If Labour wants to regain trust, they must stick to their reformist roots
While heeding the lessons of Tory failure and chaos, Keir Starmer must grasp the reins of a chaos-driven Parliament and lead it through the ideals of progress and reform
Main Library Musings – Rant column #2
Edition #2 of the Opinion section’s rant column. Fuelled by sweaty palms and jabbing fingers on our keyboards, we lament three issues facing students: the library, buses, and supermarkets
My life has been failing the Bechdel test – and that’s a good thing
A lot of conversations with my friends recently have been about a guy, and this hasn’t proved to be a bad thing
We need to politicise mental health
A rising number of people in Britain are on antidepressants. Your risk of mental illness correlates with how young, how poor and how socially-disadvantaged you are. Why is this and what should we do about it?
No-sex tenancy clauses are a landlord’s newest weapon amid the housing crisis
Imagine not being able to have sex in your house. It might become the reality under a ‘no-sex tenancy clause’
Lower entry requirements for international students? An international student’s perspective
Universities have been accused of offering international students lower entry grade requirements, but what does this reveal about our higher education institutions, and how does it affect the way international students are viewed?
Graduation looms. Please don’t send me out into the big bad world
With the curtain closing on my student days, I’m anxiously anticipating life after graduation – and I’m not handling it well
Have universities become too reliant on international fees?
Alleged disparities in entry requirements between internal and international students raise questions about universities’ reliance on international fees, and the impact this may have on internal students
Crashing pres and judging the drinking culture at different student accommodations
On a mission to discover which student accommodation hosts the best pres, I crashed some flats to find out the answer
Community strength is the best thing about university. Long-live my house share!
As I stare out of a library window, well and truly into dissertation season but thinking back to the joys of St Patrick’s Day, I’m reminded of how lucky I feel to live in a tight-knit student community
Main Library Musings – Rant column #1
Edition #1 of the Opinion section’s rant column: Dive in for some good old fruitless grumbling about issues the Opinion editors think plague student life
Is marrying a foreigner now exclusively a privilege of the rich?
As the government desperately tries to cling to power they’ve announced yet another crackdown on immigration. Infuriating changes to family and skilled worker visas are set to take effect in April and they’re going to make marrying a foreigner a privilege of the rich
Has feminism returned to essentialism?
After years of the feminist movement trying to extricate itself from gender essentialism, we’re seeing a regression in attitudes towards essentialist views; what does this mean for gender equality?
Have we lost International Women’s Day to commercialisation?
Companies have begun to exploit International Women’s Day for their own capitalist gain. This ‘trend’ needs to stop
Flipping the script: Girlhood as a new model for women
What makes women who they are? Why we’re travelling back in time to find ourselves while teens look to the future
Unravelling the modern dating dilemma: Challenges in student relationships
Is university ruining dating, or is dating ruining university?
The kids aren’t alright: Sunak’s school phone ban won’t stop bigotry, even a bit
Sunak’s ban on phones in secondary school is doing little to solve the problem, and more to make it worse
A year of elections: Has politics turned into a joke?
Prepare for a whirlwind year filled with elections. Yet, amidst the political frenzy, are young people becoming increasingly disillusioned with politicians?
Underpaid and overworked: How Ofsted does nothing to help teachers
The suicide of Ruth Perry, a primary school headteacher of 13 years, begs the overdue question of why are public services measured by business-centric standards of governance? Teaching is highly personal and increasingly complex, and Ofsted should treat it as such
Is there anything the Tories won’t do for the Rwanda bill?
A recent parliamentary report opposed the Rwanda bill for its human rights violations, but apparently, that is not enough to stop Rishi Sunak and his government; How far are they truly prepared to go?