How to overcome the cost of wellness for students
Healthy living can sometimes come at a cost, but Fatima Patel shares how students can overcome the cost of Wellness.
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Fatima Patel
Are patents and intellectual property rights being misused?
Patents and intellectual property rights have been pushed into the media spotlight recently due to the rise in technological innovation and the advancement in artificial intelligence. As a result, obtaining intellectual property rights is becoming strategically necessary for businesses who want to launch new products onto the market but do...
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A woman in Saudi Arabia
Last June, a decree in Saudi Arabia, issued by the king, allowed women to drive. Before this, Saudi Arabia was the last and only place on earth that did not allow women to do this. Women are still banned from independently doing many things such as travelling abroad and applying...
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A nanny state should regulate large corporations, not punish consumers
Britain is now the most obese country in western Europe. Two-thirds of Britain is now overweight, with obesity establishing itself as the leading cause of premature death. One of the biggest costs to the NHS is obesity, and things are getting worse. Yet the British government’s half-hearted reforms are not...
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House of Fraser to close down in Leamington Spa
House of Fraser is to close its store in Leamington Spa as plans to restructure the company get under way. 31 of its 59 stores are set to close nationwide, which is expected to create up to 6000 job losses in the UK and almost 200 in Leamington Spa.
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Drug contracts only serve to cover the backs of university chiefs
The University of Buckingham has vowed to become the first university in the UK to become “drug-free” by forcing students to sign contracts forbidding the taking of drugs on university grounds. As the number of students being disciplined for drug use has risen by 42% over the last two years,...
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Students from underrepresented backgrounds are less likely to succeed
Despite universities making progress on admitting more young people from underrepresented backgrounds, recent data shows that they are still less likely to succeed at university.
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Student debt, distress and discontent: why the threshold rise is a sham
The government’s most recent announcement on student debt sounds great. Thousands of graduates will have their student loan repayments suspended until they earn £25,000 or more. Around 600,000 students will apparently make potential savings of up to £24,000. In a bid to thwart criticism of tuition fees that have more...
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Universal Basic Income is the best way to ensure future security for students
As a student with absolutely no idea of which profession I would like to enter, I often worry about my future. Indeed, young people from my generation will be the first to be worse off than their parents. House prices are soaring, the NHS is a falling apart due to...
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The comments made in the Bracton Law Society were horrific, but private
It is undeniable that incidents of racism, sexism, ableism and homophobia are rampant at British universities, both amongst students and lecturers. Only last year, a University of Warwick staff member made racist comments during a Law careers event when she made disparaging remarks to a black student, claiming that black...
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