Charlie Lawrence-Jones
Students and activists around the UK met in South London last weekend to discuss how to fight tenants’ escalating costs and free-falling standards of living. More than 25 campuses are now considering strikes as a tactic to demand improved conditions, affordable rent or other changes to university accommodation. For the first time, the NUS is…
Mattha Busby
Post office workers affiliated to the Communications Workers Union (CWU) struck on Thursday in protest against the closure of town centre offices, the “relentless attack” upon their pension scheme, and the pay freeze imposed last year. The pension scheme, which has been running at a £130,000,000 surplus (and is estimated to remain in surplus until 2022…
Mattha Busby
“We’re trained to view beauty in one light and to only see one type as beautiful: its a lie that we’ve been conditioned to believe in. We’re all beautiful.” -Corey Wade In the monolithic shadow of forthcoming London Fashion Week events, ProjectFEM are fusing feminism and fashion to create an empowering, alternative space for women…
Mattha Busby
Post office workers affiliates to the communications workers union are striking today in protest against the closure of town centre offices, changes to their pension scheme, and a pay freeze. The pension scheme, which has been running at a surplus, is facing closure, and across the UK crown offices in major towns are also being…
Sam Taylor
In 1965, with war raging in Vietnam and racial tension at home, Marvin Gaye asked himself: “With the world exploding around me, how am I supposed to keep singing love songs?” From Bob Dylan to Public Enemy, Billie Holiday to Fela Kuti, protest music has never gone away. Algiers are part of a new generation of…
Emma Yeomans
Fifty years after being granted university status, City has joined the University of London. From now on it will be known as City, University of London, and students will have access to Student Central, Senate House Library, and exchange opportunities within London. Professor Sir Paul Curran, President of City, said: “By seizing opportunities to share…
Rebecca Pinnington
Content note: descriptions of sexual assault, gender dysphoria, homophobia Twitter users today lambasted major shortfalls in UK sex and relationships education (SRE) and in-classroom handling of sexually motivated harassment and bullying. Tweeting to the hashtag #SREnow, they shared their experiences of poor sex education and rampant sexism, cissexism and homophobia they encountered in school. There…
John Lubbock
Wikipedia’s reputation as an easy but unreliable source for lazy students is well-known. But does it have to be the pariah of internet research? City University graduate and Wikimedia UK employee John Lubbock explores how open knowledge could change the way we learn. It’s easy to write negative things about Wikipedia, but it’s also easy…
Sam Taylor
With the rather unusual joint-headliner of Florence and the Machine and Kendrick Lamar, the second day of British Summer Time set itself out as an all-embracing assortment of musical talent. The day began with Blood Orange on the Great Oak Stage before Cat Power, who donning an anti-gun-crime badge, gently diffused her soft, folky melodies…
Joanna Peasland
The power of the internet is transforming the legal system, as people-power fights back against extortionate rents and fees in London. Cambridge law graduate Michael Green is the legal brain behind CaseHub, a legal company created to hold the powerful to account. He builds class action lawsuits against firms and institutions by galvanising online support….
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