Student, 19, is banned from Aberdeen University’s union for two weeks after saying ‘Rule Britannia’ during a debate on the British Army Elizabeth Heverin said ‘Rule, Britannia,’ during a debate at Aberdeen University Debate was discussing presence of British Army recruiters on university campus She was banned from all student union buildings and debates for … Read more
Cambridge University’s Churchill college – which is ‘smearing’ the wartime PM by calling him the ‘perfect embodiment’ of ‘white supremacist philosophy’ – should give up its name, says his grandson Sir Nicholas Soames College held an event called The Racial Consequences of Churchill amid others Wartime leader’s grandson Sir Nicholas Soames says it should give up … Read more
More than a quarter of students ‘self-censor’ because they fear their views will clash with the ‘woke’ values promoted by their university, according to a shocking new survey. In the latest evidence of the free speech crisis engulfing campuses across the country, 27 per cent of students said they have actively ‘hidden’ their opinions when … Read more
Scientists are asking why the US arm of Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine trial are still on hold as the rest of the world races to test its efficacy. AstraZeneca, the drug giant which owns the rights to the experimental jab, stopped global trials on September 8 because a British volunteer was hospitalised. She has now been … Read more
US President Donald Trump could fast-track the coronavirus vaccine being made by Britain’s Oxford University to get it into use before the country’s election. White House insiders say Mr Trump is considering pushing for approval for emergency use of the jab, which is one of the world’s most promising candidates. Early trials of Oxford’s jab … Read more
Two scientists behind Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine could pocket a hefty sum of money if the jab proves successful, it emerged today. Several private investors, including the controversial Chinese firm Huawei, are also poised to profit if the vaccine — called AZD1222 — goes to market. Oxford professors Sarah Gilbert and Adrian Hill co-founded Vaccitech … Read more
More than four percent of Californians may have developed antibodies against the novel coronavirus, preliminary results of a new study suggest. Researchers from the University of Southern California developed a coronavirus antibody test, which can determine if someone has been infected and if their body has produced immune cells that can protect them from being … Read more