Emily Smith

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Emily Smith
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Manchester
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York University
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News, universities, student stories and lifestyle, campus culture, higher education, Taylor Swift, Gilmore Girls and TikTok trends.

  • Emily is currently a Staff News Writer at The Tab. She is an expert on universities, higher education and campus culture having been Editor in Chief of a local Tab team whilst at university. You can reach her at [email protected]
  • Earlier this year, Emily was awarded Highly Commended for The Hugh Cudlipp Student Journalism Award for her interview with a York student who was stalked by her driving instructor.
  • Emily has broken a number of university scoops that have been picked up by multiple national publications.

Experience

Emily Smith joined The Tab UK in the summer of 2023 after finishing her master's degree. At university, she joined The York Tab as a student contributor in 2020 before going on to become Editor in Chief for two years.

Education

Emily graduated from The University of York in 2022 with a BA Honours in English and History. She then went on to study for an MA in English literature.

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Revealed: The non-Russell Group unis you need to study at to earn more than Oxbridge grads

Not Dundee medicine students earning more than Oxford??

All the evidence Paul Mescal and Ayo Edebiri are starring in an Emily Henry book adaptation

All the TikTok girlies are going FERAL right now

Inside MAFS Australia bride Andrea’s life when she’s not writing her to-do list on her arm

She went to goat yoga??

The Russell Group uni cities where student landlords are raking it in the most right now

Whilst your grotty room is full of mould and silverfish

Inside Timothy from MAFS Australia’s life when he’s not busy stirring the pot on the show

He’s weirdly obsessed with helicopters which feels like a red flag

Guys, we finally have an update on THAT Granny falling the off boat video and she’s ok!

Our queen was back sipping martinis and dancing on the yacht in no time

Everything Kaya Scodelario has been up to since she defined a generation as Effy in Skins

She’s now starring in Netflix’s new show The Gentleman

Wait, there’s a spooky link between Ambika Mod’s new role and OG Dex from the One Day film

My mind is boggled right now

Fancy yourself as a secret agent? This brain teaser is used to recruit actual spies

You might wanna keep the day job a little bit longer

From dog walks to the Eras Tour: Everything Ambika Mod has been up to since One Day

Can’t tell if I’m more obsessed with her or her adorable dog

Um, Millie Bobby Brown says she’s a Karen and leaves restaurant reviews under fake names

‘Okay, I’m a Karen’ she admitted

A fourth man has been convicted of murdering UK university student who was stabbed 12 times

Russell Jordan Jones was mistaken for a gang member and ‘blasted with a shotgun’

Quiz: Only a royal expert can guess where all the Royal Family actually went to uni

Odds on Kate going back to study graphic design x

Hold on, is this magazine cover where THAT Kate Middleton picture actually came from?

Kate’s Photoshopping has resulted in a lot of wild conspiracy theories

Inside the adorable postcards One Day’s David Nicholls sent Ambika and Leo before filming

I would just lose it on the spot

It’s happened before! All the previous Royal Family editing errors amid the Kate drama

What is it with missing fingers??

Oxford Uni lecturer stalked by man who flew 4,000 miles to her with a can of pepper spray

He sent his bags to her office and wanted her to ‘be his Valentine’

Kate has admitted she edited it, so here are all the dodgy editing errors in *that* photo

Big yikes!

Kate Middleton has just confirmed yesterday’s Royal Family photo was actually edited

‘I do occasionally experiment with editing’

Everything Leo Woodall has been up to since One Day catapulted him to it-boy status

Refusing to accept his relationship hard launch x

Ranked: The gender pay gap of every Russell Group university this International Women’s Day

Female staff at one university are paid 24.74 per cent less than male staff

Uh oh, this optical illusion tells you if you’ll have good luck or the worst year yet

Excited for my worst year ever!!

Fix the One Day-shaped hole in your heart with these adorable new behind the scenes pics

Leo Woodall keeping us FED right now

From Wonka to Saltburn: Every time Oxford and Cambridge Unis have been used for filming

Okay but imagine ‘loaning’ your halls room to Jacob Elordi

These are the fancy private schools sending the most students to Oxbridge in 2024

Eton isn’t actually top!

One Day: Dex and Em’s full handwritten letters are here, and I’m crying all over again

My life is infinitely better now I know what Dexter’s handwriting looks like

Choose your heartbreak! All the crazy parallels between One Day and Normal People

Dex’s signet ring vs Connell’s chain

‘We had natural chemistry’: Everything Ambika Mod has said about playing Emma in One Day

She shared her favourite line which was cut from the show

Oxford Uni chaplain who compared sex offenders to ‘puppies needing training’ given welfare role

He asked one student assault victim if they were ‘aware of the effect they had on men’, but has now secured a post at another college

‘It was a gift’: Everything Leo Woodall has said about playing Dexter in One Day

Crying at him calling his own character ‘a tit’

It’s official, these are the state schools sending the most students to Oxbridge in 2024

One of them gets more Oxbridge offers than Eton

All the glaring plot holes you missed in One Day that will now annoy you forever

I can never look at the show the same again

These are the subjects you need to study at Oxbridge to more than double your grad salary

In one subject, studying it at Oxbridge over any other uni will get you £47k more per year

One uni has already made its own version of The Glasgow Wonka experience and it’s chaos

They even had their own sad Oompa Loompa

The full Wonka experience script is in, and it’s more chaotic than we ever thought

‘Then from the shadows, a figure emerges, cloaked in mystery and malice – The Unknown!’

Wait, it turns out The Simpsons predicted the Glasgow Wonka carnage over 30 years ago

They even had our sad Oompa Loompa queen!

People are getting mugged off by a Tesco voucher which adds a vibrator to your basket

Every little helps!

Stuck in a Kate Middleton rabbit hole? The all-time wildest Royal Family conspiracy theories

Remember when everyone thought the Queen was reincarnated as Trisha Paytas’ baby??

Stop crying over your single jelly bean and laugh at these 26 Wonka experience memes

It’s a wild time to be on the internet right now

Guys stay calm, but everyone is convinced Gypsy Rose Blanchard is pregnant right now

Her husband posted a photo of him with his hand on her stomach

‘It’s embarrassing’: The Oompa Loompa from the Wonka experience has finally spoken out

She still hasn’t been paid for the event

Man who played Wonka in Glasgow Willy Wonka ‘experience’ speaks out about the chaos

He was told to give each kid one single jelly bean

Oxford University College offers students a Halal menu option but it includes… red wine

One student said she was ‘sadly not surprised’ at the mistake

You can only call yourself a TV expert if you can spot all 40 of these iconic telly moments

Finally putting your niche reality TV knowledge to the test!

As if we’ve not cried enough, One Day’s screenwriter just revealed MORE hidden symbolism

English teachers lapping this up as we speak

Cheers! These are the Russell Group universities where students spend the most on nights out

Finally a league table Oxford isn’t at the top of

Everything we know about Maddy, Dex’s new girlfriend who is mysteriously cut from the show

Both One Day’s book and film gave Dexter a new girlfriend after Emma

One Day’s creative director reveals how they initially shot two endings for the show

You’re telling me this NOW??

This is what Emma would have looked like in old age if One Day’s ending was different

Just delusioning myself that this is real rn x

Wait, does this TikTok catch Paul Mescal in the act of running away from one night stands?

Training for my Paul Mescal marathon even harder rn

This viral maths puzzle is supposed to be ‘easy’ but it’s left everyone flummoxed

Resitting my maths GCSE as we speak

These cute Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod off-screen moments prove they’re besties in real life

They both have nicknames for each other

Revealed: These are officially the druggiest UK universities in 2024

A Tab survey found 90 per cent of students at one uni admitted to doing drugs

This hidden symbolism you missed in One Day makes the ending even more gut-wrenching

David Nicholls you will be paying for my therapy

Two of Emma Watson’s lecturers at The University of Oxford have successfully sued the uni

Emma Watson studies on Oxford’s creative writing course

Um, people got caught having tent sex in The 1975 queue, and now my eyes hurt

Someone listened to their song ‘Sex’ a little too hard

There’s a hidden meaning in these bed shots of Emma and Dex, and it’s adorable

Just when we thought we couldn’t love them anymore

Everything David Nicholls, author of One Day, has said about the TV show adaptation

He said Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod are ‘wonderful together’

One Day: All the differences from the book that I honestly wish I’d never found out

Dex and Tilly sleep together in the book??

A group of students are suing their university after it scrapped its black history course

They have hired lawyers due to ‘racial discrimination and breach of contract’

These are the Russell Group universities where students are most addicted to vaping in 2024

A Tab survey found 56 per cent of Russell Group students are addicted to vaping

Buckle up, this viral cow maths puzzle has truly fried everyone’s brains

The maths is not mathing right now

One Day’s Leo Woodall said he had a ‘horrible experience’ filming up Arthur’s Seat

I’ll never watch this scene the same again

Just 14 vibey One Day behind the scenes pics that will make you love the cast even more

I would drop everything to be mates with them

Teresa Smith, known as Queeziel0cthevoice for singing on TikTok, has died

She was known for her ‘although enjoyment’ Billie Eilish covers on TikTok

Guys, this is your PSA that the Gogglebox icons will be reacting to Saltburn tonight

Seated for Jenny and Lee screaming at the grave scene

Not getting your nine grand’s worth? These are the stingiest Russell Group unis in 2024

I am begging you to replace my halls mattress

A cheeky look inside The LinkedIn profiles of The Apprentice 2024 candidates

Can’t believe none of them have fishcake crumble listed as a skill

Explained: Steven Bartlett’s real connection to *those* Huel adverts you see everywhere

The ad fails to mention he is on Huel’s board of directors

These are the Russell Group unis with the most overcrowded lectures and seminars in 2024

You’re just taking one for the team when you skip that pesky 9am

One Day: What is St Swithin’s Day and why is it so symbolic in the show?

The way this has broken my heart a million times more

What’s occurring?? Ruth Jones says Gavin and Stacey return is ‘sadly a rumour’

I am literally so confused

How do you play Are You There Moriarty? The weirdly posh game from One Day

Catch me whipping this out at my next pres

You’ll forever be single if you can’t work out this Valentine’s Day optical illusion

This just made me crave Love Hearts tbh

Guys, TikTok’s new ‘Take the man out of the city’ viral sound is sung by Joe Keery?!

Not THE Steve Harrington soundtracking all the TikTok girlies

The unis where students are most addicted to vaping in 2024, and what their habits are

A Tab survey found 57 per cent of students are addicted to vaping

These seven Russell Group universities just got named as the best in the world right now

No prizes for guessing which came top

One Day’s Ambika Mod has spoken out about filming THAT heartbreaking box room scene

Sending my therapy bill to the people who made this show

Explained: What the Home Office international students cheating scandal is actually about

Lawyers have likened to the Post Office scandal

Stop trying to read Travis Kelce’s screaming lips and laugh at these 23 Super Bowl memes

Still deluding myself that Justin Bieber might perform x

Snore! These are officially the most boring grad jobs of 2024, so you know what to avoid

It’s a bad day for the finance bro you regrettably shagged in Freshers’

Guys, apparently what you see in this optical illusion tells you your ‘hidden brain power’

Adding that I have hidden powers to my CV x

Mother of student stabbed to death at a uni campus makes tribute to ‘kind’ and ‘loving’ son

She also warned against other students using knives

From Edinburgh Uni to Greece: All of the stunning real-life filming locations of One Day

This made me wanna study at Edinburgh so badly

Student sentenced to life in prison after stabbing another student to death at a uni campus

Kwabena Osei-Poku was murdered in April 2023

This ‘woman in a boat’ riddle is going viral on TikTok for scrambling everyone’s heads

Not the picture of Einstein on there just to rub it in

Only girlies with mild childhood trauma will get these ‘card declined at therapy’ memes

Don’t mind me just sending the bill to my high school friendship group

So, people are rinsing Oxford students for dancing at a ball and it’s low-key really mean

A Ceilidh is a huge part of Scottish culture

Um, a grad dressed up as Jacob Elordi in Saltburn wearing a full-on inflatable bath on the tube

Barry slurping VK out of the costume not pictured

Revealed: These are officially the trickiest Oxbridge courses to get a spot on in 2024

Brb changing my entire degree just to get the chance to wear a silly little gown

Girl says she can’t make an 8am meeting at her new job because she has a workout class

One person came for her saying ‘You just started this job, I don’t give a flying sh*t about your workout class’

The Apprentice’s Dr Asif said ‘Have you ever met a beautiful feminist?’ in resurfaced video

His company also shared a number of tweets by Andrew Tate

The woman from *that* viral window video has shared the real story behind the flashing

She also wet herself while she was upside down

Um, what is happening on TikTok right now? Here’s why all your videos are now silent

Sounds by Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Olivia Rodrigo have all been removed

This is where all the cast of The Apprentice 2024 went to university and what they studied

Of course we’ve got some netball girlies in there

Prove you’re a faithful by solving this The Traitors optical illusion in under 20 seconds

This fixed the Claudia Winkleman shaped hole in my life x

These are the UK unis everyone is obsessing over right now, based on Wikipedia views

As if Oxford needed more bragging rights

The new ‘legging legs’ trend is so toxic that videos are now being removed by TikTok

It’s as grim as it sounds

Revealed: These are officially the grad jobs that will be hardest to secure in 2024

Now’s looking like the perfect time for a panic masters

Inside The Traitors winner Harry’s party where he played Murder on the Dancefloor on repeat

He spent the first £2k of his winnings on drinks

‘I regret it’: The girl who claimed to be Madeleine McCann FINALLY speaks out about it all

Julia had everyone shook last year when she was completely convinced she was Maddie