That Awkward Silence
Mental health provision, awareness and destigmatisation is as much a College issue as it is a national one; yet we still find it uncomfortable or difficult to talk about.
Where is the line?
Amidst ever increasing living costs and in spite of their huge surplus, the university continues to make cut after cut. When are we going to tell them enough is enough?
Is Universal Basic Income the real solution to poverty?
A two-year experiment in one form of Universal Basic Income (UBI) has just come to a close and its results have set both the UBI fans and critics twittering. Calum Drysdale explores both the results of the Finland experiment and what this might mean for UBI in the future.
The long road to recovery
An anonymous author writes about the struggle of recovering from an eating disorder.
What to do with a man like Neeson?
In the wake of the scandal surrounding Liam Neeson we must reflect on what to do with racists and bigots to make society work for all of us.
Union Reform has only just begun – now we need you
This week comment writer Ansh Bhatnagar argues for your support for far reaching and enduring Union reform
Voluntourism: wasting time abroad
Comment writer Sara Ahmed thinks that voluntourism is coming to a well-deserved end.
Why I’m proposing a complete restructure of the Union
Students have been complaining for years that the Union makes decisions without consulting its members or volunteers. It’s time for the old structures to be torn down and for a new democratic, transparent, accessible and member-led Union to take its place.
Fashion is not a real thing
This week’s grumpy bastard’s cynicism falls heavy on the industry, almost as heavy as the Supreme brick.
Supervision Story - February
Dialogue. I believe that in the thorough yet enjoyable experience that the PhD can be, we all go through times of self-doubt and questioning. Not only about the research itself, but about our own capabilities and the, sometimes, fearful prospect of having to finish. I am glad to have a
Les Gilets Jaunes: protesters or extremists?
Xiu Xiuchen argues that whilst the gilets jaunes began as a protest against fuel taxes, it has mutated into an extremist movement
Women in STEM: Report from a conference
(Or how I lost my favourite umbrella)