This UoB student took her landlord to court and won her entire year’s rent back
She’s even written her diss on it
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Megan Cole, final year UoB PPE student has won a whole year’s rent back after living in unfit housing whilst renting in Selly Oak for her second year.
After taking the landlord to court over unfit housing, she has written her dissertation on it, it has since gone viral on Twitter with over 115k likes in a matter of days.
The Policy, Politics and Economics dissertation is titled “The Power Dynamic in Renting: Rogue Landlords, Vulnerable Tenants and Policy Proposals for Change”, and includes her own experiences of renting as a student in the private sector.
The last year has been nothing short of bleak. So whilst some people might argue that pranking people with fake news stories on April Fools’ Day in the grim year of 2021 is pretty harsh, if you ask me it’s the only bit of fun we’re still allowed to have.
We all need a little pick me up and a chance to shout GOTCHA at a mate in your group chat as they soak up your jokes. From TikTok degrees, to statues on campus and Bridgerton coming next week – across the Tab it’s been jokes all round.
Here are all the headlines across the Tab this April Fools’ Day 2021 we mugged you off with. Sorry.
A Facebook troll masquerading as a Birmingham Uni grad has been harassing UoB students, with messages including ones claiming “manslaughter helps solve overpopulation”.
The troll is using social media to debate with students about topics including death and sexual harassment, writing comments such as “kill off the elderly” and “suicide lets you have a quick planned death”.
Students messaged by the troll tell The Birmingham Tab the weird campaign of comments and DMs has been “insensitive”, “antagonising”, and “uncomfortable”.
But when we confronted “Jake Harding”, he simply doubled down on his comments and refused to reveal his true identity.
The user has stalked UoB students and their families on several different social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok using a series of fake names and profiles.
In the 1970s a man went to his GP for advice about his sexuality, but was referred to the University of Birmingham to be “cured”.
The man, who remains anonymous, visited the university’s psychology department several times a week for months to undergo electric shock ‘conversion therapy’.
He has now suffered from “extreme” post traumatic stress disorder for more than 40 years, he told the BBC.
The man was told that a sex change would be better for him than continuing to live as a gay man. He decided to continue with the therapy delivered at the University of Birmingham which he was guaranteed would be successful.