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    From Politics to Primetime: The Rise of Politicians in Reality TV Shows

    Katie Sullivan  Currently, there is a heated debate amongst current affairs surrounding the risky games our current and former politicians are playing when entering various reality TV shows, with former UKIP leader Nigel Farage taking on the challenges of the I’m A Celebrity Jungle. The majority of these politicians/stars...
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    Changes to the EC policy and how it will affect students

    As of September 2023, the University of Nottingham has implemented a significant change to its Extenuating Circumstances (EC) policy, which has caused some confusion and upset among students. Leacsaidh MacDonald Marlow explores the details of the policy changes which will affect all students at the university this year, as...
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    The Rising Popularity of The Green Party: The party to watch out for in the next general election.

    Emma Burnett With the Green party making record gains in the 4th May 2023 Local elections, gaining 481 seats, the party has won its highest proportion of seats in over twenty years. Emma Burnett examines the new policies the Green party has introduced, and what this could mean for its...
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    Neurodivergence and the Student Experience

    Abigel Lancaster  What comes to your mind when you hear the term “neurodivergent”? Is it a learning difficulty, a limiting label? As the name suggests, neurodivergence is a difference in the way an individual’s brain is wired. Whilst having a neurological disorder, whether it be ASD, ADHD, dyslexia or...
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    ‘Girl Dinner’ and The Aesthetics of Womanhood

    Emma Alyana Collins At seven, I would pass the time by watching my mother prepare dinner. She would be curled over the kitchen counter, with a large-sharpened knife in her hand, slicing onions and smashing garlic. She would never let me handle the knife – I was too young....
  • The Battle of Hastings: Uncovering Harold II’s True Fate

    Thomas Martin With the 14th October marking the 957th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, this period provides a time for historical reflection on the events that took place on Senlac Hill, and deliberation over the fate of Harold II.  Thomas Martin, rejects the accepted narrative of Harold’s II’s...
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    The Problem of Social Immobility in Law: Can it Be Solved?

    Spencer Creamore When the time came for me to write down the five universities that I most liked the look of onto the UCAS form, I already knew exactly where I wanted to study: the University of Nottingham. Not only had my brother studied there and had had an...