“Freedoms” are a pretty tricky concept, apparently. In a country that uses its human rights record as rhetoric against less democratic or accepting leaders, it’s probably one that we should be a little more frank about. Free speech is fundamental not only to any sort of progressive attitude, but surely also to demonstrate conviction that […]

There is a story and a long road that every student in Palestine goes through to reach university. This challenge is not only academic. Of course, students have to work hard in high school in order to be accepted and then double their efforts in the university as all students in the world must do, […]

At 28 years old, Amjad Sofan feels he has missed the train of education and, at this point in his life, will not be able to catch it again. Amjad is the second oldest son of the Sofan family, one of the families most terrorized by Israeli settler violence in the West Bank. The Sofan […]

Even if it was justified by religion, and you are a practising religious person, so what? Slavery is justified by the Bible

The end is nigh for studenteye

Andrew Williams and Rob Fuller meet University of Manchester alumnus and bright young thing of British politics, Chuka Umunna

According to reports, plans are being made for Margaret Thatcher to be honoured with a state funeral in the event of her death. But is Britain’s first female Prime Minister worthy of the honour?

Dust off your crystal ball, don your Mystic Meg wig, and prepare to swallow some wild speculation – here’s 2012 before it happens

acknowledge the loss of life of those who have chosen to die on their feet so that others might not have to live on their knees.

Mental health is a sticky topic; one that too easily falls by the wayside in life. We’d like to think that it’s just a minority who experience problems with their mental health – these people, we hope, can be packaged away and dismissed from the mainstream. It’s not that people are insensitive, but our reliance […]

I have a friend who might mind very much about my relaying a story. Jeff (as he is not called) had an exceedingly short-term relationship with what one could term a ‘crazy person’, and crazy person had her eyes fixed on an open relationship. ‘It’s the future’ she might have said, ‘marriage is finished, who […]

The practice is perfectly suitable for some

We used to value tolerance, multiculturalism and international cooperation in Europe but it increasingly seems that over the last two decades we have witnessed the slow return of fascism and we are doing very little, if anything at all, to stop it. Currently, there is an undeniable predominance of centre-right governments within the EU, but […]

Recently I have begun, or rather, attempted to begin, research for my dissertation (I won’t bore you with the title) only to discover that it is a task worthy of Sisyphus. But surely, you say, it can’t be that bad – it’s just a lot of reading and note taking. And you would be correct, […]

Riots in Britain and revolution abroad – it’s been a turbulent year in politics. Andrew Williams looks back, and asks what might be in store for the year ahead

The Labour MP’s tireless investigation into the phone hacking scandal has forced News International to face up to the scale of its wrongdoing

Trade Unions are putting self-interest ahead of the public interest – failing to recognise that we are all in this together

Things used to be very different

The Daily Show host has proved to be a long-overdue thorn in the side of the Washington establishment

When it comes to peace prizes, Vladimir Putin is hardly the first name that springs to mind