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    #ProjectWinter: The Student Trap: Skipping lectures to go to work to afford university – but at what cost?

    A student’s life is seen as carefree and packed with spare time. But now many of them spend all that free time working rather than studying, only to afford said studies they cannot even fit around their busy schedules? Rucsandra Moldoveanu and Alice Bennett spoke to Nottingham students balancing...
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    #ProjectWinter: Funding Futures: the Rise in Student Sex Work

    Through the power of the internet, swapping sexual favours for cash has never been easier. But is selling explicit pictures online the ideal way of making extra income to have more time for studies, or is it putting young people in danger? Hannah Bentley and Alice Bennett explore why...
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    Balancing Work With Education

    Alice Bennett The cost of rent and bills have increased, and university leaders warn that students are at risk of being the “forgotten group in the cost of living crisis”. Does this mean that they have to miss out on internships and skip lectures in order to do paid...
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    Are Video Games Too Expensive?

    With the ever-increasing price of video games along with the cost of living crisis in the UK, gaming seems less accessible to those who don’t have £60 to spare on top of keeping up with the latest consoles and PCs. Alice discusses the rising cost of games and the...
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    Homelessness Is Leading To A Health Crisis

    The combination of the cost-of-living crisis and the UK having its coldest day since December 2010 is leading to a health crisis, as 1.7 million households could be pushed into homelessness. Alice Bennett discusses homelessness in Nottingham and what students can do to help this winter. ...
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    The Oversexualisation of Women in Video Games

    Alice explores the history of over-sexualising female video game characters in response to the Ghost controversy with the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II...
  • Family Boardgames to play this Christmas that aren’t Monopoly

    It’s that time of the year again- the weather gets colder, Christmas trees go up, and you dust off your old Monopoly board and commence the annual family fall-out after Christmas dinner. Looking for an alternative to rowing this festive season? Or do you love the drama of Monopoly...