Recently, I came across a podcast episode during my research on the use of AI in podcasting. The podcast’s description mentioned that the host had uploaded a sermon they’d preached, and Google’s NotebookLM had generated a podcast episode based on it. Intrigued, I clicked play, and it started like any...
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Students are increasingly likely to be working part-time jobs during term-time and commuting to university, with growing financial pressures altering the typical ‘student experience’. The 2025 Student Academic Experience Survey (SAES) found that 68% of full-time students now undertake paid employment during term-time – a 12-percentage point increase from 2024. This...
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With the university broken up for summer, we have weeks of freedom ahead of us. What better way to fill it than with baking? Baking is a wonderful hobby because it provides something delicious as an outcome, but the process itself is also great. Baking is mindful, as it gives...
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Last weekend, the 52-lap British Grand Prix at Silverstone delivered a rain-soaked thriller defined by unpredictable weather, relentless strategy calls, and championship-altering results. McLaren rose above the madness with a sublime 1-2 finish, with Lando Norris claiming a maiden home victory ahead of teammate Oscar Piastri, strengthening McLaren’s hold over...
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A Centre Court debut for the British No. 3 and the chance to reach a Wimbledon quarter-final proved to be a step too far for Sonay Kartal, who exceeded all expectations by progressing to the round of 16 stage and consequently becoming the last remaining female British player out of...
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Gaming is certainly a very popular hobby across many age groups, and with online games having taken a more central space in the gaming industry recently, gaming itself has become more social too. Over time, the typical board and card games have transformed into video games that you can play...
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The number of UK university students caught cheating using AI for assignments has rapidly increased in 2025, with apps like ChatGPT growing in popularity. Generative AI, while still a relatively new concept in academia, has been found useful as a guide or a grammar checking tool, and for helping students...
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Cianan Sheekey discusses the pivotal impact Franklin D. Roosevelt had on American government, fiscal policy and politics.
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Over my many years of travelling, I have had various methods of documenting the places I have visited. I initially used magnets to remember where I had travelled. From writing this article on my desk, I can see the multitude of magnets I have amassed. From Tallinn to Rhodes, to...
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Tread softly through Yamuna Ghat, feather-light steps across the riverbank. Walk in step with the water’s flow, ahead, behind, in tandem with what you know. Look at the ripple when you throw a stone in, stare at it, glare and gawk until you sicken to your core. Heave in your...
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Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has pledged support for a series of measures to help more young people in Britain to “have children”, amid a decline in birth rates. The cabinet minister said that the fall in the UK’s birth rate could have “worrying repercussions” for the country, marking a...
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Eight of the starting sixteen teams have qualified for the quarter-finals with the group stage now finalised. Last year’s finalists, England and Germany, are through, as well as previous Euros winners, Norway and Sweden. Euro 2022 champions, England, finish second in Group D after a 2-1 opening match loss...
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One in four young people aged 16 to 24 in England now have a mental health condition, an NHS survey has found. The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, which monitors trends in mental health in England, has shown that the rate of common mental disorders in this age group has risen...
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