Non binary graduate becomes Wales’ youngest ever city mayor at 22

Graduate becomes ‘world’s first openly non-binary city mayor’ – and Wales’ youngest ever – after they’re unanimously elected in Bangor at just 22 Bangor University graduate Owen J Hurcum came out as non-binary in 2019 This week, they were elected to be mayor of Bangor in Gwynedd, North Wales On Twitter, Owen said they were ‘beyond … Read more

Unemployed Oxford graduate, 41, SUES his parents to get a maintenance grant for life

An unemployed Oxford graduate is taking his parents to court in an effort to force them to provide him with a lifelong maintenance grant.   Faiz Siddiqui, 41, claims he is entirely dependent on his wealthy parents, who are based in Dubai, and is entitled to claim maintenance from them as a ‘vulnerable’ grown-up child due … Read more

Unemployed Oxford law graduate, 41, SUES his parents to get a maintenance grant for life

Unemployed Oxford law graduate, 41, SUES his parents to get a maintenance grant for life – after failing to get £1m compensation from the university for him getting a 2:1 not a First Faiz Siddiqui, 41, claims that he is entirely dependent on his wealthy parents Suing mother Rakshanda and father Javed in order to receive … Read more

Muslim Council of Britain chooses human rights law graduate, 29, as its first ever female leader

Muslim Council of Britain chooses human rights law graduate, 29, as its first ever female leader Zara Mohammed is first woman Secretary General of Muslim Council of Britain  Ms Mohammed hopes her election will ‘inspire more women and young people’  Ms Mohammed has shared pictures of her posing with London Mayor Sadiq Khan Said taking … Read more

Multi-tasking model in bid to win TV pottery contest is China-born Cambridge graduate

Dressed to kiln! Multi-tasking model in bid to win TV pottery contest is China-born Cambridge graduate By Eleanor Sharples Tv & Radio Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 10 January 2021 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 10 January 2021 Most days she can be found up to her arms in clay, creating vases, bowls … Read more

Graduate who was battling Covid woke from nine-day coma to find NHS staff had delivered her baby

Heavily-pregnant university graduate, 22, who was battling Covid woke from nine-day coma to find NHS staff had delivered her baby daughter Mehpara Naqvi was seven months pregnant when she was rushed to hospital 22-year-old developed Covid symptoms in October before struggling to breathe  Medics performed a C-section, during which Ms Naqvi’s oxygen levels dropped She is … Read more

Cambridge students won’t graduate if they don’t stay in halls

Cambridge students warned to stay in halls or they won’t be allowed to graduate Undergraduates have to stay within three miles of Great St Mary’s Church  Graduates have to stay within ten miles in order to progress their degrees Those in earlier years may also be prevented from progressing to next year  By Kumail Jaffer … Read more

Graduate achieves her dream job of becoming a pilot after quitting her job as an air stewardess

A British Airways air stewardess has revealed how she quit her job to become a pilot.  Suzie McKee, 25, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, spent a year working in the cabins of British Airways flights before deciding she would rather fly the planes instead.  Suzie, who is a languages graduate, needed £120,000 for training and started the … Read more

‘Please don’t let me die’: Last words of graduate, 24, after 40ft fall while escaping burning car

The devastated mother of a law graduate who plunged 40ft to her death from a bridge while desperately seeking help after her car caught fire today said her daughter pleaded with rescuers: ‘Please don’t let me die’.   Azra Kemal, 24, slipped through a 10ft wide void between two carriageways on a road bridge while escaping a … Read more

Student becomes first person who grew up in care to graduate from her Cambridge Uni college

A student who was once homeless is celebrating becoming the first ever care leaver to graduate from her college at Cambridge University. Kasmira Kincaid is the first student who grew up in care to graduate Corpus Christi college Cambridge ‘Exceptionally talented’ Kasmira Kincaid, from Lampeter, Ceredigion, announced on Wednesday that she is graduating with a … Read more