High Court dismisses the challenge to the student visa ban
A High Court judge has dismissed the case brought by seven students, including Oxford offer-holders, against the government’s March restriction on student visas from four countries. The ban stands, which means affected applicants holding offers for this year have no route through the courts and must look at deferral or a different country. Being an international student in the UK covers the rules as they now are.
Everything else you can drink in freshers week
A guide to the alternatives to vodka and lemonade, including the non-alcoholic ones, written without the lecture. Freshers week is the point at which drinking habits get set for the year, and the useful part here is that ordering something else is unremarkable. Socialising without alcohol covers doing it all year.