The Sophomore Slump: myth or reality?
Bradley Barnes explores the well-known concept of artists' 'Sophomore Slump'. But is it a real phenomenon?
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Bed shortages in UK cities leave students in an accommodation nightmare
A combination of rising rents, demographic shifts, and a fall in the supply of purpose-built student accommodation has created a bed shortage. Many students in the UK have been left in an accommodation nightmare. Students unable to secure accommodation close to their university have been forced into hotels, dodgy contracts and even neighbouring cities. Oluwasola Adesulu, a 23-year-old student at the University of Law, had...
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Russell Group universities introduce guiding principles on AI
Since ChatGPT launched last November, there have been concerns that generative AI could undermine academic integrity by allowing students to cheat on their assignments. All 24 members of the Russell Group, which contains many of the UK’s top universities, have agreed on five guiding principles to inform their policy on...
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Four of the UK’s largest supermarket chains deny making excess profits
Supermarket executives have denied that a lack of industry competition has led to excess profits, claiming that they are currently “the most competitive we’ve ever been”. Bosses from Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, and Morrisons were questioned by the House of Commons Business and Trade Committee last Tuesday on why food prices...
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True colours: dismantling the myth of corporate allyship
It’s coming to the end of Pride Month and we have once again found ourselves in the middle of ‘Rainbow Capitalism’ as companies promote Pride-themed products and state their support for the queer community. Yet it is not allyship which prompts corporations to behave in this way, it is money...
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Former PM Johnson resigns with immediate effect over Partygate report
Less than four years after leading the Conservative Party to their biggest election victory since Thatcher, Boris Johnson has resigned as a Conservative MP with immediate effect, triggering a by-election in his constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip. His resignation comes in light of the ‘Partygate’ report from the Privileges...
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EU moves closer to passing one of world’s first laws governing AI
On June 14, the European Parliament voted by a margin of 499-28 to approve new laws which seek to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Previously, governments have done little to interfere with the development and use of AI, but EU policy makers and Members of the European Parliament...
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