Let’s be real: Going to uni is not a right, it is our privilege
Sophie Mcconnell
I may not be an overly keen and outspoken student who takes to the streets in protest, but I do believe that everyone has a right to an education. However,…
Comment and Opinion
Why bother with Black Friday?
Megan Flaherty
Every year, you and all your friends vow to avoid town at all costs when Black Friday comes around. Everyone you know is moaning about the chaos and absurdity. So…
PODCAST: KU’s Feminist Society discusses the ‘tampon tax’
The government has decided to give the anti-abortion charity Life £250,000 from the UK’s tampon tax.
Your white poppy is a lie
Mason Howe
Ninety-nine years ago, at the eleventh hour, the guns fell silent.
I found out my Nan died through Facebook
Sunniva Kolostyak
It’s always tough when someone you love dies. Getting the news, being sat down, having a good cry over the loss, it’s all very heart breaking. My grandmother recently passed…
Vaping away your life to an early grave
Karan Ahluwalia
Last week a Tory MP said that pregnant women struggling to quit smoking should be given free e-cigarettes and the Scottish NHS declared that e-cigarettes are definitely less harmful than…
At last we got rid of Uber
Synne Johnsson
For most people Uber has become the new way of getting from A to B. It is easy, it is cheap and it is hip. Unfortunately (read: fortunately) Uber has…
We should be ignoring Peta, not celebrating them
Peta is more interested in snappy headlines and publicity than helping animals.
Why The Hippodrome has my heart: A eulogy
Rebecca Difford-Smith
For those of you who don’t know, The Hippodrome was my best friend. It was my soulmate, the only club I could truly rely on for a good time.
Begging for attention: Why we should not give a platform to extremists
Having outside speakers enter a university to speak about a specialist subject is a great thing, especially when they are standing up for what they believe in.