Category: university students

A Good Speech Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

I wasn’t invited to give a graduation speech this spring. Still, I was prepared, and since a good speech is a terrible thing to waste, I offer it to you now. Ladies and gentlemen of the Class of 2023: You did it. You worked hard, and you stuck it out even when you wanted to…


Indian Students in UK Overtake Chinese Nationals After Massive Rise in Visas Granted

Indians have overtaken Chinese nationals as the largest group to be granted sponsored study visas in Britain, following a 215 percent rise since pre-pandemic levels. The Home Office revealed on Thursday that 486,868 sponsored study visas—the highest number on record—were granted in the year to June 2022, a rise of 71 percent on June 2019,…


Panel Hears From Students Who Say Were Harmed by Canada’s COVID-19 Policies

TORONTO—Kayla Bishop, a university student in Toronto, said she was forced to receive COVID-19 vaccines to continue her studies, but suffered from heart damage following the injection, she told experts at a citizens-based public hearing that invites Canadians who were adversely affected by COVID-19 measures to speak out. Studying at the Toronto Metropolitan University, Bishop…


Chinese Universities Step Up Political Indoctrination Among Students

Various universities in China’s northern Heilongjiang Province are closely monitoring their students’ progress in observing and upholding Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s political ideology, according to leaked government documents recently obtained by The Epoch Times. One China analyst describes the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) objective of indoctrinating students across the country as “brainwashing.” “Xi Jinping Thought,” dubbed…