Leacsaidh Marlow

Leacsaidh Marlow The National Institute for Health (NIH) defines health misinformation as “any health-related claim of fact that is false based on current scientific consensus”. In an age where almost all of the information we need to individually verify or nullify a scientific claim being made by someone is...

Leacsaidh Marlow The House of Lords, or the Upper Chamber, is a group responsible for scrutinising legislative changes and the work of the government, such as MPs in the House of Commons do. However, members (peers) are not elected in the same way that MPs are, instead predominantly being...

Student Action for Refugees (STAR), established by a Nottingham student in 1994, is now a national group of student leaders and activists. Groups across UK universities advocate for the support and protection of refugees and asylum seekers....

Leacsaidh Marlow In the wake of current measles outbreaks in the US, Impact’s Leacsaidh Marlow explores the case details, and the wider atmosphere of scientific distrust being purveyed by the Trump administration… The CDC has reported that as of April 17th there have been 800 reported measles cases in...

Leacsaidh Marlow A recent study has suggested that a simple at-home saliva test has a greater accuracy than the current front-line technique for prostate cancer screening.   Prostate cancer, the second largest cause of cancer deaths for men in the UK, is notoriously difficult to effectively screen for. The...

Leacsaidh Marlow The term ‘spiking’ refers to giving somebody a substance without their knowledge and thus consent, most commonly with the intention of rendering that person incapacitated and/or to harm them. Spiking is a significant problem at UK universities in particular, with steep escalations in recent years. Spiking has...

  Leacsaidh Marlow On Wednesday 19th March, UoN Public Speaking Society hosted their TedX event at the university, platforming a brilliant range of talented public speakers, both students and external. NSTV and Impact attended the event to film and review the sessions – Impact’s Leacsaidh Marlow shares her thoughts...