Priya Thethi

We’re in a time of crisis. Dramatic wording, but it’s true. An estimated 95,000 people in the year were victims of sexual assault, and 1 in 4 students endure unwanted sexual comments about their body. This includes 12 per cent of men, and 37 per cent of women. So...

Direct Democracy is often held up as the pinnacle of representative decision-making. If we live in a society where everybody’s voice counts, then we’re meant to have it truly made. The University of Nottingham’s Student Union (UoN SU) seems to have taken this on board, holding referendums on issues...

It is easy to argue that the UK, as a whole, is fundamentally elitist. The economy’s top professions are dominated by Oxbridge graduates and privately-educated individuals. But does this elitism originate in British universities? There has been speculation that private school applicants are favoured by the UK’s elite institutions....