The two horrific consecutive attacks carried out in mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15 2019, have been labelled as the worst terrorist attacks in New Zealand’s modern history. The assaults are a visible manifestation of growing white supremacism and alt-right…
Founded in the late 1980s, and now operating over 5000 higher education institutions across 37 different countries, the Erasmus Exchange Programme is a means to provide young people with the opportunity to experience a global education that is vitally important in today’s…
Three months of application forms, seven months of preparation, two weeks of goodbyes, and an eight hour plane journey had finally led to this moment. “Ok…so what now?” I found myself asking as I dragged two suitcases into my small and…
‘What do you want to do after you graduate?’ For those of us studying non-vocational degrees, this is the one question that makes us feel uneasy. What do we want to do? We were told at school to pick a…
‘Last week I spent 79 hours on my phone…’ admitted Sarah*, a 20 year old student currently studying at university. Whilst smartphone addiction is thought to be common in young people, Apple’s iOS 12 update, which allows phone users to…
Regretting past actions, months of lies, conflicting ideas about the future, refusing to speak face to face, and pressure from the extended family to reach a united decision. No, this is not the latest episode of a popular reality TV…
With Buzzfeed calling them the ‘burnout generation’ and the Business Insider claiming that they are a cohort that are emotionally struggling, the media has dedicated a vast amount of time to sensationalising the financial struggles, inexorable challenges, and hardship faced by the generation…
‘Sir, is Eurovision connected to the EU?’ It was this question, asked by a first-year politics student at the end of our lecture on European Union Integration that showcases an inherent fault within the current British secondary education system today:…