• Meet your 2019 SU Equal Opps and Welfare Officer Candidates

    During our Students’ Union Elections Media Day on Thursday 28th February, we chatted to the candidates who are running to be elected as your Equal Opportunities and Welfare Officers for the 2019-20 academic year. Take a look at what they had to say. Catrina Coakley-Burns Catrina Coakley-Burns (Cat) is...
  • Meet Your 2019 SU Presidential Candidates

    During our Students’ Union Elections Media Day on Thursday 28th February, we chatted to the candidates who are running to be elected as your President for the 2019-20 academic year. Take a look at what they had to say. Claude Mahlich Claude Mahlich has been at the University for...
  • Meet your 2019 International Officer Candidates

    During our Students’ Union Elections Media Day on Thursday 28th February, we chatted to the candidates who are running to be elected as your International Officer for the 2019-20 academic year. Take a look at what they had to say. Vedica Mishra Vedica Mishra is an international student studying...
  • Meet your 2019 Environmental and Social Justice Officer Candidates

    During our Students’ Union Elections Media Day on Thursday 28th February, we chatted to the candidates who are running to be elected as your Environmental and Social Justice Officers for the 2019-20 academic year. Take a look at what they had to say. Tannavi Kumar Tannavi is a second...
  • The struggle to King Meadows Campus: Interview with our Education Officer Cassie O’Boyle

    Many of us have faced the struggle of having a lecture, seminar or really, unfortunately, an exam, on the Kings Meadow Campus (KMC). The campus is situated on the edge of Dunkirk, making it approximately a thirty-minute walk for those living either on University Park Campus, Jubilee Campus or...
  • Rights Lab: Working Against Modern Day Slavery at UoN

    Today it is estimated that there are more than 40.3 million people enslaved across the globe. Whilst it is still commonly believed that slavery was abolished in the eighteenth century, modern slavery claims a strong hold on our current society, with cases even being discovered at home here in...
  • Should computers replace pen and paper in all written exams?

    Current practice bans typing exam answers unless required for some difficulty. Yet, with university students frequently using laptops and tablets more and more in lectures, note taking has been seen to have become somewhat archaic. Concerns, especially for long essay writing exams, have been raised as an issue for...