Lydia Barnes

Writer for The Cardiff Tab

Lydia Barnes
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Location
Cardiff
Education
Cardiff University
Expertise

Opinion, News, Guides, Mediation of Political Issues, Research, Interviews, Culture, Internet Governance, The Rise of Digital Media

  • Lydia is a writer for The Cardiff Tab and a third year student at Cardiff University
  • She prefers to write more news and opinion based stories, as she enjoys the process of researching and learning about new topics
  • Lydia enjoys nights out with friends, as well as a nights to binge read new book series or to watch a random new Netflix show

Experience

Lydia has experience with both broadcast and print journalism, as she has recently completed a placement at ITV Calendar, shadowing various teams as they produced their news programmes, and the South Wales Argus, where she has written and research her own articles whilst being shown the processes behind newspaper journalism

Education

Lydia is currently a third year student at Cardiff University, studying a journalism and communications bachelors degree at JOMEC, with the aim of becoming a newspaper journalist

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Posts

Welsh universities shared information with police on pro-Palestine protests

‘We are now seeing evidence of a worsening crackdown on free speech’

UCU calls for the suspension of Cardiff University’s two most senior academics

‘The proposals are already having a catastrophic effect’

Cardiff University spends £7.6m on security over three years

This comes as the university faces a £31.2m deficit and has proposed to cut 400 jobs

Swansea University warns that more staff could leave, as it increases savings by £30m

Since 2023, the University’s income has fallen from £412m to £382m

Swansea professor trains Irish UN peacekeepers on how to protect cultural sites in conflict

The course was also attended by members of the armed forces from across Europe, as well as members of other security institutions

Cardiff will be only UK capital city not teaching foreign language degrees if cuts go ahead

MLang students and grads speak out about the effects Cardiff University’s plans could have on society

‘It’s an enormous act of vandalism’: Cardiff UCU president speaks out about proposed cuts

‘But the scale and viciousness of these cuts were not anything that anyone could have imagined’

Petition to save Cardiff University nursing programme gets over 18,000 signatures

The petition has received so many signatures, organisers set a new goal of 25,000

Revealed: Cardiff nursing lecturers found out about proposed job losses from media reports

In an email seen by The Cardiff Tab, one lecturer apologised for the university not breaking the news first

Revealed: Only five per cent of reported sexual offenders charged in South Wales last year

Only 155 out of over 3,435 reported sexual offences resulted in a charge

Two Cardiff University students suspended after participating in pro-Palestine protest

Caerdydd Students For Palestine also alleged that university staff ‘harassed’ protestors at the event

Cardiff Uni students hold pro-Palestine rally outside the Main Building on Remembrance Day

‘Today being Remembrance Day is quite poignant. We remember the lives of all those who died as a result of war… of genocide… of colonialism’

Cardiff students emailed after undergrads heard talking about Rohypnol and assaulting women

They allegedly spoke about using a date-rape drug and sexually assaulting women

These are the events being held at Cardiff University to celebrate Black History Month

From book clubs to panels, here’s what you can expect to see this month on campus

Swansea Uni students set off on a ‘Quad Tandem’ charity bike ride from London to Paris

The four students are doing the challenge in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust

Huw Edwards’ low self-esteem may be partly due to going to Cardiff Uni, says psychiatrist

This comes as Edwards received a six month suspended sentence on Monday

Two Swansea University students ‘effectively expelled’ after attacking man on Wind Street

The judge called it a ‘drunken, persistent, merciless and cowardly’ attack

Bangor graduate has dolphins named after her following her death earlier this year

‘She was bright, kind, funny and beautiful with a whole life of adventures in front of her’

Swansea Uni apologises to international student for removing him from his course

He has also been invited back to complete his Master’s degree

Disabled Cardiff student forced to use student loan to buy a wheelchair

She is now calling for a wider NHS criteria for people to get publicly-funded wheelchairs

Former head of Universities Wales has said she supports an increase in tuition fees

Professor Treasure also called the Welsh university system ‘broken’

Uni lecturer fired after saying Welsh road signs are ‘dangerous’ and ‘confusing’

He said they contain ‘irrelevant – and to most people – unintelligible information’

All the events happening in Cardiff for Black History Month

It’s Black History month in the UK and here’s what Cardiff are doing to commemorate and celebrate