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.
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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Not Dundee medicine students earning more than Oxford??
All the TikTok girlies are going FERAL right now
She went to goat yoga??
Whilst your grotty room is full of mould and silverfish
He’s weirdly obsessed with helicopters which feels like a red flag
Our queen was back sipping martinis and dancing on the yacht in no time
She’s now starring in Netflix’s new show The Gentleman
My mind is boggled right now
You might wanna keep the day job a little bit longer
Can’t tell if I’m more obsessed with her or her adorable dog
‘Okay, I’m a Karen’ she admitted
Russell Jordan Jones was mistaken for a gang member and ‘blasted with a shotgun’
Odds on Kate going back to study graphic design x
Kate’s Photoshopping has resulted in a lot of wild conspiracy theories
I would just lose it on the spot
What is it with missing fingers??
He sent his bags to her office and wanted her to ‘be his Valentine’
Big yikes!
‘I do occasionally experiment with editing’
Refusing to accept his relationship hard launch x
Female staff at one university are paid 24.74 per cent less than male staff
Excited for my worst year ever!!
Leo Woodall keeping us FED right now
Okay but imagine ‘loaning’ your halls room to Jacob Elordi
Eton isn’t actually top!
My life is infinitely better now I know what Dexter’s handwriting looks like
Dex’s signet ring vs Connell’s chain
She shared her favourite line which was cut from the show
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
Crying at him calling his own character ‘a tit’
One of them gets more Oxbridge offers than Eton
I can never look at the show the same again
In one subject, studying it at Oxbridge over any other uni will get you £47k more per year
They even had their own sad Oompa Loompa
‘Then from the shadows, a figure emerges, cloaked in mystery and malice – The Unknown!’
They even had our sad Oompa Loompa queen!
Every little helps!
Remember when everyone thought the Queen was reincarnated as Trisha Paytas’ baby??
It’s a wild time to be on the internet right now
Her husband posted a photo of him with his hand on her stomach
She still hasn’t been paid for the event
He was told to give each kid one single jelly bean
One student said she was ‘sadly not surprised’ at the mistake
Finally putting your niche reality TV knowledge to the test!
English teachers lapping this up as we speak
Finally a league table Oxford isn’t at the top of
Both One Day’s book and film gave Dexter a new girlfriend after Emma
You’re telling me this NOW??
Just delusioning myself that this is real rn x
Training for my Paul Mescal marathon even harder rn
Resitting my maths GCSE as we speak
They both have nicknames for each other
A Tab survey found 90 per cent of students at one uni admitted to doing drugs
David Nicholls you will be paying for my therapy
Emma Watson studies on Oxford’s creative writing course
Someone listened to their song ‘Sex’ a little too hard
Just when we thought we couldn’t love them anymore
He said Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod are ‘wonderful together’
Dex and Tilly sleep together in the book??
They have hired lawyers due to ‘racial discrimination and breach of contract’
A Tab survey found 56 per cent of Russell Group students are addicted to vaping
The maths is not mathing right now
I’ll never watch this scene the same again
I would drop everything to be mates with them
She was known for her ‘although enjoyment’ Billie Eilish covers on TikTok
Seated for Jenny and Lee screaming at the grave scene
I am begging you to replace my halls mattress
Can’t believe none of them have fishcake crumble listed as a skill
The ad fails to mention he is on Huel’s board of directors
You’re just taking one for the team when you skip that pesky 9am
The way this has broken my heart a million times more
I am literally so confused
Catch me whipping this out at my next pres
This just made me crave Love Hearts tbh
Not THE Steve Harrington soundtracking all the TikTok girlies
A Tab survey found 57 per cent of students are addicted to vaping
No prizes for guessing which came top
Sending my therapy bill to the people who made this show
Lawyers have likened to the Post Office scandal
Still deluding myself that Justin Bieber might perform x
It’s a bad day for the finance bro you regrettably shagged in Freshers’
Adding that I have hidden powers to my CV x
She also warned against other students using knives
This made me wanna study at Edinburgh so badly
Kwabena Osei-Poku was murdered in April 2023
Not the picture of Einstein on there just to rub it in
Don’t mind me just sending the bill to my high school friendship group
A Ceilidh is a huge part of Scottish culture
Barry slurping VK out of the costume not pictured
Brb changing my entire degree just to get the chance to wear a silly little gown
One person came for her saying ‘You just started this job, I don’t give a flying sh*t about your workout class’
His company also shared a number of tweets by Andrew Tate
She also wet herself while she was upside down
Sounds by Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Olivia Rodrigo have all been removed
Of course we’ve got some netball girlies in there
This fixed the Claudia Winkleman shaped hole in my life x
As if Oxford needed more bragging rights
It’s as grim as it sounds
Now’s looking like the perfect time for a panic masters
He spent the first £2k of his winnings on drinks
Julia had everyone shook last year when she was completely convinced she was Maddie