Uea(SU) continue pro-Palestine boycott Union Council has voted to continue the SU’s boycott and divestment sanctions to support Palestinian interests. During the debate the Council’s Vice-Chair said Uea(su) should show it does not align with the Israel state. Jewish Society’s Daniel Burns called the policy “anti-Semitic”. Later in the same night Council voted in favour…
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Brexit Box 05/11/2019
After parliament failed to reach a Brexit deal by the initial deadline of the 31st October 2019, and blocked the possibility of a no-deal Brexit through a law known as the Benn Act, Boris Johnson was forced to request an extension from the EU. The extension was granted by the EU Council on the 28th…
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Why we shouldn’t look forward to 2019
Remember the panic of the 2012 Mayan Apocalypse prediction? For a few years we were apocalypse-crazy, shovelling down disaster movies, zombie flicks, and dystopian fiction as quickly as we could. If this ‘end-of-the-world’ craze can teach us anything, it’s that the grass was apparently not greener on the other side. Now that global extinction is…
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Why we should look forward to 2019
2018 was a difficult year for most, but 2019 seems to be a year we can look forward to. Last year, the world of entertainment saw positive representation of minority communities in cinema, with films such as Love, Simon and Black Panther. 2019 promises more of the same. With new seasons from The Good Place,…
Science
What’s new in science – February 23rd
According to new study, there is a tiny sea snail “swims like a bee” Scientists say neanderthals and modern humans were interbreeding much earlier than was previously thought There has been significant advance for regenerative medicine as custom-made, living body parts have been 3D-printed Biologists have described new species of extinct plant, based on fossiised…
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What’s new in science – 12th January
Researchers have identified “runaway stars” in the Milky Way. Tim Peake set for first spacewalk by a British astronaut. December 2015 was the warmest December since records began in 1910. Seventh row of the periodic table completed with four new elements. Nearby galaxy black hole caught “burping gas”. Scientists discover high dosages of Vitamin D…