Railway strikes in the UK have halted services throughout July and Augst 2022.
Sony, owners and creators of the gaming sensation PlayStation, have been hit with a lawsuit with a possible £5 billion pay out.
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The UK government has once again extended its trade sanctions with Russia.
The UK underwent a record-breaking heatwave in July with another hitting the country in August.
The UK has blocked a Chinese company from purchasing intellectual property from the University of Manchester using its powers under the National Security and Investment Act.
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Cambridge University has introduced a new foundation year scheme, designed to give disadvantaged young people a more realistic and obtainable avenue to the university. The scheme reduces the usual entry requirement of A*AA to BBB for students who had their education ‘disadvantaged or disrupted’ and are from lower-income households.
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The recent statement from the European Commission has thrown the UK rehabilitation system into the spotlight. Illuminated in a recent study on detainees’ experience of incarceration, interviews with inmates informed of an emerging culture of “learned deception”,[1] where participation in classes arises not out of a want for learning or for change, but simply out of an understanding that these present “a possibility of getting out quicker”.
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The European Commission for Human Rights has issued a statement. requiring the Member States to “take urgent steps to protect the rights and health of prisoners” in response to the current pandemic.Bringing to light the contentious issue of prisoners’ rights, the statement entrenches the importance of human dignity in the penal context. With the aim of protecting detainees from egregious wrongs and fostering realistic prospects of rehabilitation.
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Despite the desperate need for inclusion and striving towards a gender equal society, many female athletes are still subjected to intense ‘sex testing’ prior to competing. This violation of an individual’s rights has led to the mental and physical decline of female athletes as well as economic hardship.
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