Emily Smith

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Emily Smith
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Manchester
Education
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

Who is Nara Smith? The model staring deep into your soul whilst cooking on TikTok

She has two kids called Rumble Honey and Slim Easy with Lucky Blue Smith

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

Andrea MAFS Australia

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 Gentlemen

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

student murder

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??

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’

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

optical illusion good luck

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

Excited for my worst year ever!!

One Day behind the scenes

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

Oxbridge private schools

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

One Day Normal People

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

Leo Woodall One Day

‘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

Oxbridge grad salary

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

Uni Wonka experience

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

Wonka experience script

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!’

Wonka Simpsons

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

They even had our sad Oompa Loompa queen!

Tesco voucher

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??

Wonka experience memes

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

Gypsy Rose Blanchard pregnant

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

iconic telly moments

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!

One Day symbolism

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

English teachers lapping this up as we speak

Russell Group nights out

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

One Day Maddy

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