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Community strength is the best thing about university. Long-live my house share!
16th March 2024

Community strength is the best thing about university. Long-live my house share!

As I stare out a library window, well and truly into dissertation season but thinking about my St Patrick’s Day plans, I’m reminded of how lucky I feel to live in a tight-knit student community.
Main library musings – rant column #1
15th March 2024

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?
15th March 2024

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?
13th March 2024

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?
Flipping the script: Girlhood as a new model for women
8th March 2024

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
4th March 2024

Unravelling the modern dating dilemma: Challenges in student relationships

Is university ruining dating, or is dating ruining university?
2nd March 2024

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?
1st March 2024

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
29th February 2024

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
29th February 2024

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?

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The paradoxes of student democracy
28th February 2024

The paradoxes of student democracy

Low engagement in student democracy leads to expectations that are both too high and both too low – why? They promise the impossible, and don’t deliver
9ams: The University needs a wake-up call
25th February 2024

9ams: The University needs a wake-up call

9am lectures and tutorials benefit nobody. They’re often simply written-off by students, and are a detriment to university education
Why I won’t be paying an ‘eco-tax’ on my period products
24th February 2024

Why I won’t be paying an ‘eco-tax’ on my period products

Periods are expensive. Eco-friendly period products are even more expensive. Given the climate crisis, what is a student meant to do?
Sunak’s vape ban will dispose of the disposable
22nd February 2024

Sunak’s vape ban will dispose of the disposable

Love ’em or hate ’em, the timely end of disposable vapes is peeking over the horizon, and it is a glorious view from where I’m sitting
Retirement age rises to 71- say goodbye to hopes of relaxation and welcome to the never-ending rat race
21st February 2024

Retirement age rises to 71- say goodbye to hopes of relaxation and welcome to the never-ending rat race

The latest decision to raise the retirement age to 71 is another slap in the face to young people. When will we catch a break?
Women’s ‘invisible labour’ is the backbone of Christmas
3rd February 2024

Women’s ‘invisible labour’ is the backbone of Christmas

All of the work women put into the festive season goes underappreciated, underacknowledged and unpaid; I’m fed up with it
Ignore the NIMBYs opposing Gamecock: We have to build our way out of the student housing crisis
1st February 2024

Ignore the NIMBYs opposing Gamecock: We have to build our way out of the student housing crisis

The petition by Manchester Student Renters’ Union, Manchester Leftist Action, and others only serves to aggravate Manchester’s housing shortage
Don’t make me be a woman in STEM
31st January 2024

Don’t make me be a woman in STEM

The allure of becoming a woman in STEM is really not doing it for me. I have chosen humanities for a reason, and the push for a career elsewhere is not appealing
Why are so many of my university buildings named after men?
30th January 2024

Why are so many of my university buildings named after men?

The University’s bicentenary celebrations present the perfect opportunity to change the fact that only a handful of buildings on its campus are named after women or people of colour
“I don’t think any of us are nice”: The selfishness behind our actions
25th January 2024

“I don’t think any of us are nice”: The selfishness behind our actions

“Saltburn” director, Emerald Fennel, called out the selfish intentions of our good deeds, are we truly nice humans? Or does every action have to benefit us?