AAPoRG UK

All African Postgraduate Research Group in the UK. Postgrad Students. Researchers. Visiting fellows. Seminars. Workshops. Conferences.

[AAPoRG UK @aaporg_UK]

#AAPoRG #WorkshopSeries #SheffieldUni2019

[Jennyseymour @Jennyseymour3]

@lawsheffield what a fabulous #legaltech event at the School last night. We welcomed a prestigious panel for an engaging debate on the ethics surrounding AI and cryptocurrency @SamChapman @TheFloowltd @LouiseGloverLaw @CMS_law @KingsDee @BramleyGareth

[On the Pleasures of Living in Gaza 📕 @Mogaza]

Amazing! Passengers at the Kigali Bus Park have to wash their hands before getting onto buses as a prevention and risk reduction #Coronavirus outbreak.

#Rwanda

[AAPoRG UK @aaporg_UK]

😂😀🙂🧐🙁☹️😭

[Grace @gracelabby]

Wrote a blog about my #ICS experience, working in #globaldev & navigating #diversityandinclusion in this space.
Huge thanks to @ICS_UK for the opportunity to lend my voice to this & @GirishMenonAAUK for his words of wisdom.

Please read, comment, share.🙂
https://t.co/s9FPszxpek

[AAPoRG UK @aaporg_UK]

@paperghost @Peston Not to mention international fees for students...

[Robert Peston @Peston]

Immigration health surcharge will rise to £620 - more expensive for migrants to use NHS

[BremainInSpain @BremainInSpain]

Budget confirms EU migrants face new £620 fee to use NHS.

MPs brand huge hike in immigration health surcharge "shameful” #Budget https://t.co/Str6ndkOhP

[AAPoRG UK @aaporg_UK]

@tweetsbybea Overall, the budget splashes a lot of cash. But again, immigrants...Perhaps students shoudnt have to pay the extra? On top of the extremely high fees, new students will now also have to pay £624 for services most students never get to use during the duration of their studies

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

If you're just tuning in, we take you live to the House of Commons #Budget2020

[HM Treasury @hmtreasury]

£500m to support the rollout of new rapid charging hubs, so that drivers are never more than 30 miles away from being able to charge up their car. #Budget2020

[HM Treasury @hmtreasury]

Investing £510m in the shared rural mobile phone network so that in the next five years 4G coverage will reach 95% of the country. #Budget2020

[HM Treasury @hmtreasury]

A new £2.5bn pothole fund – enough to fill 50 million potholes by the end of this Parliament. #Budget2020

[HM Treasury @hmtreasury]

£25,000 per year for secondary schools to invest in arts activities. #Budget2020

[HM Treasury @hmtreasury]

£30m a year to improve PE teaching. #Budget2020

[HM Treasury @hmtreasury]

£1.5bn of new capital over five years to dramatically improve the condition of the FE college estate. #Budget2020

[HM Treasury @hmtreasury]

Abolishing the reading tax from 1st December. Books, newspapers, magazines or academic journals, however they are read, will have no VAT charge. #Budget2020

[HM Treasury @hmtreasury]

Extending the Affordable Homes Programme with a new, multi-year settlement of £12 billion. #Budget2020

[Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak]

Sunak 3 point plan to deal with corona impact

1. 'whether it's millions or billions' - the NHS will get what it needs
2. Sick pay available for everyone who has to stay at home due to corona + will be quicker + easier to access benefits for self-employed - 500m extra for welfare