The Student’s Guide to Copenhagen
ByAgnete Johansen Copenhagen is the new buzz-word for European travellers’, but why has this city become big news? What is so special? Having just been named ‘the best city to…
Playing with fire…but who gets burned?
While up to 30,000 people attended and enjoyed Lewes Bonfire celebrations on the 5th of November, there was a marked lack of public criticism of the deeply racist ‘traditions’ that…
The Limitations of a Liberal Victory – The American Midterms
On Wednesday, the results of the US midterms were released which could have a monumental impact upon Trump’s presidency. In casting their opinion on Trump so far, the American people…
Studying Abroad: From USA to France
So you know you want to study abroad, but there are too many amazing countries to choose from? Here we compare two major countries, across two different continents to spotlight…
Is Studying Abroad for You?
With the Study Abroad season fast approaching, now is the time to be aware of what is on offer for you… There are more opportunities out there than I had…
Of Tears and Joy: An Honest Adventurer
A personal and raw account on living in Japan, offering advice on studying abroad. Much to my dismay, after five minutes of incoherent miming, the answer is simply ultimate confusion.…
What could volunteering do for you?
Get educated and get involved with amazing opportunities to give back to the community, while also gaining integral life skills that are transferrable to your studies, career prospects and your…
Sexual assault in the US government
“I believed he was going to rape me.” are the stand out words in Christine Ford’s final testimony at the confirmation hearing of Brett Kavanaugh as an associate judge to…
How Fenty Beauty changed the face of the makeup industry
Fenty Beauty, launched in September last year, is a makeup line created by global superstar Robyn Rihanna Fenty, better known as Rihanna. It’s not uncommon for celebrity figures to produce…
A conversation with Kathleen Stock on Transgender Identity
Kathleen Stock, a philosophy lecturer at Sussex University, met with controversy after criticising the government’s reform of the Gender Recognition Act (2004). The amendment would ‘de-medicalise’ the legal process for…
Why I’m Jewish AND I support BDS
The idea of a land where my religious identity is welcomed and where I feel safe to be myself and live in peace is a beautiful idea but it is…
Students’ Union President Gustafsson and Liberate the Debate respond to the cancelled event
These comment pieces represent the opinions of both the Students’ Union and Liberate the Debate with regards to the recent cancellation of the Society’s freedom of speech debate. Students’ Union…
Amritsar: 99 years later and still no apology
99 years ago on Friday, one British general marched his soldiers into an enclosed garden in the vicinity of the holy Golden Temple and sealed off the exit. A crowd…
Should there be a more radical approach to SU politics?
Yes Johnbosco Nwogbo There is a need now, more than at any other time, for the kind of radicalism and ambitiousness the Red Slate promises to bring to the SU.…
Should students support the strikes?
Yes Johnbosco Nwogbo Universities are part of society. They don’t sit above society, nor do they transcend society. Problems in universities are de facto social problems. Lecturers, students, non-academic staff,…
Why we should be talking to our nans about politics.
Whenever I visit my nan, I always find a copy of the Daily Mail on her coffee table, and more often than not Farage complaining about immigrants on TV. In…
Jeremy Corbyn is (still) not very good
After last June’s General Election results, it would be tempting to view Jeremy Corbyn as some kind of political genius. A victorious underdog and master communicator who finally made that…
Long Read: Media and University have failed students on UCU strikes
There has been a lot of confusion and anger surrounding the strikes. The Tab has been dominant in forming the student media narrative, yet their reporting has been sensationalist and…
Should the monarchy be abolished?
YES William Cronk Since the time of Alfred the Great, this country has had a monarch of some form or another. The monarchy has provided stability and governance in tricky…