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David Brierley

David Brierley

BUCS Success for University of Manchester Karate

With a busy weekend at BUCS in Sheffield, the Karate team had success
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From Mexico to Austria: Two World Championships, one Gold Medal

David Brierley relives his time at the Eighth Shito-Ryu Karate World Championships and offers insight into the WKF World Karate Championships
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Academic Cold War

The only product of UCU strikes is mutually assured destruction. In this sum game, it’s the students who are hurting, argues David Brierley
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University isn’t the problem

David Brierley argues that the blame for the ever-present problems of stress and depression cannot be so easily laid on the apparent ‘University Lifestyle’
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A Comedy of Canon

It’s time to broaden our literary horizons; Morrissey’s autobiography is not a Penguin Classic!
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The LGBT World and Religion—Friends or Foes?

David Brierley has written us a short piece on whether or not the LGBT community can coexist with religion without issue.
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Frustrating A-levels makes the prospect of university even better

As part of our Welcome Week Education Special, David Brierley tells us why he thinks the failure of A-levels and standardised testing makes university a more exciting opportunity.
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