Manasa Narayanan chatted to Jack Colmer about his hand-crafted Bin Bag dispenser, now a permanent feature of the Leeds landscape. After students were lambasted for leaving litter on Woodhouse Moor in both local and National news, Manasa investigates the situation from a student perspective.
Being an estranged student at university
Estranged students face many additional challenges, particularly in securing accomodation. Rebecca Healy explores the experience of estranged students, particularly throughout the pandemic.
Student Action Research Project: Investigating barriers to accessing student support services
Emilie Bolt, a Research Intern at the University of Leeds, discusses the importance of the University’s efforts working towards social equality. There has been a university-wide effort, under the Vice Chancellor, to tackle racial inequality […]
Sine functions over sexual health – Should schools be better-equipping young people for life in the ‘real-world’?
Personal, sexual, health and economic (PSHE) education has been under-valued and under-resourced in schools across the country. Isabel Ralphs explores the worrying repercussions of this void in personal knowledge.
A new global Britain: Empire, order and a search for purpose
Josh Bate explores post EU Britain. With new control over foreign policy, what are the aims of the government, and what sentiment underpins this?
Dominic Cummings lifts curtain on government coronavirus response
Why did Dominic Cummings offer scathing criticism of the government towards the end of May? Was he merely reitterating what we already know or are his claims offering a more damning insight in to the government’s handling of the pandemic? Will Nixon reports.
Attack on democracy? The case of Belarusian journalist, Roman Protasevich
In a complex web of corruption and scandal, journalists have become the target of suppression for being the guardians of democracy. Joshua Bate reports on the developing events proceeding from the unlawful arrest of Belarusian journalist, Roman Protasevich.
Calais refugee crisis continues
In a time of multiple crises, it is easy to forget that some people have been struggling, and will continue to struggle, for years. The refugee crisis continues, with hundreds of people living in appalling conditions […]
The Personal Toll of India’s Pandemic
As part of the #indiainred series, Marino Unger-Verna spoke to Indian students at KCL to hear how the crisis has affected them and their families.
Why Labour is losing
In light of the recent Hartlepool by-election result, Alex Howe analyses why Labour is losing support.
India’s Covid crisis: Lives devalued & deaths disregarded
As part of the #Indiainred series, Manasa Narayanan investigates India’s Covid crisis, where government negligence and inadequately resourced healthcare facilities have contributed to devastating rates of death.
What’s in a name?: Biden Labels Armenian Killings a ‘Genocide’
Following US President Biden’s remarks about Armenian Killings being a “genocide”, Tasha Johnson dissects Turkey’s protracted history of Kurdish erasure and what the term “genocide” entails.