Priya Thethi

The Association for Colleges (AoC), which represents 336 institutions of various forms of further education (FE), has alarmingly warned that 190,000 adult education places will be cut next year. This is arguably due to a funding cut of 24%. Put bluntly, the AoC have claimed that ‘Adult education and...

‘Am I tough enough? Hell yes I am’ were the words of one confident Miliband last Thursday. Facing the charming but venomous Jeremy Paxman, Ed Miliband was stronger than his rival David Cameron, arguing chiefly of the importance in his polices of improving the living standards of ordinary workers....

Jeremy Clarkson is no politician, but he certainly acts like one. His media exposure allows him to campaign vociferously and eloquently, like a Daily Mail-endorsed middle finger stuck up at the Left, the Environment, and anything containing the words “health” and “safety”. And with over 1,000,000 signatories to the...

The spectre of anti-Semitism once again hangs over Europe. The news coverage of early 2015 has been overshadowed by two shootings, in Paris and in Copenhagen, which involved attacks on Jewish places (namely a kosher supermarket and a synagogue). Europe is in danger of reverting to an ugly old...

20 days on from the original broadcast of India’s Daughter, the words “a woman is more responsible for rape than a man” are still ringing around my head. Leslee Udwin’s documentary examined the gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh through interviews with her parents, the perpetrators and their...

What do Nick Clegg, the mysterious YOLO, and the barrage of other names you’ve been subjected to this week have in common? Lack of self-respect, less-than acerbic wit or an inability to keep promises? No, of course not! They’re all out for your vote, and this year, the Students’...

The answer is probably yes. Most of those who win tend to be previous Week 1 and Karni reps – those who we recognise as being all-round BNOCs. However, this isn’t necessarily something we should fight against. These candidates will have the experience of being responsible for large numbers...