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  • Cows create awards

    Posted on 23/06/2010 | No Comments
    Pravindharan Balakrishnan Have you ever imagined that a herd of belching cows could cause more damage to the environment than cars? Well, research done by PBS economist, Professor Andy Thorpe, discovered that a single herd of cows actually produce an annual emission of...

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  • Sharp rise in Open University enrolment

    Posted on 23/06/2010 | No Comments
    Nandini Indiran The Open University (OU) received the highest number of student enrolment than ever before this year. Surprisingly, a quarter of the students belong to the 25 and under age group. There was a significant rise in the number of students aged...

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  • Anti-racist activists protest new SU roles

    Posted on 10/06/2010 | No Comments
    Ben Fishwick New proposals at Student Council for a White Students’ officer and a Men’s Students’ officer have led to accusations of the President-elect ’sneaking’ in motions at the end of term. The proposals were put forward by Aakash Naik at the May meeting of Student Council,...

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  • New security measures against bike theft

    Posted on 28/05/2010 | No Comments
    Faye Joice Bicycle owners can get added protection from bike thieves in Commercial Road on June 8th from 10am to 4pm by Portsmouth Police. The police have joined forces with the council trading standards office to offer a service to the public to help in retrieving stolen...

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  • £71,000 to do chores

    £71,000 to do chores

    Posted on 28/05/2010 | No Comments
    Samuel Fisk University of Portsmouth Lecturer Dr Joerg Zinken has received a grant of £71,000 to continue his research into the language used by English and Polish speakers when discussing household chores. Dr Zinken’s research has already shown that native English speakers are less community-spirited than...

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  • New government make students’ promises

    New government make students’ promises

    Posted on 21/05/2010 | No Comments
    Callum Macfray The Liberal Democrat and conservative coalition government have pledged to fund a number of new university places. The coalition government have failed however to include how many places it plans to fund, how it plans to fund them or how they intend for the fees...

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  • Next year’s team elected

    Next year’s team elected

    Posted on 13/05/2010 | 1 Comment
    Joe Wilkes The Pugwash Editorial Team for the 2010/2011 academic year has been elected. In a tension-filled meeting room on the 4th May, around thirty students read the candidate’s manifestoes, heard them plead their case with individual minute long speeches, and then cast their vote in favour...

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  • Ethical fashion show

    Ethical fashion show

    Posted on 13/05/2010 | No Comments
    Joe Wilkes A student-run ethical fashion show took place in the Third Space in aid of One World Week, a week aimed at celebrating diversity throughout the University. The show was a marked success, with fashion astute students filling the seats to watch fellow students parade the...

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  • NUS LGBT Conference

    NUS LGBT Conference

    Posted on 12/05/2010 | No Comments
    Kym Morgan (Current UPSU LGBT Campaigns officer) NUS LGBT Conference – Liverpool 7th-9th May This year UPSU sent its largest delegation yet to the National LGBT Conference comprising of two female positions, Kym Morgan & Sabrina Sayed; two open positions, Gavin Riley & Maxim Davys, and one...

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  • Used your student vote?

    Used your student vote?

    Posted on 12/05/2010 | No Comments
    Ben Fishwick Students wanting to vote in the general election last week were segregated from local residents in some areas, having to wait longer to cast their vote. This came at the same time as the announcement that some polling stations had closed thier doors at...

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