
External Affairs and Campaigns Officer: Hannah Webb vs Simon Pearce
We shit-stir by making these polar opposite candidates stand next to each other.
When you’ve got two candidates with completely contrasting visions and views, there’s only one thing you can do; get them to uncomfortably stand next to each other and answer some questions.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOFddLEFp8c[/youtube]

Quiz: Design a London night out and we’ll tell you what 2014 Tumblr musician you are
‘Why’d you only call me when you’re high?’

London universities warn against cheating on assessments with AI chatbots
‘Do not ask an AI chatbot to write your assessments for you,’ Queen Mary wrote to students

Nearly 1,000 students and alumni are taking UCL to court over refunds for lost teaching
A hearing will decide whether the students can sue the uni as a group

QMUL students refunded £500 each for not receiving degrees at their graduation ceremony
20 film studies grads paid for a ceremony where they didn’t get a certificate

These London students are suing their unis for refunds over disruptions since Covid
‘We should have been compensated from the start’

A Goldsmiths graduate has been detained in China after attending a public demonstration
Siqi Li was detained after attending a vigil mourning those killed in the Urumqi fire

Confirmed: UCU has announced all 18 strikes dates in February and March for London unis
Our hearts are with the grads

Students ‘deeply disappointed’ by LSE cutting ties with LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall
The university has not given the reasons behind this decision yet

TfL announces bus and Tube fares will be increasing by almost six per cent
Just what we needed during a cost of living crisis

First day of UCU strikes this term will take place in two weeks across London universities
17 more days of strikes are planned over February and March

Serial rapist police officer David Carrick has been dismissed from the Met Police
Carrick has plead guilty to 49 charges against 12 women

‘Prolific sex offender’ used status as Met Police officer to ‘relentlessly manipulate’ women
Carrick has pleaded guilty to 49 charges

A quarter of London students say they are addicted to Elf Bars
Over 40 per cent did not smoke before using these vapes

UCU announces 18 days of strikes over the next two months at more than 30 London unis
There might also be marking boycotts that ‘strategically target the summer finals’

Whilst you can’t afford to heat your home, the Vice Chancellor of Imperial is earning £700k
Last academic year saw lecturers go on strike for 18 days over pay

Not that we needed telling, but London has ranked as the best city in the world for 2023
Still bloody expensive though

A UCL law student has been recognised in the King’s New Year Honours list
Zakaria Dada was awarded a British Empire Medal for his community efforts during Covid-19

Renting experiences in London are outrageous, and these tweets show just that
Play Beyonce’s Turn the lights off but because it is a cost of living crisis out here

‘It’s heartbreaking’: Afghan activist and LSE grad on the Taliban’s university ban for women
‘Whatever is happening in Afghanistan is completely in contradiction with Islam’

Love Island’s Olivia spotted in two more TV shows including HBO’s House of the Dragon
She was also in the ITV show that aired straight after Love Island!

You’ve probably experienced it by now, so here’s what the TikTok boyfriend air theory means
The clean girl aesthetic doesn’t exist at my boyfriend’s house x

Serial rapist police officer David Carrick handed life sentence for ‘brutal’ sex crimes
‘No sentence is enough for what he did’

All five albums by The 1975, definitively ranked from worst to best
If you lived on Tumblr in 2014 you’re not going to be happy

Introducing the TikTok rich list: The UK TikTokers making the most money on the app
Alexa, play That Should Be Me by Justin Bieber

This easter egg proves we all saw how Happy Valley was going to end before the big finale
How did we see this SIX times and still not pick it up??

Love Island’s Zara says she and Tom had a massive argument before the truth or dare game
This definitely adds a lot more context

These are all the bombshells we actually wish would make a return to Love Island
Bring back Ovie you cowards!

‘Who do we report to when the rapists are police?’: Protestors gather outside David Carrick’s sentencing
More than 1,000 Met Police officers are still working despite being accused of sexual or domestic abuse

£3 million houses and marrying best friends: Inside the love lives of the Happy Valley cast
The actor who plays Neil says he’s attracted to ‘broken people’ ffs

Georgia called Shaq ‘Zack’ on Aftersun as she ‘can’t pronounce it’ and people are fuming
Awkward flashbacks to when she refused to say Kaz’s name on her season

‘It’s dog-eat-dog’: What it’s like being a bombshell on Love Island, from those who’ve done it
It can be ‘relentless’ when OG Islanders ask how many Instagram followers they have

Debunked: Why is everybody ‘deinfluencing’ on TikTok right now and what does it even mean?
Welcome to ✨recession-core✨

Joe has a stalker himself in season four of YOU, and the theories of who it could be are wild
It’s just days until he’s back and these are getting me EXCITED

Love Island’s Jessie looks completely different in old pictures from before the show
She even had a glow up between the Australian Love Island and now

‘I don’t care what you think’: Everything TikTok’s ‘scar girl’ has said about her facial scar
She’s had the scar since March 2020

Here’s everything you need to know about Kathleen from The Last of Us episode four
She’s head of the Hunters

This is exactly what Jessie Wynter and Aaron Waters were like on Love Island Australia
Apparently, Jessie was way more ‘wild’ on her season

Mourn the end of Happy Valley with these 22 iconic behind the scenes cast pictures
They’re all family to me (except Neil)