• Is Brendan Rodgers Still The Right Man For Liverpool?

    For most teams, an FA Cup semi-final appearance and a near guaranteed place in European football for next season, having sold your best player in the summer, would be seen as rather successful. However, Liverpool’s failure to overcome Aston Villa in the FA Cup semi on Sunday leaves Brendan...
  • F1: Season Preview

    For once, the biggest talking points going into the new Formula One season do not concern who is going to win the title. As far as that is concerned, everything is relatively simple. Mercedes’ superiority last year looks to have translated onto the new season. The gap between them...
  • Refereeing in the Premier League: Are officials judged too harshly?

    As is often said, there are fine margins between success and failure in the Premier League. In the world of multi-billion pound television deals, survival carries a huge financial weight. With more teams than ever before fighting for Champions League football, those lines are becoming all the more important....
  • NUS publishes ‘roadmap to free education’

    The National Union of Students (NUS) has published a report looking into routes to shift the financial burden of higher education from individual students to public funding. The report outlines ways to start the debate on higher education between politicians, vice chancellors and students. It also highlights that the proportion...
  • Encouraging graduates to “stay local” is missing the point

    A recent RSA think-tank study found that graduates should be given advice on jobs, housing and matches with local employment opportunities in a bid to stimulate local economies through local graduates. However, the study fails to account for the work already done by universities to provide local graduate opportunities,...
  • Late Night Levy to force pubs and clubs to close early

    A number of pubs and clubs will be forced to close early as a late night levy is to be imposed on Nottingham establishments that remain open past midnight. An estimated £1.5 million per year is being spent by Nottinghamshire Police to deal with late night revellers. To combat...