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In 2014, The Global Gender Gap Report (World Economic Forum) revealed that Great Britain had reportedly fallen out of the top 20 index for gender equality: we now stand at (an embarrassingly not-so-Great) 26th. It is our lowest score for gender equality since 2008; providing further justification of the...

Labour’s university fees cut pledge has certainly had the desired effect in grabbing the headlines. Clearly, they hope it will also grab the student vote. Lowering fees to £6,000 per year, they say, would reduce average graduate debt by nearly £9,000. This is no bad thing, nor is a...

During the University of Nottingham Student Leader elections, not every student will have the opportunity to choose someone that effectively represents their interests. When choosing which MP to vote for, we look for the candidate that we believe will best represent our interests on a broad range of issues...

Europe faces an identity crisis. The January attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and the Copenhagen shootings have raised fresh questions about ‘home-grown’ terrorists – people who have been radicalised, often after having grown up within the same country that they attack, such as the recently ‘unmasked’ Mohammed...

Starbucks, Google, Amazon, Apple, Tesco, Vodaphone… I’m sure you’re all familiar with these companies. But what do they have in common? Well in recent weeks they’ve all been in the media spotlight accused of less than admirable tax-dodging activities. The problem On the most basic level, companies who use our infrastructure and...

UK unemployment has fallen by 97,000 in the last quarter of 2014. Unemployment now stands at 5.7% for the working population in the UK; the employment rate for those between 16 and 64 now stands at 73.2%- the highest rate since December 2004 to February 2005. Coupled with annual...

From Edward Snowdon to Julian Assange, whistleblowers have been villified throughout the Western World. A whistleblower is a person who exposes misconduct, failing, alleged dishonest or illegal activity occurring in an organisation. Some may think whistleblowers would be accepted and actively encouraged, but the recent NHS whistleblowing scandal only...