The sun is out, it is actually warm outside – believe it or not, summer is approaching us. Now all you need to do is find a nice pub garden to spend some of the summer days in. Here we’ll give you a few options as to where to go.
The Maltings
Accommodation – it is always going to be a main talking point at uni. The pay, the facilities, the people – it plays a big part in your life at university, there is no doubt about it. Therefore it is important to make the right choice as to where you want to live through the academic year.
SU SPENDS £40,000 ON NEW OFFICE GEAR
The Essex Students’ Union (SU) has spent £40,000 on new office equipment and furniture for its offices. The equipment, which includes desks, chairs and storage, has been bought to replace “outdated gear” that was “no longer fit for purpose”.
Social Media and Politics 2/2
As well as giving politicians a platform to reach out to the public, social media presents a good opportunity for the public to reach out to politicians, as well as getting their views across.
Social Media and Politics 1/2
How have social media changed politics and the relation between politics and the public?
The emergence of social media has been huge – it now holds a prominent place in society, with seemingly everything having some form of involvement with social media. Whether it’s the ability to tweet your opinion of a TV programme under a show-specific hashtag or advertising campaigns actively encouraging engagement on social networks – the platform is huge.
Politics has not been immune to this change either. As social media seems to stamp more and more of its mark on the world by the day, politics has ended up being no exception to this. Continue reading
The Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI Act), which has given us important stories such as the MPs’ expenses scandal of 2009, is currently being reviewed by a government commission. The commission is being chaired by Sir Jeremy Heywood, Britain’s top civil servant and a well-known critic of the Act. His goal is to limit it, and so has set up a commission to review it and potentially identify “improvements” that could be made to the Act.
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