Eurovision is peculiar. On the surface, it is a simple, if eccentric, song competition which intends to highlight the unity of competing nations. In theory, it casts aside divisions for a shared stage, prompting cohesion centred around the powerful medium of song. Despite its desire to distance itself from the...
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Cianan Sheekey discusses the economic climate and how the forecast is uncertain.
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E-voting technology developed by the Universities of Warwick and Newcastle, designed to maximise vote security and ballot integrity, has been successfully deployed in a real-world election for the first time. While it has previously been used in several test runs, SEEV (Self-Enforcing E-Voting) was used in its first official capacity...
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A US federal judge has temporarily blocked attempts by the Trump administration to ban Harvard University from enrolling international students, a move which comes amid the US government’s ongoing assault on foreign admissions. The Trump administration and Harvard have been engaged in an ongoing row, which has seen the...
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A recent report by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that net migration to the UK fell to 431,000 in 2024, nearly half that of the previous year, largely due to a significant decrease in non-EU work and study-related visas. The ONS report, published on 22 May, indicated...
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I am no technophobe. I recognise the potential the internet possesses as a contemporary colosseum, hosting gladiatorial battles of ideas, culminating in the ascension of the worthy and the death of the irrelevant. This potential is, however, lost. Tainted by constrictive algorithms, echo chambers, and a frightening quantity of cognitive...
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Cianan Sheekey discusses why we should welcome Labour's regulation cuts to enhance economic growth
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Several universities have begun reviewing or removing transgender policies from their websites, following the record-breaking £585,000 fine issued to the University of Sussex for breaching free speech policies. The Office for Students (OfS) handed out the largest fine it has ever demanded of a university after it deemed Sussex had failed...
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100%ing the Resident Evil Remake (RER) Trilogy of RE2R through 4 was quite the undertaking. I’ve slain more Zombies, Lickers, Tyrants, and Las Plagas-infested cultists than I can count. I’ve memorised the layouts of Racoon City and the Salazar Estate like the back of my hand. And I’ve survived lethal...
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The University of Lincoln is expected to make nearly 300 job cuts amid financial struggles across the higher education sector, drawing major criticism from trade unions. The university has admitted the need for a “significant new phase of organisational restructuring and reform”, which the University and College Union (UCU) told...
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Cianan Sheekey discusses the reasons for and the consequences of the decline in the UK's nightlife industry
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An expenses claim made by Taiwo Owatemi, MP for Coventry North West, has been met with scrutiny, with questions raised over whether taxpayers should be footing a £900 ‘pet rent’ bill. The claim was made over a charge imposed by the landlord of Owatemi’s second home in London, which allowed...
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Student politics is rarely guided by logic, often centring around friendship cliques and established loyalties, with sparse policy or platform consideration. In several ways, it possesses traits many would attribute to politics generally, and just like politics, positive figures can still emerge, championing positive change. Yet, the baffling nature of...
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