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

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

Oxford isn’t actually top for once!

Fill your basket! What where you do your pre-uni shop says about your overall vibe

If you get all your uni stuff from John Lewis you definitely own a matching Le Creuset set

Fill your basket! What where you do your pre-uni shop says about your overall vibe

If you get all your uni stuff from John Lewis you definitely own a matching Le Creuset set

Uni halls denies making inappropriate comments to student who couldn’t afford rent

‘It is not our fault that you are unable to pay the amount of rent charged and that you do not come from a high-earning household’

Uni halls denies making inappropriate comments to student who couldn’t afford rent

‘It is not our fault that you are unable to pay the amount of rent charged and that you do not come from a high-earning household’

A fireplace and a literal piano: Inside the fanciest uni room in the UK

Of course it’s at Oxford

A fireplace and a literal piano: Inside the fanciest uni room in the UK

Of course it’s at Oxford

Grants and free food: Everything UK unis are doing for students in the cost of living crisis

More than one in four universities run food banks for students

Grants and free food: Everything UK unis are doing for students in the cost of living crisis

More than one in four universities run food banks for students

The Russell Group universities with the highest dropout rates, revealed

Around 390 students drop out of one Russell Group uni each year

The Russell Group universities with the highest dropout rates, revealed

Around 390 students drop out of one Russell Group uni each year

It’s officially Gilmore Girls season! A look at the wild cast transformations 23 years on

Sorry but Logan has aged like fine wine

It’s officially Gilmore Girls season! A look at the wild cast transformations 23 years on

Sorry but Logan has aged like fine wine

Strike a pose: These are 2023’s most Instagrammable UK universities

Not a sad grey concrete building in sight

Strike a pose: These are 2023’s most Instagrammable UK universities

Not a sad grey concrete building in sight

Debunked: Are disposable vapes actually going to be banned in the UK from next week?

Say goodbye to your beloved blue razz lemonade… soon

Debunked: Are disposable vapes actually going to be banned in the UK from next week?

Say goodbye to your beloved blue razz lemonade… soon

Taylor Swift with a coding background

We got ChatGPT to write Taylor Swift song lyrics and honestly, I can see this as her next single

‘Eternal Echoes (ChatGPT’s version)’

We got ChatGPT to write Taylor Swift song lyrics and honestly, I can see this as her next single

‘Eternal Echoes (ChatGPT’s version)’

All of the easter eggs you might have missed in Olivia Rodrigo’s new album GUTS

Apparently ANOTHER song is also about Taylor Swift??

All of the easter eggs you might have missed in Olivia Rodrigo’s new album GUTS

Apparently ANOTHER song is also about Taylor Swift??

Ranked: These are officially the 20 best universities in the UK right now

Brb, applying to St Andrews and finding myself a prince

Ranked: These are officially the 20 best universities in the UK right now

Brb, applying to St Andrews and finding myself a prince

Graduating students

Ka-ching! These are the degrees you need to study to earn the highest grad salary in 2023

Sacrificing any self worth I have and switching to a Computer Science degree

Ka-ching! These are the degrees you need to study to earn the highest grad salary in 2023

Sacrificing any self worth I have and switching to a Computer Science degree

Omg guys! The university marking boycott is officially over

We’re actually going to get our dissertations back!?

Omg guys! The university marking boycott is officially over

We’re actually going to get our dissertations back!?

UCU picket line

Five days of strikes have been confirmed at 140 UK universities for the start of term

UCU has released the exact dates starting this month

Five days of strikes have been confirmed at 140 UK universities for the start of term

UCU has released the exact dates starting this month

Want to romanticise your life? Here are the most boujee uni libraries in the UK

Catch me scrolling TikTok and doing no work in absolutely every one of them

Want to romanticise your life? Here are the most boujee uni libraries in the UK

Catch me scrolling TikTok and doing no work in absolutely every one of them

This girl made a full on skirt out of Barbies for a festival and my jaw is on the floor

She bought the Barbies in a bundle from Vinted

This girl made a full on skirt out of Barbies for a festival and my jaw is on the floor

She bought the Barbies in a bundle from Vinted

RAAC: The first instances of dangerous concrete have been identified at these UK universities

St Andrews Student Union Club will be closed for Freshers’ Week

RAAC: The first instances of dangerous concrete have been identified at these UK universities

St Andrews Student Union Club will be closed for Freshers’ Week

Here’s what happens in season three of Bridgerton based on the books

Omg, it ends with the entire ton finding out who Lady Whistledown is

Here’s what happens in season three of Bridgerton based on the books

Omg, it ends with the entire ton finding out who Lady Whistledown is

Two students with a coding background

We asked ChatGPT for a uni packing list and it’s absolutely unhinged

Adding an inflatable T-Rex costume and bubble wrap suit to my IKEA basket as we speak

We asked ChatGPT for a uni packing list and it’s absolutely unhinged

Adding an inflatable T-Rex costume and bubble wrap suit to my IKEA basket as we speak

Many students at Oxford will no longer be able to receive parcels to their colleges

Parcels will be delivered to a depot a mile out of the city and redirected to the colleges via cargo bikes

Many students at Oxford will no longer be able to receive parcels to their colleges

Parcels will be delivered to a depot a mile out of the city and redirected to the colleges via cargo bikes

University students

Dead rats and urine: Inside the worst university initiation scandals of all time

Students who take part in toxic initiations could be jailed for torture

Dead rats and urine: Inside the worst university initiation scandals of all time

Students who take part in toxic initiations could be jailed for torture

Paul Mescal

Omg, Paul Mescal was spotted bouncing around in a mosh pit at All Points East Festival

I fear I would simply pass away if I was there

Omg, Paul Mescal was spotted bouncing around in a mosh pit at All Points East Festival

I fear I would simply pass away if I was there

Just 10 bank holiday festival moments that sum up how strange British people are

Reading and Leeds really is just a massive GCSE Results Day celebration

Just 10 bank holiday festival moments that sum up how strange British people are

Reading and Leeds really is just a massive GCSE Results Day celebration

Rubbish left after bank holiday weekend festivals

In pictures: The masses of rubbish and tents abandoned after bank holiday festivals

‘This is just a fraction of it – littering on the grandest scale we’ve ever witnessed’