Last Week the National Union of Students and UNISON came together to launch a new campaign – to ‘name and shame’ universities that fail to award all staff the living wage. The union duo said that all staff employed by universities or by private sub-contractors on campuses should be paid at least the minimum national living wage of £7.Read more...
FEATURES»By the time this goes to print, most of us will hopefully have a much prettier looking current account. Finally! Before the money was even safely into my account, I’d made big plans for my incoming funds and went to bed with dreams of rolling around in scattered £20 notes.Read more...
SOCIETIES»When Ghostpoet came to GU2 Peanut Butter Jams and Melancholy Blues www.facebook.Read more...
SCIENCE & TECH»It’s not every day that you get to sit down and decide how to spend just short of a billion Euros. However, in early May, member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) will vote on which of the proposed missions ESA will implement.Read more...
ARTS»My first question to Five Chambers Full was direct. I wanted to know what they were about.Read more...
SPORTS»With deadlines looming, and exams slowly but surely creeping their way in, it’s very easy to forget what the summer season is actually about. However! Help is at hand with the very first ‘Social Sports Month’, which will be kicking off this May with a variety of different events, not least of all ‘Society Sport’s Day’ which will see societies across campus going head to head in a series of events on the 16th of this month.Read more...
OPINION & ANALYSIS»Buried under a plethora of stories related to public sector workers going out on strike and the Government’s Autumn Statement, comes the news that Britain’s embassy in Iran was stormed. Read more...
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Court Life Mentoring: Scrap it and give cash direct to students in need
Published 8th Mar 2012
A Freedom of Information request response shows that for last year, Court Life Mentoring cost over a quarter of a million pounds – the request shows that for the year 2010/11 the cost of the scheme was £258,393.97.Read more...
Has The Sun really changed its ways?
Published 7th Mar 2012
Sunday 26The Sun Coincidently, the launch of the new weekend tabloid came on the day of the Carling Cup Final between Liverpool FC and Cardiff City – two clubs whose fans have severed ties with the newspaper in response to its unique coverage of major stories. Liverpool fans boycotted the newspaper in April 1989 following the paper’s coverage of the Hillsborough football disaster where 96 men, women and children lost their lives.Read more...
The Internet Barometer
Published 7th Mar 2012
As memes abound will tell you, students are adept at plumbing the internet for information with remarkable frequency and assurance. A moment of uncertainty is all it takes for a hasty Smartphone Google search, or a cheeky Wikipedia reference.Read more...
A very interesting year draws to a close...
Published 6th Dec 2011
A very interesting year is drawing to a close – the public started to assert its authority over the ongoing economic crisis, titans fell (from Steve Jobs, to Col. Gaddafi) and News International looked extremely bad indeed.Read more...
Worrying developments in the UK-Iran relationship
Published 6th Dec 2011
Buried under a plethora of stories related to public sector workers going out on strike and the Government’s Autumn Statement, comes the news that Britain’s embassy in Iran was stormed. Read more...
Business Column: The Problem with the Semi
Published 6th Dec 2011
As young people, we are faced with a problem that most of us will have to deal with in the next few years, and one that is not always simple to overcome.Read more...
Great Debate: Christmas!
Published 6th Dec 2011
I think it’s true that the original reason for celebrating Christmas has been forgotten. The principal focus seems to revolve around the materialistic elements of Christmas rather than its origins.Read more...
Business Column - An interesting time to be a student
Published 22nd Nov 2011
An interesting time to choose to be a student. A second round of London protests has again prompted examination of the motivations and rewards for this particular career move.Read more...
The new fees aren’t half bad
Published 22nd Nov 2011
Some might find this surprising, but I’d much rather be going to university under the new tuition fee system than the old one. You see, under the current system, when we graduate we’ll start paying back our fees as soon as we earn over £15,000.Read more...
Dont let the forces fade from thought
Published 22nd Nov 2011
The creation of an Armed Forces Day demonstrates a growing consciousness of the role of the military, and it is a step in the right direction in allowing us to honour their dedication. However, the notion that sacrifice somehow matters more when we’re at war is an uncomfortable one.Read more...
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