International students are a success story for the UK and changes to the Graduate Visa Route could have a significant impact on UK universities financial sustainability. Our The British Academy letter to the Migration Advisory Ctte
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As Germany’s postwar constitution turns 75, threats to its democracy are looming theguardian.com/commentisfree/… via The Guardian John Kampfner

9 May 1989: stamps issued in the GDR to mark the Whitsun meeting of the Freie Deutsche Jugend in East Berlin

9 May 1966: the GDR’s first nuclear reactor opens in Rheinsberg deutschlandfunk.de/erster-ddr-ato… via Deutschlandfunk

9 May 1961: groovy interior decor of the East German FDGB holiday ship ‘Fritz Heckert’ on its maiden voyage (via Bundesarchiv)

9 May 1947: the Berlin city lottery is about to be drawn. That's either a very large wheel or a very small man (via Bundesarchiv)

9 May 1961: the seventh stage of the 'Friedensfahrt' cycle race reaches the corner of Schönhauser Allee and Dimitroffstraße in East Berlin (via Bundesarchiv)

9 May 1957: new housing in Hoyerswerda (via Bundesarchiv)

9 May 1955: a joint football team consisting of West and East Berlin players prepares for match against Prague XI (via Bundesarchiv)

9 May 1978: stamps issued in the GDR depicting miners' parade uniforms

9 May 1950: East Berlin tram line number 82 from Breite Straße to Alt-Stralau runs for the first time after the war (via Bundesarchiv)

9 May 1961: stamps issued in the GDR to celebrate 100 years of Dresden Zoo

9 May 1921: Sophie Scholl, member of the White Rose anti-Nazi movement, is born in Forchtenberg bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur… via jenny hill

International Student Ambassador Lucille 🇩🇪 shares her time management tips ⏰👉port.ac.uk/news-events-an…

Wait an 1.5h for the sunrise and see this! 📷 #portsmouth #pompey

Playmobil, the iconic German toy brand, turns 50 this year.

Initially sold under the 'Playpeople' brand in the UK, over 3 billion of the 7.5cm figures been sold worldwide since 1974.

Our favourite set? Easy: the German Embassy in Malta.

8 May 1945 - a copy of the German-language newspaper produced by the Supreme Headuarters of the Allied Expeditionary Force announcing Germany's surrender. Stamped 'Fallschirmausgabe', so this was distributed from the air by parachute.

We had a great time solving cases at our Festival of Crime this weekend 🕵️‍♀️

A big thank you to all all of our guests, and to everyone who helped make it happen behind the scenes.

We hope you're all feeling like seasoned crime solvers. 🔎💡

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Why 8th May 1945 was 'zero hour' for Germany in multiple ways dw.com/en/end-of-worl… via DW News

8 May 1967: stamps issued in the GDR depicting 'invincible Vietnam'