Hockey recruitment numbers falling suggesting fate of the club
Georgia McJannett-Smith
KU sports teams are struggling to pass the baton to newer members in order to ensure a club’s longevity, which is largely due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.…
January 2022
KSA students reflect on their year abroad during Covid-19
Ella Devereux
Formally known as The Erasmus Programme, established back in 1987, Erasmus+ is a student exchange programme which allowed students in higher education in the European Union (EU) to go and…
Why were university students ignored during the pandemic?
Jamelia S Brown
With the Plan B restrictions such as mask-wearing and Covid passports being scrapped in England tomorrow, life may start to look a bit more normal. It’s hard to remember that…
KU students reflect on skills they learned over lockdown
Madichi A Brown
“I became an academic mentor in university mentoring, mentoring first year students in economics and it helped me with my confidence with public speaking. I am still participating with leadership…
Whipped coffee, bread baking and mullets: An ode to pandemic trends
Martine A Hess
As covid-restictions ease, the trends that kept us sane through multiple lockdowns seem to be a fading memory. When the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced a pandemic in March 2020,…
Liveblog - The River Live – Two years of Covid at KU
Evie M Barrett
Good afternoon and welcome to our live blog! Today we will be covering the coronavirus pandemic, looking back at the restrictions we have had to live with for the last…
Covid restrictions: a look back at some of the stranger ones
Throughout the pandemic, there have been multiple waves of “new normal” which we have learned to live with. We have lived with many restrictions but some were stranger than others.…
Ten music artists to look into for 2022
Elizabeth Wiredu
Here are ten talented artists ready to make waves in the music scene in 2022. Greentea Peng Key Track: Hu Man, Downers, Mr sun Greentea Peng is a neo-soul psychedelic…
Is new safety app a plaster for violence against women?
Eleanor Yates
Again and again, we see painful stories and experiences in the media from women of a time when a man acted violently towards them physically or verbally. With the recent…
How the pandemic has changed our concept of freedom
It has been two years since the first case of Covid-19 was detected in the UK. Since then, our lives have been forever changed. It is hard to think back…