Feeding the 5,000 from the waste of millions
I found out on Facebook a while ago that, just a few minutes from my house, there would be an event going on at which I could get a free…
Reflections on the release of Shaker Aamer
British resident Shaker Aamer was repatriated last week. He spent thirteen years in the notorious Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Whilst incarcerated it’s suspected he witnessed and may even have experienced…
The Big Debate: Should the House of Lords be abolished?
Yes The House of Lords is the UK’s unelected second chamber. Before any legislation can become law in the UK it must be approved by the Lords, even if it…
Was your assessment feedback poor? This is why-
Ever wondered why some of your assessment feedback was so vague and lacking in helpful improvements? You may be unaware, a travesty has been occurring under your noses. For several…
Why atheism is not a position of faith
The argument that it takes as much faith to be an atheist as it does to be religious is one that has been debunked many times over the years, and…
The Big Debate: Does viewing pornography corrupt our sexuality?
Yes For a start, I am not going to discuss this question by using the term ‘corrupt.’ This word carries all kinds of negative connotations and moral judgements. I am…
Islamic State is the root cause of the refugee crisis
In Western Europe, the past year has seen mainstream media inundated with stories of a ‘migrant crisis’, whereby refugees have made the painstaking journey of travelling from war-torn countries in…
The Boris Johnson factor
Why does Boris Johnson receive special treatment? The sight of a young boy flattened by Johnson during a game of touch rugby has recently gone viral. The collision occurred on…
Evolution and the ‘Bible Belt’: the US presidential election
Are we really just a 6000-year-old race? The evidence piling against this idea is getting higher and higher by the decade, yet many key political and social figures in North…
The Big Debate: Should grammar schools be abolished?
Yes Should grammar schools be exterminated or expanded? EXTERMINATE! When I’m elected Prime Minister, on the biggest landslide result the nation has ever seen in the year 2040, the first…
Jeremy Corbyn shot himself in the foot over Trident
The Labour conference this year was something of a surreal experience for me, having grown up in the New Labour years of perfectly crafted ‘managerial-like’ conference speeches, full of buzzwords…
The Students’ Union – or the Soviet Union?
Warning: Criticism Of The Students’ Union Giant banners bearing the leaders’ omniscient faces leer across buildings. Dissenting press is censored, its editor suspended until vague further notice. Are we in…
Why student journalism is important
I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was a young child; the desire to be a journalist came later, when I began to see injustice and privilege around me…
The Big Debate: Should Sussex University divest from fossil fuels?
Yes The University of Sussex is renowned as a progressive institution, however it continues to invest in fossil fuel exploration in direct contradiction with UN and international climate change agreements.…
Black History Month: time for a makeover?
Black History Month has become a highly contested event. The narrative usually sways between the view that the campaign is dismissive and ignorant towards black communities and their struggles, to…
University league tables: are they really necessary?
It is a sad reality that, with potentially ever rising tuition fees, most students must now consider their degree in terms of its monetary value. What is equally sad is…
Is depression made worse by our society?
‘Money can’t buy happiness.’ A phrase used so often it has begun to lose the potent meaning with which it was coined. But in a society where suicide is the…
The Big Debate: Is the British monarchy a viable institution in the 21st century?
Yes As Queen Elizabeth II’s reign surpasses that of her great-grandmother Queen Victoria, it seems that anti-monarchist feeling has reached fever pitch. Yet here I will highlight the array of…
Pale and male? Representation and Jeremy Corbyn’s cabinet
The new Labour shadow cabinet positions have been allocated, and I have been struggling (significantly more than usual) to deal with the fatuous and repetitive onslaught that the media has…
Why students should strike for free education
#StudentStrike: WTF is going on? On the 10th of September the National Executive Council (NEC) of the National Union of Students (NUS), which represents around seven million students nationally, including…