by Marie Koehl | May 3, 2024 3:37PM | Campaigns - Immigration laws, Uncategorized
Despite arriving in the UK seven years ago as a French Erasmus student, Anne Gaillot fears she will still “never be good enough for England”. Anne moved to the UK with the plan to stay permanently in 2019 after graduating from a Master’s degree programme in France....
by Harry Featherston | May 3, 2024 3:19PM | Campaigns - Sexism in Football, Uncategorized
A BBC freelance football reporter has spoken out about the sexist comments made by controversial ex-footballer, Joey Barton, claiming ‘you can’t really escape’ the abuse. In a string of posts on X (formerly Twitter) in January, Barton stated “women...
by Thomas Burton | May 3, 2024 10:00AM | Campaigns - Drink Spiking, Uncategorized
New data has revealed only a fractional amount of spiking reports in the UK lead to a conviction, as experts warn tackling the wave of drink spiking is “almost impossible”. Between May 2022 and April 2023 police received 6,732 reports of needle and drink spiking, but...
by Luke Gill | May 2, 2024 2:50PM | Campaign - Football, Campaigns - Sexism in Football, Uncategorized
The success of the Lionesses saw an upsurge in the number of women’s football teams but the opportunities available for players are still limited. When England won the European Championships in the summer of 2022, there were almost 1,500 new women’s teams...
by Rei Takver | Apr 15, 2024 3:28PM | Live News, Live News Summary, Uncategorized
Liverpool City Council has held a minute’s silence this afternoon to honour the 97 victims who died in the crowd crush of the Hillsborough disaster this afternoon.You can watch it here: https://www.facebook.com/lpoolcouncil/videos/2162929107394750
by Zhaona Li | Apr 15, 2024 1:28PM | Uncategorized
TEDx, an initiative that involves organising TED-style talks across the world, came to the University of Sheffield yesterday. The theme of the event was “boundaries”, and involved three speakers from diverse fields covering their experiences with...
