A new strike ballot at Edinburgh
Staff at the University of Edinburgh are to be balloted again over the £140 million of cuts and up to 1,800 job losses, four weeks after the university’s own accounts showed a £43 million surplus. Ballots take about a month, so action would fall at the end of the semester. Students affected should keep a record of teaching lost — it is the basis of any later claim.
The official numbers on why people come to study here
The Office for National Statistics has updated its analysis of international student migration covering 2019 to 2025 — how many come, how long they stay, and what they do afterwards. These are the figures underneath every claim made in the visa argument this year, published as official statistics in development rather than as anyone’s press release.
A students’ union election result held up by a disqualification
Cambridge’s students’ union has delayed announcing its postgraduate presidential result after disqualifying a candidate over complaints of interference with voting. Union elections are governed by rules students can read and challenge, and the returning officer’s decisions can usually be appealed — worth knowing in the month most unions hold theirs. Students’ union explained covers how they work.