• Dear Graduating Class of 2020

    Dear Graduating Class of 2020- I get it. As a final year student, I understand the sadness, the anger and the pain you feel about not having the final term of university which you imagined. The one full of ‘lasts’- last library all-nighter, last trip to your favourite place...
  • What It’s Like To Spend Ramadan In Quarantine

    Ramadan this year just won’t be the same. No late nights at the mosque. No visiting family and friends. No hosting iftars (the time Muslims break their fast). Well, what is Ramadan?  Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar that begins with the sighting of the moon...
  • The American Lockdown Protests: Liberty vs Life

    Protests have broken out in over 12 states in America over the lockdown measures that have been put in place to protect the population from the spread of coronavirus. Currently America has the highest number of cases and deaths in the world with over 964,000 confirmed cases and more...
  • How to Boost Employability During Lockdown

    With the job market in decline and the majority of internship programmes and work experience opportunities being cancelled, this can make us feel very deflated about our future careers but now is the perfect time to enhance our employability....
  • To Catch a Songbird: Why Finance Is Fuelling a Destructive Indonesian Trend

    Throughout the jungles of Indonesia, illicit acquisitions of wildlife are taking place. Songbirds of all shades and sizes are being taken from their habitats and forced to become pets who participate in rowdy competitions....
  • Earth Day 2020: The Need to Conquer Climate Change Now More Than Ever

    This year marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a day not only dedicated to people showing their support for sustaining the environment but for celebrating how far we have come as well as recognising how far we have to go...
  • Living in Lockdown With Social Anxiety

    All of us will experience some anxiety in certain social situations, particularly highly pressured ones like job interviews. Social anxiety disorder is more than shyness, due to the excessive worrying and physical symptoms of anxiety involved, and is characterised by the NHS as an ‘intense fear that does not...