Maya Short

Maya Short
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Cardiff, Wales, England, UK
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Cardiff University
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Features, opinions, university life, students, news, broadcasting, social media, breaking stories, current affairs, feminism, Cardiff

  • Being Features editor at the Tab has been a great achievement and I have gained valuable insight and practice at creating and editing exciting stories.
  • I have completed my undergraduate degree in English Literature, Journalism and Media which has been fulfilling and rewarding. The course entailed a broad range of modules that shape how I see the world and what I look to study further.
  • Being offered a place onto the Broadcast Journalism Master’s at Cardiff University looks to be an exciting step in my future with Journalism. Making it into this course is a big achievement and I’m and interested to see what I new skills I learn.

Experience

Being Features editor at the Cardiff Tab has meant I have gained valuable experience at writing and editing stories that cover a broad range of topics. Alongside this I have completed an undergraduate degree that has taught me the importance of writing top class essays that will support all my future writing.

Education

I have just completed my Undergraduate at Cardiff University studying English Literature Journalism and Media. In September 2025 I am set to continue at Cardiff doing a Postgraduate in Broadcast Journalism.

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Cardiff University tells students to avoid saying ‘piece of cake’ as it’s ‘too British’

Students have also been advised to not say ‘kill two birds with one stone’

Man sentenced for assaulting two women in Cathays as they walked home from night out

This was the third time Hamad had committed a sexual offence

Erm, OnlyFans’ Bonnie Blue actually visited Cardiff before her infamous Notts ‘bonkathon’

She was seen outside Cardiff Uni’s Journalism School and on St Mary’s Street

Five things to do as a Cardiff student that are easier than exam revision

In this stressful time, sometimes you need a helpful and easy break to get your mind better able for studying

Cardiff University’s Chancellor, Baroness Jenny Randerson, dies aged 76

‘Jenny committed her whole life to public service and was a longstanding friend and advocate for [Cardiff] University’

You did these 10 things in Freshers’ week, congrats you’re officially a Cardiff student

Think you’re a certified Cardiff University student? Read this and think again