Another academic year has gone in a flash, and summer graduation is now upon us. If you are attending a ceremony, one sight is guaranteed: endless bouquets of flowers. The tradition of flowers at graduation dates back to the ancient world. In Greece, students wore laurel wreaths made from olive...
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The University of Exeter has sparked outrage over its proposal to axe 150 teaching and support staff due to ‘rising costs’. 85% of the jobs at risk are in the humanities, according to the University and College Union (UCU). A petition to stop the redundancies at Exeter has garnered over...
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Odette Dyer discusses how the music industry has made young stars a rarity in today's culture.
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World Book Day is a celebration of books and reading, with a focus on encouraging young people to come together and share their love of stories. On the first Thursday of March, children across the UK will be dressing up as their favourite literary character and will receive a £1...
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2025 was the UK’s warmest year on record according to Met Office figures, with an average temperature of 10.09°C, surpassing the previous high set in 2022. A new record has been set six times by the UK since the turn of the century. With 1648.5 hours of sunshine, 2025 was...
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Odette Dyer in conversation with the Warwick Filmmaking Society
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2000 days ago, in the midst of lockdown and the Covid-19 pandemic, with not much to do, I resolved to take up learning a language. For five and a half years, I have exclusively used Duolingo to achieve my fluency dreams, but they haven’t quite materialised into reality. Despite my...
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer used his keynote speech at this year’s Labour conference to stress his party’s focus on education, including announcing a new pledge to get two-thirds of youngsters into further study or work. Speaking at the recent conference in Liverpool, Starmer declared that Tony Blair’s old target to...
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Apple Podcasts’ October ad-free campaign is facing backlash after it was revealed that publishers have not been compensated for the loss of advertising revenue. Earlier this month, Apple launched its Series Essentials collection to “spotlight the pinnacle of podcasting, celebrating the finest storytelling” with each Series Essentials selection completely ad-free...
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A record number of 18-year-olds secured a place at their first-choice university this year, but exam boards have warned that regional inequalities are “getting worse, not better.” 82% of offer holders were accepted into their ‘firm choice’ university this year – up 9,830 from 2024. Acceptances at ‘higher tariff’ universities, such...
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Labour has recently announced their intention to lower the voting age, giving 16- and 17-year-olds the vote. This will be the first franchise change in the UK since 1969, when Harold Wilson’s government lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. The UK is set to follow other countries that...
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Odette Dyer discusses the decline of print media and how newspapers are adapting to online news
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Anna Andruseiko is 23 years old, from Stryi – a small tower in western Ukraine – and has a degree in cultural studies from the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU). I had the privilege of interviewing her on life in Ukraine both before and after the full-scale invasion and her hopes...
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