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Married in a lecture theatre: Iran’s mass student weddings

Header image courtesy of Mehr News. Five hundred young couples, hand in hand, sit next to each other in the amphitheater of Tehran University. Girls are wearing white Chadors (a symbolic sign for a bride)...

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Flipping the lens: the refugee journey photographed from a new angle

Amy Lineham is a UCL medical student, photographer, and activist – of a kind. At the start of this year, she spent six weeks in France volunteering in refugee camps in Calais and then Paris’s newly opened Port de la Chapelle camp where the...

Nicholas Pan

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Here’s what you should understand about ableism

I’ve been disabled all of my life, and I’ve never known anything different. I think I’ve got a pretty good grasp on what ableism is – I’ve certainly encountered it enough. But my view isn’t definitive, so don’t use me as a way of telling your...

Louise Lee

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Did Malia Bouattia launch a viral fake news story?

If, over the last few days, you’ve heard that 72% of 18-25s voted, then you’re not alone. That statistic, which points hopefully to a revival among youth turnout, has been shared by publications and journalists including LBC, The Metro...

Emma Yeomans

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Podcast: Why are young people so left-wing and globalist?

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Podcast episode 1: Tactical voting and youth turnout

London Student launches its first podcast, a weekly round-up of student news and views covering topics from major political events to NUS memes. This week, the London Student team (Charlie Lawrence-Jones, Rebecca Pinnington, Cale Tilford, Emma...

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