April Fools No we are not changing our name

Today’s brilliant April Fool storyhas generated a lot of discussion on social media, with many people citing it as their favourite jape of the day and others apparently duped.

This leading South African news website . But it’s not. (Or is it?*)

Nor is there any truth in the report on BBC History magazine’s website of a.

However, this story about a broke yesterday and would therefore seem to be genuine!

The University cannot take any credit for the Indie or History Extra spoofs, but two years ago we did fool a lot of people with our ambitious plan to .

Meanwhile, here on campus, our Estates Division announced this morning…

*No, it’s not.