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Anticipation. That is the word I would expect to use to describe the emotion at a university graduation. Sitting there amongst friends with a sort of nervous excitement, as the graduation ceremony for the Class of 2021 opens.

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Opinion | Why don't students care who represents them?

This article is a retrospective piece, looking back and reflecting on the low level of political engagement this academic year and suggests reasons why students may be reluctant to vote in SU elections.

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Opinion | Online fatigue is beginning to take its toll on students

Amongst the many challenges and struggles that have begun to face as a result of the pandemic, one that has been particularly challenging has been the rise of the phenomenon of ‘online fatigue’.

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Opinion | Remote internships are better than nothing but will not offer the same opportunities

I have dreamed for years of my time as a career woman in the Big Smoke. Pret coffee in one hand, work phone in the other, I picture myself boarding the Tube to work, sitting next to like-minded young professionals all on our way to ‘the top’.

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Opinion | University students may be moralistic but it is for all the right reasons

It is undeniable that, in the last few years it has become common in the media to paint young people’s morals in a negative light and to call them the ‘snowflake generation’ - a derogatory term for young people who are viewed as not being resilient enough and being too easily offended.

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Opinion | Staggered returns should re-open the fees debate

Since Monday 8th March, some students have been part of a limited return to in-person teaching while the vast majority of us have not. The disparity between courses in this sense, sets an unpleasant precedent that some courses are worth more than others.

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Opinion | The current university admissions system is failing students

Recent headlines have hinted at ‘secret university waiting lists’ amid growing concerns with grade inflation. If true, this would merely be the most recent in a series of scandals surrounding the treatment of students in higher education during this pandemic.

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Opinion | The treatment of women in the media needs to change

The media often makes a point of building women up, praising them, yet sometimes has been known to turn on them with little to no evidence – and in this, the noughties proved truly vicious.