Search results for ‘university funding’
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FactCheck: why do water companies spill sewage into rivers and seas and how does UK water quality compare to other countries?
Why are water companies allowed to spill sewage and how does UK water quality compare to other countries? FactCheck takes a look.
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FactCheck: will ULEZ expansion to outer London improve air quality?
We calculate the expansion will add 13 minutes to the average Londoner’s life expectancy in 2023.
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FactCheck: Why will voter identification be required for elections in Great Britain and what ID will polling stations accept – explained
What is voter ID, what is the government-issued certificate and why is photo identification at elections being made a requirement? Here’s what you need to know.
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Traces of drugs found in marine life after sewage pumped into British waters
Traces of drugs have been found in marine life, thanks to the untreated sewage being pumped into British waters, according to a joint study by two leading UK universities, which this programme has been given exclusive access to.
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Revealed: Dozens of deaths and stillbirths at maternity units cost hospital trust £103m in damages over decade
More than £100 million has been paid out in damages by one hospital trust over 10 years after its maternity units were accused of being responsible for dozens of deaths and stillbirths, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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FactCheck: will the “poorest and neediest” get the coronavirus vaccine in time?
The government has signed up to an international agreement designed to make sure all countries get equal access to coronavirus vaccines at the same time. But it has also said it wants British people to get the new Oxford vaccine first.
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FactCheck: Is this a green revolution?
Boris Johnson’s environment strategy has been billed as a “green industrial revolution”. But only a quarter of the £12bn of government spending announced this week is really new money.
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FactCheck: five key Covid questions the government won’t answer
There are important questions about the coronavirus strategy that government departments simply won’t answer in full.
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FactCheck: confusion over Covid-19 vaccine plans
There have been mixed messages recently about how a Covid-19 vaccination programme would be handled.
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FactCheck: how close are we to a vaccine or cure for coronavirus?
What’s the current state of the science in the race to find a vaccine for coronavirus?
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FactCheck: is Labour’s ‘£6,000 savings’ claim misleading?
FactCheck thinks that almost every figure Labour have used is questionable.
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FactCheck: did austerity kill 120,000 people?
That was the claim shared by Jeremy Corbyn — but is it true?
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FactCheck: is austerity reducing life expectancy?
Life expectancy in England is not growing at the rate that experts predicted before 2011. What’s going on?
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Ramsgate port dredged as no-deal Brexit preparations gather steam
The DUP has declared again today that it won’t vote for Theresa May’s deal, so a disorderly Brexit is becoming a distinct possibility, triggering a frenzy of preparations more akin to times of conflict. University leaders warned today that such a Brexit would be catastrophic for research and funding. More than 1,000 English and Scottish police…
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FactCheck: Have universities become ‘bloated’ under higher tuition fees?
The average UK vice chancellor gets paid six times as much as a lecturer. And there’s no evidence that senior pay is linked to university performance.