Politics

Labour are losers when it comes to university funding

May 31, 2009
By Alice-May Purkiss
Labour are losers when it comes to university funding

When a university student leaves education, most will have thousands of pounds worth of debt. Tuition fee loans and maintenance loans all add up to a pretty hefty sum of money. We will all, or the majority of us at least, be sent out into the world with a massive debt on our shoulders...
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The pathetic apathetics: are students getting political again?

May 23, 2009
By Richard Lemmer
The pathetic apathetics: are students getting political again?

What does the whine of the apathetic student sound like? “Do we really care?”, they say looking up from Facebook. “A talk on what? Yeah, Gaza. The midfielder? What? Oh, the place. Yeah, yeah terrible, I think it was on the news”, they continue, slouching into their chair. “Can’t they just share? What about...
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A need for moderation

February 2, 2009
By Duncan Robinson

The room was jammed. People were even standing at the back to get a glimpse of the speaker. Black and white scarves dominated the room, each wearer showing his or her solidarity with the Palestinian movement. There was a palpable sense of excitement among the crowd, an energy stemming from the feeling that history...
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