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University students in England are being exploited by a continuing trend of marketisation. In 2019 The National Union of Students carried out a survey on 2,000 students that exposed poor living conditions and exploitative relationships with landlords....

Alice Nott After a tumultuous first term, the University has re-introduced safety net policies and a grace period for assessments during the pandemic. This comes after a term of student pressure, but what is the detail of the measures being introduced? The Grace Period gives students an extra five...

In a world where we constantly have to worry about the future and the next step that we are yet to take in our lives, it’s safe to say that students across the world feel a constant pressure to craft an impressive repertoire of employability skills and partake in...

On Tuesday, the government announced the withdrawal of bursaries for certain post-graduate teacher training courses....

“It’ll be fine”. Ask any of my friends and this has become a sort of catch phrase of mine. My ‘go-to’ answer for pretty much any situation. Running late for the train? It’ll be fine. Still got 2,000 words of your essay to write? It’ll be fine....

Jack Richardson On the first day of Freshers, Jack looks at how accurate our favourite uni-based video games are… With COVID hanging around and a good chunk of teaching moving online this year, your regularly scheduled Fabled University ExperienceTM has gone out of the window. Truth is, the closest...

The UK has recently reported a surge in coronavirus cases with 2,988 new cases announced on Sunday 6th  September, the highest figure the country has seen since 22 May , which is hinting at a feared potential second wave. In the previous week, the seven-day rate of new cases...