• 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...
  • Hidden Course Cost Campaign – #protectthepiggybank

    The Hidden Course Cost campaign started this Monday the 19th November with a week of focus groups, a totaliser on the SU website and a competition to win an NCT bus pass, print credits, and Amazon vouchers. “little to no financial support for expenses incurred from placement” The campaign...
  • Bang and the loan is gone!

    October 20th was uncovered as the date by which most students faced an empty bank account, and the majority then turned to credit cards (75%), part-time jobs (32%) and the ‘bank of mum and dad’ (25%) to help them financially. “17% of students also resort to selling their belongings...