Lowri Lewis

Lockdown saw many of us connect with the communities in our home towns like never before - but these measures were also responsible for tearing Bristol’s student community apart. And even being back in the city will not be enough to repair it.

Opinion | Students are their own worst enemy when it comes to housing conditions

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Over the past month or so, second year students all over Bristol have been moving into the accommodation we arranged as freshers.

Opinion | The University should actively encourage climate strikers in order to keep its word

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The University of Bristol made headlines last year when it became the first UK University to declare a climate emergency. But is it doing everything in its power to ensure that these weren’t just empty words?

Opinion: Bristol University should now work harder to enrol more BME students

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Black students applying to the University of Bristol are over 10% less likely to receive an offer than white applicants. The urgency with which this issue needs to be addressed cannot be stressed enough.

Opinion: Let's rid our streets of all Bristol's slave traders

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It shouldn’t have taken brute force to remove the statue of Bristol’s most prominent slave trader. It’s not surprising that that’s how it happened, though.