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Keir Starmer’s Government: A year in review

When Keir Starmer was elected as Prime Minister last year, not many could have predicted just how challenging his first year in office would be. Some of this difficulty was created by outside events, whether it was war in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, Donald Trump deciding to take...
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By , Jul. 22, 2025

Jeremy Jordan at the Royal Albert Hall

The first time I saw Jeremy Jordan, like many others, was in Disney’s Newsies. Yes, he may have been a 30-something-year-old playing a teenager, but from the moment he belted out ‘Santa Fe’, I was captivated. So, when I stumbled across a random TikTok announcing he’d be doing a one-night-only...
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By , Jul. 21, 2025

International students question value for money as UK higher education costs surge

International students have raised serious concerns over whether enrolling in UK universities is worth the expense, amid rising visa charges, increased tuition burdens, and reduced quality of the university experience. Research by the Russell Group Students’ Unions (RGSU) has shown that average monthly living costs for international students are now...
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By , Jul. 20, 2025

Increasing financial pressures driving more students to live at home and reject typical ‘student experience’

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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By , Jul. 18, 2025

The art of baking

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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By , Jul. 18, 2025