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Over £1,700 cash stolen from Egham business

More than £1,700 in cash was stolen from an Egham business yesterday after the owner was threatened with a knife. The burglars, both male, forced their way into the North Street business through a back door at around 5am. They woke up the owner and threatened him with a knife, forcing him to open a [...]

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RHUL announces closure of Department of Lactogenics

The College today announced the closure of its Department of Lactogenics, in an announcement that comes shortly after announcements of cuts to the Modern Languages departments. The department, one of the leading in the country, caters for around 600 students and offers BSc Lactogenics, BSc Galactopoiedical Studies and MSc Human Lactoscience. It also boasts a [...]

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Insanity Radio 103.2FM break world record with 100 hour broadcast

A team of three presenters from Insanity Radio 103.2FM have broken a world record by broadcasting continuously for 100 hours. Georgia Fish, Jack Gordon and Chris Smith, all students at Royal Holloway, University of London, finished broadcasting at midday today (Friday 30 March) after surpassing the previous record of 73 hours, set by Kiss FM, [...]

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Emergency GM votes no confidence in Media and Communications Officer-elect

The Media and Communications Officer-elect for the academic year 2012-2013, Jack Gordon, lost a vote of no confidence held at an emergency general meeting tonight. The meeting, attended by 83 students, was held after questions were raised over actions carried out during his time as Head of Web Operations at Insanity Radio. The Union Chair, [...]

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Colours Ball Success

The College’s annual Colours Ball took place last Saturday at the Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel. The event was a sell out as usual, with over 400 students in attendance from the 35 sports clubs that make up RHULSPORT. Men’s Rugby had a particularly good evening with a number of senior players receiving Half & Full [...]


 
 

 
Britannia Rocks

Rock Britannia Fashion Show

For those of you unaware, the Olympics torch will be passing through our beloved Egham later this year. However, it is also, metaphorically, scheduled to venture its way to the SU main hall on the 25th 26th and 27th of February...
by April Heath
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Insanity 103.2FM is ready to launch!

Insanity Radio is ready. Following years of work and some very recent and significant developments, such as the successful test transmissions on 103.2 FM, Insanity will officially begin broadcasting as a Community FM Station in...
by Sally Harris
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Tomcats Showcase Low Res

Tom Cats add to their trophy cabinet

The weekend of 19 February saw over 60 of the Tom Cats meet at 5:30am to make their way to Loughborough University for the Saturday Night Fever competition. Over 40 different universities brought their teams to compete across d...
by Doug German
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Positions successfully filled at Orbital elections

The Orbital is pleased to announce the winners of last night’s editorial elections, held at the General Meeting. Two out of three vacant positions were successfully filled. Former Online Editor and dedicated board member ...
by Emily Pressnell
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Men’s Football beat KCL

Royal Holloway Football Club’s First XI maintained their good recent form after a superb away win over a previously unbeaten Kings side. In a game played in sodden and blustery conditions, Holloway started much the better, ca...
by Tom Curson
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Drop in university applications continue debate on tuition fee rise

As many predicted, this year has seen a marked decline in the number of students applying to university. This week, UCAS published figures showing an 8.7% drop in applications compared to last year. Likewise, there was an 11.2%...
by Claire OReilly
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