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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Posts

Stop itching for a second and enjoy these memes about the current bed bug hell

Apparently, the UK could be heading towards a huge bed bug invasion

Suella Braverman stood on dog

Um, Suella Braverman stood on a guide dog so here are the best memes about Suella de Vil

Not her issuing an apology to all dogs

Um, Suella Braverman stood on a guide dog so here are the best memes about Suella de Vil

Not her issuing an apology to all dogs

Oxbridge easiest subjects

Think you’re smart enough? These are the easiest subjects to get into at Oxbridge in 2023

Applying for music at Oxford just for bragging rights really

Think you’re smart enough? These are the easiest subjects to get into at Oxbridge in 2023

Applying for music at Oxford just for bragging rights really

Confirmed: easyJet owner easyGroup is actually suing the band easy life over their name

‘For those you that bought gig tickets and ended up on a budget flight to Tenerife, I apologise’

Confirmed: easyJet owner easyGroup is actually suing the band easy life over their name

‘For those you that bought gig tickets and ended up on a budget flight to Tenerife, I apologise’

Katie Hopkins Oxford Union

Katie Hopkins is speaking at the Oxford Union this term and shock, no one wants her

She’s going to be debating… veganism?

Katie Hopkins is speaking at the Oxford Union this term and shock, no one wants her

She’s going to be debating… veganism?

Taylor Swift university

As she should! Taylor Swift is so important you can study her at these six universities

Enrolling for Swift studies at Queen Mary NOW

As she should! Taylor Swift is so important you can study her at these six universities

Enrolling for Swift studies at Queen Mary NOW

Russell Group most female students

Hi Barbie! All the Russell Group unis ranked by just how many girlies study there

Imperial College London is just the equivalent of Barbie land apparently

Hi Barbie! All the Russell Group unis ranked by just how many girlies study there

Imperial College London is just the equivalent of Barbie land apparently

Times Higher Education World Rankings 2024

These 11 UK universities just got recognised as some of the best on the planet

Your bog standard Russell Group might not make the cut here

These 11 UK universities just got recognised as some of the best on the planet

Your bog standard Russell Group might not make the cut here

ChatGPT update

Omg, ChatGPT can now give you up to date answers and is no longer limited to info from 2021

Uni lecturers are quaking right now

Omg, ChatGPT can now give you up to date answers and is no longer limited to info from 2021

Uni lecturers are quaking right now

Elphaba TikTok card machine

Um, TikToker Elphaba has bought a card machine and is charging fans a fiver for a selfie

She made over £65 at a Bristol student club night from photos with people

Um, TikToker Elphaba has bought a card machine and is charging fans a fiver for a selfie

She made over £65 at a Bristol student club night from photos with people

Oxford College asks students to sleep on mattresses in shared rooms due to RAAC in halls

Not really the Oxford dark-academia dream you signed up for is it?

Oxford College asks students to sleep on mattresses in shared rooms due to RAAC in halls

Not really the Oxford dark-academia dream you signed up for is it?

Circuit laundry profit

Circuit Laundry made £3.6 million in profit from students washing their smelly socks last year

The company directors made £435,000 EACH in 2022

Circuit Laundry made £3.6 million in profit from students washing their smelly socks last year

The company directors made £435,000 EACH in 2022

‘Exhausted and useless’: The marking boycott has now delayed some students’ loans

Students at UWE in Bristol received their student finance payments late due to missing grades from the marking boycott

‘Exhausted and useless’: The marking boycott has now delayed some students’ loans

Students at UWE in Bristol received their student finance payments late due to missing grades from the marking boycott

Millie Bobby Brown book

So, the reviews are in for Millie Bobby Brown’s new book and they’re pure savage

‘It was hot – the kind of heat that makes you yearn for the weather to cool down’ is genuinely one of the first lines

So, the reviews are in for Millie Bobby Brown’s new book and they’re pure savage

‘It was hot – the kind of heat that makes you yearn for the weather to cool down’ is genuinely one of the first lines

Okay but, who even is Russell and what is his Group? The Russell Group, explained

Apparently it’s named after a hotel?

Okay but, who even is Russell and what is his Group? The Russell Group, explained

Apparently it’s named after a hotel?

Have uni strikes been called off?

Omg, next week’s strikes have been called off at 89 universities in the UK

Peak for the 42 unis that are still striking though

Omg, next week’s strikes have been called off at 89 universities in the UK

Peak for the 42 unis that are still striking though

Drugs at Leeds Festival 2023

417 pills and 236 grams of ket: Here’s exactly which drugs police seized at Leeds Festival 2023

It was a big year for weed confiscations

417 pills and 236 grams of ket: Here’s exactly which drugs police seized at Leeds Festival 2023

It was a big year for weed confiscations

Nine people were arrested for sexual assault at Leeds Festival this year

In one case, someone was arrested over the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl

Nine people were arrested for sexual assault at Leeds Festival this year

In one case, someone was arrested over the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl

Wilko closing staff TikToks

A nation in mourning: The most heartwarming TikToks from Wilko workers now it’s gone

Get me to the Llandudno Wilko leaving drinks now

A nation in mourning: The most heartwarming TikToks from Wilko workers now it’s gone

Get me to the Llandudno Wilko leaving drinks now

UK uni CEO 2023

Get that bag: These are the universities churning out the most CEOs in 2023

Basically just sack off the Russell Group

Get that bag: These are the universities churning out the most CEOs in 2023

Basically just sack off the Russell Group

Times best uni for every subject 2024

These are the best unis for every single subject, according to The Times Good Uni Guide

It’s a great day to be studying land and property management at Cambridge

These are the best unis for every single subject, according to The Times Good Uni Guide

It’s a great day to be studying land and property management at Cambridge

gonorrhoea university cases

STI-riddled unis: The university cities with the most cases of gonorrhoea

The government has issued a warning about cases among students

STI-riddled unis: The university cities with the most cases of gonorrhoea

The government has issued a warning about cases among students

People to avoid in Freshers' Week

The rugby boy and the group chat obsessor: 18 types of people to avoid this Freshers’ Week

Stay away from the person who starts chants on the bus to the club

The rugby boy and the group chat obsessor: 18 types of people to avoid this Freshers’ Week

Stay away from the person who starts chants on the bus to the club

Whitest Russell Group university

The whitest universities: The Russell Groups with the fewest ethnic minority students

Only 4.2 per cent of students from one university are from ethnic minority backgrounds

The whitest universities: The Russell Groups with the fewest ethnic minority students

Only 4.2 per cent of students from one university are from ethnic minority backgrounds

The Times uni ranking 2024

The Times Good Uni Guide is here! These are officially the best universities in the UK

Oxford isn’t actually top for once!