 click "whitelist site".</li> <li>In version 6.0 click "trust site" or add <span class="site-url">independent.co.uk</span> to your Trusted Site list.</li> <li>In versions before 6.0 you will see the message "Site is whitelisted".</li> <li>Click "reload the page to see your changes".</li> </ul> <h3 class="ublock-icon">uBlock</h3> <ul> <li>Click the uBlock icon.</li> <li>Then click the big power button to whitelist the current web site, and its state will be remembered next time you visit the web site.</li> <li>Then reload the page.</li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> <div class="adblock-modal adblock-confirm" style="display: none;"> <aside class="adblock-notice"> <div class="ctrl"><button class="close" data-action="close">Close</button></div> <h2><span class="logo"></span></h2> <div class="adblock-container main"> <div class="content"> <p>Thank you for supporting <span class="site-url">independent.co.uk</span></p> </div> <button data-action="close">Continue to our site</button> </div> </aside> </div> </div>  <script>window.jQuery || document.write("<script src='/sites/all/modules/contrib/jquery_update/replace/jquery/2.1/jquery.min.js'>\x3C/script>") ; document.createElement( "picture" ); ; //Add js: Temp inskin grid recalculate patch jQuery(function(){ function show_inskin(){ Drupal.behaviors.grid.recalculate(); window.setTimeout( show_inskin, 1000 ); }; window.setTimeout( show_inskin, 1000 ); }); ; //Add js: jQuery Alias var $ = jQuery; ; //Add js: Check for Iframed pages (function () { var topParent = window.top.location.href, parent = window.parent.location.href, combi = topParent + " - " + parent; if (topParent != parent) { console.log(combi); ga('send', 'event', 'iFramer', combi); } })(); ; //Add js: PageFair AdBlock Detection (function() { function async_load(script_url){ var protocol = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://' : 'http://'); var s = document.createElement('script'); s.src = protocol + script_url; var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x); } bm_website_code = '50DD925A1FA64A66'; jQuery(document).ready(function(){async_load('asset.pagefair.com/measure.min.js')}); jQuery(document).ready(function(){async_load('asset.pagefair.net/ads.min.js')}); })(); ; jQuery.extend(Drupal.settings, { "themeName": "independent_theme" }); ; jQuery.extend(Drupal.settings, { "s_account": "indepdev" }); ; (function() { function loadChartbeat() { window._sf_endpt = (new Date()).getTime(); var e = document.createElement('script'); e.setAttribute('language', 'javascript'); e.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript'); e.setAttribute('src', '//web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat_mab.js'); document.body.appendChild(e); var e = document.createElement('script'); e.setAttribute('language', 'javascript'); e.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript'); e.setAttribute('src', '//web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js'); document.body.appendChild(e); } var oldonload = window.onload; window.onload = (typeof window.onload != 'function') ? loadChartbeat : function() { oldonload(); loadChartbeat(); }; })(); ; (function($) { var test = document.createElement('div'); test.innerHTML = ' '; test.className = 'adsbox'; function detectOnload(){ document.body.appendChild(test); if (test.offsetHeight === 0) { document.body.classList.add('adblock'); $('body').trigger('AdblockDetected'); // add GA Events if defined if(typeof ga !== 'undefined'){ ga('send', 'event', 'Adblock', 'Blocked', location.href); } } else { $('body').trigger('AdblockNotDetected'); // add GA Events if defined if(typeof ga !== 'undefined'){ ga('send', 'event', 'Adblock', 'Unblocked', location.href); } // Old var should be depricat4d but used elsewhere window.runAds = true; } test.remove(); } var oldonload = window.onload; window.onload = (typeof window.onload != 'function') ? detectOnload : function() { oldonload(); detectOnload(); }; }) (jQuery); ; (function($) { $('body').on('AdblockDetected', function() { // check for mobile with helper if (typeof window.helper.isMobile !== 'undefined' && !window.helper.isMobile.any()){ var adblock_cookie = window.helper.getCookie('adblock_detected'); if (adblock_cookie !== 'ignored'){ $('.adblock.adblock-modal').css('display', 'block').appendTo('body'); window.helper.createCookie('adblock_detected', 'detected', 1); $('.adblock-modal [data-action="close"]').click(function(e){ window.helper.createCookie('adblock_detected', 'ignored', 30); $('.adblock-modal').remove(); }); $( window ).resize(function() { var height = $(window).height(); var container = $('.adblock-modal .adblock-container').filter(':visible'); container.height('auto'); container.css('overflow-y', ''); if (container.height() > $(window).height() - 190){ container.height($(window).height() - 190); container.css('overflow-y', 'scroll'); } }); $(window).trigger('resize'); } } }); }) (jQuery); ; (function($) { $('body').on('AdblockNotDetected', function() { var adblock_cookie = window.helper.getCookie('adblock_detected'); if (adblock_cookie) { $('.adblock-confirm.adblock-modal').css('display', 'block').appendTo('body'); window.helper.deleteCookie('adblock_detected'); if(typeof ga !== 'undefined'){ ga('send', 'event', 'AdblockDisabled', 'Disabled', location.href); } $('.adblock-modal [data-action="close"]').click(function(e){ $('.adblock-modal').remove(); }); }; }); }) (jQuery); ; if (typeof inesDefineAdSlots !== "undefined") { inesDefineAdSlots(); } ; window.__gigyaConf = {sessionExpiration: -2,} ; window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({category:"auto"}); !function (e, f, u) { e.async = 1; e.src = u; f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f); }(document.createElement("script"), document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0], "//web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/eslmedia-theindependent/loader.js"); ; window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({flush: true}); ; ga('send', 'event', 'Replatform', 'pageview', location.href); ; ga('send', 'event', 'Page Type', pageType, location.href); ; (function(){var a=document,b=a.createElement("script"),a=a.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];b.type="text/javascript";b.async=!0;b.src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/https://z.moatads.com/eveningstandard858kBFE49/moatcontent.js";a.parentNode.insertBefore(b,a)})(); ; jQuery(function() { ga('create', 'UA-69936242-1', 'auto', 'combined'); ga('combined.send', 'pageview'); }); </script>   <script> var _comscore = _comscore || []; _comscore.push({ c1: "2", c2: "10476312" }); (function() { var s = document.createElement("script"), el = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.async = true; s.src = (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? "https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/https://sb" : "http://b") + ".scorecardresearch.com/beacon.js"; el.parentNode.insertBefore(s, el); })(); </script> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038im_/https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=10476312&cv=2.0&cj=1"/> </noscript>   <div id="overlay"></div>   <script class="kxct" data-id="I8gY_o93" data-timing="async" data-version="1.9" type="text/javascript"> window.Krux || ((Krux = function() { Krux.q.push(arguments) }).q = []); (function() { var k = document.createElement('script'); k.type = 'text/javascript'; k.async = true; var m, src = (m = location.href.match(/\bkxsrc=([^&]+)/)) && decodeURIComponent(m[1]); k.src = /^https?:\/\/([^\/]+\.)?krxd\.net(:\d{1,5})?\//i.test(src) ? src : src === "disable" ? "" : (location.protocol === "https:" ? "https:" : "http:") + "//web.archive.org/web/20170210000038/http://cdn.krxd.net/controltag?confid=I8gY_o93"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(k, s); }()); </script>   <script>var js_loaded=false;</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038js_/https://stag.mdotlabs.com/ads.js"></script> <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038js_/https://stag.mdotlabs.com/sherlock.php?clientID=6035250"></script>   <script src="//web.archive.org/web/20170210000038js_/http://ak.sail-horizon.com/onsite/personalize.v0.0.4.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>    <iframe name="__bkframe" height="0" width="0" frameborder="0" style="display:none;position:absolute;clip:rect(0px 0px 0px 0px)" src="about:blank"></iframe> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000038js_/http://tags.bkrtx.com/js/bk-coretag.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> bk_addPageCtx('student', 'student'); bk_doJSTag(37716, 5); </script>  </body> </html>