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Ella Nugent The four-week University and College Union (UCU) strike at the University of Nottingham is by no means isolated or exceptional in its nature. With classes cancelled ahead of a critical vote on possible further industrial action later this month, the current climate of higher education in the...

Emma Burgess ‘Welcome to the race Sleepy Joe’ – a direct quotation from United States President Donald Trump’s 2019 tweet about his opponent, Joe Biden, when he announced his presidential candidacy. ‘But if you make it, I will see you at the Starting Gate!’. From the introduction of Biden’s...

Oscar McKevitt Flack On Tuesday 21st October, the world witnessed the return of Margaret Thatcher (well, sort of). Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister and self-proclaimed ‘Iron Lady’, Takaichi Sanae, won a clear majority with 237 votes in the Lower House and 125 votes in the Upper House of Japan’s...

Alex Broadhurst   University is a dream sold to young people that will give them the key to any doors they could possibly want to unlock. They are told anyone can attend no matter their financial background, due to the UK government’s student finance system. Tuition fees are paid...

Katie Deutsch ‘Leave the Leaves’ is a slogan that environmental scientists have been spreading for years. In some ways, it seems strange; removing fallen leaves in the autumn is a fairly normal and common process across the UK. It’s a natural part of keeping your garden looking neat throughout...

Amelia Cropley Progressivism, we have come to learn, is known to be a process where every step brings us to a brighter, safer, equal society, or at least that is the goal. A process which, whilst maybe slow moving, is constantly advancing, tackling inequality one step at a time,...

Rosa Pessagno  The release of Netflix’s newest miniseries Adolescence has sparked important and timely conversations about the influence online communities have on promoting misogynistic ideologies. The series follows the family of a 13-year-old boy who is arrested for killing a female classmate. It explores the impact of toxic digital...