Lost in 24: the end of an era
Two seminal TV shows come to an end this year: they are Lost and 24. I’ve personally invested a lot of time in both of these (in the case of…
Cuts to USSU’s block grant sets dangerous precedent
The reduction in USSU’s block grant from the university is a bitter pill to swallow. It should not be taken lightly and it matters to anyone who uses the bars…
The crisis at Middlesex University
Last Friday I went to London to help defend a Westminster University student who was summoned to a disciplinary panel over his alleged role in a March occupation. It’s a…
Staff and students strike accord
It shouldn’t surprise me that students can be selfish people, and yet, on Wednesday, I was amazed at how many students strolled right past the picket lines. Some of them…
Farthing gets it wrong on tuition fees
As the Badger reports this week, Vice-Chancellor Michael Farthing has argued that in order for universities to maintain high standards of education, the tuition fee cap- which currently stands at…
Blame games and volcanic ash: who’s fault?
As the ash cloud billowed from the spewing volcano in Iceland the accusations and recriminations over who was to blame were sure to follow, but nobody’s to blame for this…
“Misleading, Incomplete and Regressive": the televised election debates
At the time of writing, the final televised election debate has just ended. The previous two debates were watched by 9.4 million and just over 4 million respectively, and we…
Is this England? What March for England forgot to mention
‘All you need is the evidence. Look at all the Muslims slitting people’s throats. Get them out – This is England’ When the members of the English Defence League indicated…
Want a fairer education system?
The most hotly contested election of the millennium is now only a couple of policy-scrutinising weeks away. Gord, Dave and Nick are primed, scrubbed and ready to bombard us with…
Shame on the NUS after censure of black students’ officer
At this years NUS annual conference a motion to censure (a formal ‘slap on the wrist’) the Black Students’ Officer Bellavia Ribeiro-Addy was passed, while an identical motion against Daf…
Overriding your desire for fat
England, for all its independence catches a cold when the US sneezes. From economy to culture, England absorbs elements of its ally over the pond. Obesity in the US has…
The Monty Hall Paradox
Predictable is the look on people’s faces when I tell them I am reading mathematics. You see, to them mathematics only ever represented an irrepressible demon, something akin to a…
Imagination in the subconscious dusk
(Photo: Geff H) If only we could hypnotize ourselves into studying for exams instead of surfing through random websites. The strange thing is – we do. Hypnosis is a strange…