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UUK asked students to fill out Migration Advisory Committee survey (Twitter, 15 May 2018). After heavy criticism, UUK deleted the tweet and used the dog-whistle political term “legitimate concerns” (Twitter, 17 May 2018).

University of Birmingham, unrestricted reserves as of 31 July 2017: £1,100,434,000 or £1.1 billion (University of Birmingham Annual Report and Accounts 2016/2017, p.47).

“Minding our future: starting a conversation about the support of student mental health” (UUK, 11 May 2018)

University of Birmingham counselling service has suspended all sign ups (The Tab, 25 Nov 2017). Eastwood: “still shorter than any NHS waiting list” (The Tab, 27 Jan 2018).

David Eastwood (University of Birmingham) claims “student mental health is a priority” (UUK, 2018). Birmingham only employs six qualified counsellors, none of them work full-time (The Tab, 15 March 2018).

Russell Group deletes “£3000 a year more” tweet but retains tweets on graduate employability and professional employment (compared to other universities) (Twitter, 1 May 2018)

Russell Group “realise[s] a recent tweet inspired a lot of debate” (Twitter, 3 May 2018).

UUK launches #YesUniCan campaign (Twitter, 30 April 2018 and 1 May 2018)