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‘Photography is such an essential part of showing a story’: An interview with Warwick PhotoSoc

Warwick Photography Society (better known as PhotoSoc), fosters a budding community of photographers. They provide many photographic opportunities and curate a diverse range of socials and workshops aimed at anyone interested in the practice of photography, regardless of prior experience. Eliza Ochea (President of PhotoSoc), Shahnaz Rahman (Vice-President of PhotoSoc),...
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By , Nov. 16, 2025

The AI artist epidemic: Does art still need emotion? 

The availability of artificially generated ‘art’ continues to grow. The tech industry insists that AI is here to stay. Should creators and audiences of art now surrender to the existence of the ‘AI artist’?   While experimentation with generative technology has been ongoing since the 1950s, the ‘AI Art’ we know...
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By , Nov. 16, 2025

Lecturers and loss of money: What do we pay per contact hour?

The 2025-2026 academic year has seen tuition fees for domestic undergraduate students rise by £285, now totalling £9,535, a 3.1% increase from last year’s £9,250. Chief executive of UK Universities Vivienne Stern argues in a recent statement that fee rises will “help to halt the long-term erosion of universities’ financial...
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By , Nov. 15, 2025

Universities with ‘low-quality’ courses to face cap on students, as government shifts approach to post-16 education

The government has announced that it will set limits on new student recruitment for universities that perform poorly on the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), as it grants the Office for Students (OfS), the regulator of higher education in the UK, greater power.  Currently, the OfS can fine universities that don’t...
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By , Nov. 15, 2025