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.
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?
Comment writer Sara Ahmed thinks that voluntourism is coming to a well-deserved end.
This week comment writer Ansh Bhatnagar argues for your support for far reaching and enduring Union reform
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.
This week’s grumpy bastard’s cynicism falls heavy on the industry, almost as heavy as the Supreme brick.
(Or how I lost my favourite umbrella)
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
President of UNICEF on campus, Stevie Lam, writes about the terrible famine in Yemen occurring out of sight of the world’s media
Xiu Xiuchen argues that whilst the gilets jaunes began as a protest against fuel taxes, it has mutated into an extremist movement
Theodor Videnberg discusses a recent incident that caused an online uproar as a prime example of fake news and proposes some measures to combat it
Comment editor Charles Titmuss argues that voters are not to blame for poor political outcomes