UK’s New Extremism Definition Raises Concerns Over Free Speech and Bias
Amidst widespread protests for Palestine, the Government has released a new definition for extremism that has sparked concerns about its potential impact on autonomy and free speech, particularly for certain…
Critical Crossroads: UK-India Trade Deal Faces Backlash for Favouring Big Pharma at the Expense of Global Healthcare Access
It has been four years since the emergence of COVID-19 around the world, leading to a critical time of reflection of the challenges faced and the inequalities highlighted from this…
The Scale of the Job
After meeting the late Queen at Balmoral in her final days, one of Liz Truss’ first acts as the new Prime Minister was to announce economic intervention to tackle soaring…
BAME Representation: Darren Chetty and Lacking Representation in Literature
I came across Darren Chetty, a teacher and author based in London, when reading the 2016 Readers Choice Award winner The Good Immigrant. Compiled of a selection of essays and…
Should controversial personalities be muted by petitions? A lesson for Trump and Roosh V
Over the past few years online petitions have gained great popularity within the UK. The scheme of collecting signatures in order to achieve change and justice has proven successful on…
Driverless cars in the UK within 10 years
The Commons transport committee heard that a mixture of driverless, semi-autonomous and manual cars could be on UK roads within the next ten years.
Should we leave the European Union?
With a recent Commons rebellion on the EU membership referendum, this week we publish a correspondence of three writers on the highly contentious issue Kit Bradshaw versus Matthew Boughton and…
28 universities to consider lower fees
Around 28 universities have indicated they have an interest in reducing their fee charges from £9,000 to £7,500 for the coming academic year. The move follows the decision by more…
UK Universities may be financially unsustainable
The financial sustainability of UK universities has been cast into doubt by a recent report predicting a 4% budget deficit in the current academic year. Sector forecasts for the years…