The photo shows the student with writing on his forehead holding something in their mouth and with a piece of cardboard tied round their neck, whilst another student can be seen in shot also with writing on their forehead, but it cannot be made out.

Part of St Cuthbert’s Society, the running club posted the picture on their Instagram Story, before taking it down a few hours later.

It is not currently clear why the student had the term written on their forehead, nor whether the incident was racially motivated.

Describing themselves as a “friendly, non-competitive environment”, Cuth’s Running Club state on St Cuthbert’s Society JCR website that they hold “a variety of running and social events that take place regularly throughout the year” and that “all are welcome at anywhere from one session to every event”.

They also describe their socials as “crazy and creative” and instruct newcomers to “bring out your best costume and enjoy”.

The news comes after allegations of racism within the Durham Union Society surfaced earlier this year. During these previous allegations, a Durham University spokesperson vowed “to learn” from the controversy surrounding the university’s response to racism amongst students.

A Durham University spokesperson said: “An incident has been brought to our attention and we are looking into this urgently. We condemn any incidents of racism in the strongest possible terms and are working hard to counter all forms of discrimination, including racism.”

Cuth’s Running Club have been contacted for comment.

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The fines, which come to a total of £6110, are comprised of charges for lost books and books returned after the agreed return date.

Despite the university only charging a maximum of £20 for an unreturned book, one student reportedly has fines totalling £890.

Eight other students also owe over £500 to the university.

These fines come after Durham Uni students faced a housing crisis last year, during which some students dropped out of uni entirely because of increased rent prices in the North East.

Durham University is one of just two North East universities who still impose library fees, with Teeside University cancelling all fines last year “as part of [its] cost of living support to students”.

The other university still using library fees, Newcastle University, only charges £1 per day for unreturned books.

A university spokesperson said: “We only charge fines for the late returns of library items where there is an active request from another borrower for that item, to ensure students who have requested books can access them.

“We offer free postal returns from the UK to support students returning items, so even if they are not on campus, they can return items at no cost to themselves via the post.

“Whether for late return or lost items, the maximum fine is £20 per book, considerably below the replacement cost.

“If any student believes they have good reason not to pay a library charge, for example medical reasons or extenuating personal circumstances, they can contact us to discuss this.”

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Stonegate Pub Company are being charged this week by Durham County Council with four health and safety offences following the death of Olivia Burt.

Olivia Burt, a first-year natural sciences student from Hampshire, was queuing for the formerly named Missoula bar on a Wednesday night in February 2018 when she fell through a barrier. The barrier then collapsed on her, and other customers fell on top of it.

The impact of the decorative screen, which was being used for crowd control, and of the concrete pavement on which she fell, gave Olivia an “unsurvivable” head injury.

Olivia died on site despite the best efforts of her friends and the paramedics.

The incident happened a year after the bar saw formal complaints about running at over-capacity and issues surrounding queue management.

Prosecutor Jamie Hill KC said that the screen which collapsed was “already unfit for the purpose of crowd management” and had been “further weakened” that night after it fell over 30 minutes before it fell on Olivia.

The BBC reports Hill said in court earlier this week: “Nobody from Stonegate had carried out any specific risk assessment of this measure. Nobody from the club had turned their mind to the dangers.

“By re-erecting that barrier and allowing the queueing to continue, we say they allowed the conditions leading to Olivia’s death to persist”.

Hill said the events were “Foreseeable, predictable, and preventable”.

Durham County Council are charging Stonegate Pub Company with failing to ensure Burt’s safety and that of other customers, failing to properly assess risks, using inappropriate equipment, and ignoring danger signs.

The owners of Missoula bar, now Slug and Lettuce, denied all four breaches of health and safety legislation.

Olivia’s parents, Nigel and Paula Burt, have said they are “devastated and heartbroken” by their loss. They described Olivia as a “wonderful young woman” and say they “do not understand how our only child died on a night out with friends”.

The trial is expected to last another three weeks.

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The university hit out at the UCU for the disruption the marking assessment and boycott has caused, admitting “a significant number of students will face delays in receiving all their marks and final classifications”.

Whilst all students are invited to attend a congregation this summer, which the university says will “mark the completion of your degree”, only those with all marks will graduate.

The email sent to finalists this afternoon also outlined what will be awarded to students without fully marked work in the meantime. Students who have more than 80 credits worth of marked work will receive an interim classified degree, and those with more than 60 will receive an interim outcome which the university says “will be clearly indicated on your pass list”.

Students with less than 60 credits worth of marked work will only be awarded a transcript of available marks.

Tony Fawcett, Durham University’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor, told students that he “sympathise[s]” and “fully appreciate[s] the anxiety that the uncertainty around your results may be causing you”.

However, Fawcett also admitted he can not put a time frame on when marking will be fully completed, also telling students that he “regret[s] that at this point [he] cannot give you a definitive date for when you will receive all of your results”.

Durham University has offered financial contributions to those students graduating next spring. The university says a grant will be made in support of costs surrounding “robes, travel and accommodation”.

Further details about financial grants will not be made known until later this summer.

Durham University explained the interim qualifications it is awarding are a “minimum guaranteed award”. This means that when all marks are available, a student’s final grade can go up but not down.

The university also intends to provide students who will be awarded interim qualifications with a letter explaining their meaning. This letter, the uni claims, “can be used as the evidence you need to progress to employment or future study”.

A Durham University spokesperson said: “The majority of Durham’s undergraduate students will graduate with a classified degree or an interim award, while, unfortunately, a significant number of students will face delays in receiving all their marks and final classifications.

“We deeply sympathise with our students, already impacted by the pandemic, who now endure further uncertainty and anxiety.

“We are reassuring our students that any remaining work will be marked as swiftly as possible, and we will provide marks and final classifications as soon as they are available.

“We will maintain academic standards and are accountable to the Office for Students on this.

“We communicate regularly with students and are offering them individual support, including liaising directly with employers or other universities where they are continuing studies.

“All students are invited to ceremonies in Durham Cathedral this summer. We have offered further ceremonies at a later date to those who cannot receive a final degree at the present time.

“It is deeply disappointing that the UCU have implemented a national marking and assessment boycott, and that some of our staff have chosen to take part. The impact of the industrial action is concentrated in a few departments.

“As a university we are part of national pay bargaining. We are caught up in a dispute that affects 145 higher education institutions.

“The dispute is the result of an aggregated national ballot carried by a narrow majority of UCU members. Although we have made strenuous efforts, in dialogue with the employers’ body, UCEA, to seek a way forward, this is not an issue we can resolve locally.

“While we deeply appreciate the cost-of-living pressures on all our staff, universities also face significant financial challenges.”

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Across the 24 institutions, international students’ tuition fees averaged 23 per cent of universities’ income in the academic year 2021/22.

Although international students only make up 34 per cent of all Russell Group students, they generated almost £5 billion in tuition fees (£4,946,915,000), nearly £1.5 billion more than home students (£3,562,695,000).

Despite this, Rishi Sunak’s new legislation came into play on January 1st which bans overseas students from bringing family members to the UK.

The data reveals just how over-reliant Britain’s top universities have become on the cohort.

Last year, university vice-chancellors warned the current funding model for universities is “broken” as the cap on home based tuition fees has left universities unable to keep up with inflation.

Although the hike in tuition fees in 2012 to £9,000 caused great anger among students, anger which still runs deep today, the cap has only ever been lifted once, up to £9,250 in 2017.

The problem, according to Universities UK (UUK), is inflation has eaten away at the value of what a home-based student pays. £9,250 in 2017 is now worth just over £6,500 to universities.

While UK students continue to pay £9,250, there is no such cap on international student fees.

Critics have suggested international students are being exploited with unfair price hikes in order to make up for the declining worth of home fees.

The average international student now pays £22,000 a year for the same undergraduate course. They get the same access to teaching, sit in the same lectures and seminars but are expected to pay well over double the price.

Data analysed by The Tab shows the University of Glasgow received over £290 million from international students’ tuition fees in academic year 2021/22, which made up 31.2 per cent of their total income.

This percentage is similarly high for LSE, where international students’ tuition fees accounted for 30.7 per cent of total income.

The University of Manchester made over £356 million two years from international students’ tuition fees, which was a 16.6 per cent increase from the year before.

These universities are potentially the Russell Group members at the most risk from the government’s new immigration plans which will limit the number of overseas students studying in the UK.

And now, international students studying for an undergraduate degree are no longer allowed to bring their family members to the UK as dependents.

The government is changing international students’ visas in a bid to reduce net migration after it reached record highs in 2022.

The announcement was criticised by the Russell Group chief executive, Dr Tim Bradshaw. He admitted international students provide “vital income to support education for UK students and world leading research”.

“Global competition for international students is fierce and some of the announcements made [by the government] are likely to have a negative impact on universities’ plans to diversify their international students intakes,” he added.

Nick Hillman, the director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, warned the government’s new policy is a “bad idea” and the UK “will lose talent as a result”.

He told The Tab: “If they [universities] have less income and fewer students, then they just won’t be as good.

“They won’t have as much money to look after their estates, to have a decent student-staff ratio too.”

Hillman also placed emphasis on the value of international students in creating a more diverse learning environment. He explained: “You learn more if you’re sitting alongside people from all over the world, who’ve had different experiences and are from different cultural backgrounds.

“International students are not just about money. They make university more diverse, more interesting, and create better learning environments.

“All the educational evidence is very, very clear on the fact that diverse classrooms and diverse lecture halls produce a better learning experience.”

However, Hillman believes Russell Group universities are more insulated from the potential effects of the government’s new policy, arguing their high global ranking and status will keep fuelling demand even if a large proportion of other students are deterred.

“Even if it puts some people off from studying there, there’s plenty of other people who want to study there [at Russell Group universities], and they can just displace them with others.

“This new policy will particularly affect somewhat less prestigious universities which are in some of the less wealthy parts of the UK.”

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Tate – who is still being kept under house arrest by Romanian authorities – is under investigation on allegations of rape, people trafficking and forming an organised crime group. He has denied these allegations.

BBC reporter Lucy Williamson sat down with Tate yesterday and confronted him with the claims set against him. However, Williamson was met with a defensive and hostile response, and the interview quickly spiralled into chaos.

Here’s a rundown of the most bizarre things Tate said in the interview:

‘I’m massively influential over the youth, but it’s my influence as a whole people are afraid of’

Tate opened the interview with asserting his belief that governments are not interested in pursuing him because of his rape or sex trafficking allegations, but because he is essentially too famous.

The tale continued when Tate said that officials are against him because “they don’t like that I’m telling the youth to think outside of the matrix”.

Andrew Tate was arrested alongside his brother, Tristan, and two other suspects in December. Romanian prosecutors said: “The four suspects appear to have created an organised crime group with the purpose of recruiting, housing and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content meant to be seen on specialised websites for a cost.”

In a since-deleted page on his website, Andrew Tate wrote: “My job was to meet a girl, go on a few dates, sleep with her, test if she’s quality, get her to fall in love with me to where she’d do anything I say and then get her on webcam so we could become rich together.” According to the BBC, the page was taken down in February 2022.

‘I’ve allowed you into my house; you’re not the boss here’

A very cornered Tate then went on to tell Williamson that she is not “the boss”, under the premise that the interview was being filmed in his own home. However, what Tate failed to mention here is that the location of filming was only so because he is on house arrest under the order of the Romanian government. Not exactly a good point of leverage is it, Andrew?

‘Sophie doesn’t exist’

Throughout the interview, Tate denied that there were any new cases being charged against him. When Williamson attempted to confront Tate with the statement made by one of his alleged victims, Sophie, Tate simply responded that “Sophie doesn’t exist”.

Many times. So many, in fact, that Williamson had to remind him that saying something over and over again “doesn’t make it true”.

Sophie, which is a pseudonym given to protect her identity, is a woman who has spoken at length to the BBC and other organisations about her alleged experience following Andrew Tate to Romania under the pretence they were in love only to then she claims be pressured into sex work.

‘You should do some proper journalism’

Tate then suggested that Williamson, a foreign correspondent with more than 20 years of experience, does not understand the context of his statements, and should do some “proper journalism” by watching more of his content.

‘She’s just trying to start an argument’

At one especially heated point in the interview, Tate turns to a group of people off camera, presumably a PR team, and tells them frustratedly that Williamson is “just trying to start an argument”. This legit made him sound like a school child.

Laughing at allegations

Moving on from this juvenile moan, Williamson confronts Tate with the time he said that a woman’s “intimate parts” were property of “her man”. In response to this, Tate yet again turns to his team and lets out what has to be the most terrifying laugh I have ever seen. It was truly haunting and I am genuinely sure it will haunt me in my dreams.

‘You have small pieces of paper’

Tate quickly returns to his interviewer-bashing agenda. In another bid to condescend Williamson’s argument, Tate commented on the size of the paper on which her notes were printed. For reference,the paper was A4, which seems a perfectly reasonable size to me.

‘I don’t know if you understand what sarcasm is’

In one particular strange rant, Tate said: “I don’t know if you understand what sarcasm is; I don’t know if you understand what context is; I don’t know if you understand what satorical comments are.”

No, that is not a typo, he actually said “satorical”. Which is ironic, considering he said it wrong when trying to suggest that Williamson doesn’t understand the word. Poor Tate was definitely getting a bit flustered at this point, and it really showed.

‘I think they feel pretty good that Andrew Tate has fed them’

Tate said this bizarre line when arguing that his charity work was not a narcissistic endeavour. However, he kind of subverted his own point by referring to himself in the third person. Okay, Caesar.

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Here’s what behaviour you can expect from the uni students of the UK.

Durham

The Durham student will most likely have only rocked up at a festival because the land its being held on has been in their family for generations. They’ve gotten in by flashing the family crest that’s shining on their little finger, and have just stopped by to catch up with some old boarding school buddies over a bottle of Dom Perignon and a rollie filled with Amber Leaf. The Durham student is harmless unless provoked, so I would recommend leaving them to their cultish activities if spotted.

Newcastle

If you see an absolutely unhinged individual doing things apparently just for the plot, chances are you’re in the presence of a Newcastle student. If so, you better catch them whilst they’re fresh, because very soon they will be running on no sleep, no food, and will be displaying symptoms of every communicable disease in the vicinity. Newcastle students go hard at every opportunity and have problems saying no when peer pressured, which means they are the best craic.

Exeter

Exeter students are hard to find during the festival season because they tend to hibernate in the VIP area, a luxury invariably paid for by their dad who they insufferably still call “Daddy”. The Exeter student can also be found checking into a Marriot hotel on the second day for a hot shower and the sensation of some fresh linen sheets. Although a hard find, Exeter students are def a good pal to have on side when the standard entry porter loos get squalid.

LSE

Often seen sporting a quarter zip, some boat shoes given to them by Granny for Christmas, and a greasy set of curtains is the LSE student. They’ll make their person known to you more clearly when they butter you up with some economics rizz about the investments they have in the entertainments industry. Thanks to being breastfed on capitalism, LSE students are also fiercely competitive, so don’t engage in any sort of contest with them, or you will find yourself dealing with one very scary finance bro.

Liverpool

If you’re going to a festival to live out your Coachella fantasies, Liverpool students are the people to get in with. They will have had their outfits planed on a Pinterest board since February, they’ve always got a digital camera to hand, and will be ready with a pack of Johnson’s baby wipes when you inevitably stack in in the mud river. What’s more, Liverpool students are sexy by nature so you’re more likely to bag a shag if you’re seen throwing shapes with them.

Cambridge

The Cambridge student has probably only been exposed to recreational drinking on the odd Wednesday night at Cindies, which is a club that plays the Pirates of the Caribbean theme tune semi-regularly for context. Because of this, Cambridge students will inevitably be suffering from a three-day-hangover after a few too many overpriced G&Ts on the first night left them with borderline alcohol poisoning. Look out for the Cambridge students people, they will be struggling.

Bristol

Au contraire to the Cambridge student is the Bristol student, who has a wealth of knowledge on handling special substances. Bristol students are often a worrying sight at a festival, but don’t worry: their jaw isn’t actually falling off, that’s just the way they’re manufactured. Plus, it’s not just you who’s worried by them. The site security will have also got stressed ever since hearing the name “Izzy” hollered in a shrill Surrey accent.

Nottingham

When you find a Nottingham student at a festival, never let them go. They’ve had to navigate living alone in a city that’s literally nicknamed “Shottingham” and so don’t take any shit. The Nottingham students are bred to deck anyone who’s moving to their friends, and they will do so shamelessly. Just make sure you ice up the knuckles of your little midlands saviour after they inevitably save your backend.

Birmingham

Not entirely northern and not entirely southern, Birmingham students reside in between. They’ll be longing for the VIP area whilst living in a self-built crack den, trying to get a glimpse of the Sugababes from the rave tent, or drizzling their stale wrap with Waitrose mayonnaise. Don’t get me wrong, Birmingham students’ split identity means that they’re up for anything, but you might want to be careful around them if you don’t want to spend your weekend counselling an identity crisis.

Cardiff

The Cardiff student is the businessman of the festival goers, likely having snuck in a few crates of VKs to sell to the GCSE students who don’t have ID. They probably spend their profits on some questionable memorabilia, the inflatable willy being their first choice, and of course on getting plastered themselves. A good link to have on the inside, the Cardiff student will never let your glass run empty or your mouth run dry.

Sheffield

Sheffield students have no chill, and this will probably extend into the festival sphere. The Sheffield student, like a puppy on coke, will want to run around until they get themselves lost. Although a bit of a liability for the people they came with, the Sheffield student provides entertainment for whole festival population, and so deserves your respect.

York

Not quite elite enough to hang out with the other Oxbridge rejects who go to Durham, the York student is a very humble festival goer. They’re going to be the friendliest people there because they were just so happy to finally be invited. A York student will put you to bed when you get paralytic and will wake you up with a Berocca and some chips in the morning. Give your York student all your loving, they really need it.

Edinburgh

Edinburgh students are seasoned professionals when it comes to festivals, since their parents have been taking them to niche arts and music festivals since conception. An Edinburgh student will reveal themselves as such when they demonstrate that they still think a flower crown is cool, or when they show off the pointy looking glitter tattoos they just got on their arm. Although their dress may be borrowed from 2012 tumblr, the Edinburgh charm will never go out of date.

Leeds

Running into the Leeds student is pretty inevitable if you’re planning on missing the headline acts in favour of the “alternative” or “up and coming” bands. Whether playing an amateur bassline in a band them and their flatmates formed, or appreciating said bassline from a gothy crowd, a Leeds student is at that festival for the music and the music only. And they’re probably rolling their heavily lined eyes at you because you’re not.

Manchester

The Manchester student has probably only come to this festival to take part in some sort of Just Stop Oil protest. The Manchester student ergo appears chaining itself to a tree, or more ironically, being chained up for doing so. The Manchester student has personal issues with the organisers of the event, despite having never met them, and is carrying around a tin of red paint in case they ever do.

Oxford

You will not meet an Oxford student at a festival. I’m not even sure what it’s doing on the list. An Oxford student can only be found in the library.

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However, if you do relate to most of these, I don’t know whether to be jealous of your hotness or concerned for your wellbeing.

1. Harry’s tour is clearly rekindling some fond memories

2. Some touching visuals

3. Sending my love to the CAMHS adults x

4. “Hold on tight, spider monkey” is defo the type of writing that inspires hotness

5. Hotties always fall for bad, bad, boys

6. Told you so

7. One for the Swifties

8. Every millennial can tick this one off

9. I’m so sorry to the children who read these

10. Another concerning sentiment

11. Brb, crying over the time that Zoella ripped me off with her Christmas advent calendar

12. AM girls, we’re looking at you

13. Hope you finally got picked, girl

14. Smash.

15. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger girlies

16. This is getting unhinged

17. Mathew Baynton we love

18. Matthew Morrison we hate

19. Am I a woman or a muppet fr

20. Lana girls are as hot as they get

21. Okay then hot girls, bye for now

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