Category: The Student Discussion
Thoughts on the First Feedback Forum
13th of November, 2017. 14:00. Queens Building. Room 1.12. Walking into the big lecture hall where the very first session of the newly installed student Feedback Forums was taking place I immediately noticed a variety of surprising things: One, a...
The Freshers TV Experience
Hello, my name is Henry Johnson and I am a current De Montfort University fresher. I started here on the 24th of September and so far, it’s been a world-wind of enjoyment from fresher’s week to representing De Montfort in...
Why Trump’s Attitude Towards Disabled People Offends Me
At an election rally last November, Donald Trump caused outrage when he openly mocked disabled journalist Serge F Kovaleskia. The reporter suffers from a congenital disability which affects the movement of his arms. Trump was seen and filmed making flapping...
Vociferous Voices: The Power of Being ‘The Other’
A home is a place. Home is friends and family. It is a reverie of the past. The feeling like you belong. But for the thousands of international students who travel to university each year, it becomes just that, a...
Breaking the mould, the hidden victory in the US election.
As many will have heard by now there’s a new president-elect in town and while the Doom-Sayers have been out in force the last few weeks hailing the end of the united states cessation of California from the Union and...
Donald Trump: Is it all defeats and downfall?
For a large amount of time, Donald Trump’s candidacy and presidential run has functioned as a platoon of things; a source of farce from risible comedians, a figurehead of the American Dream, a father’s legacy and a scapegoat for business...
April Fool’s day: Do it right
April Fool’s day is upon us once again and many of us use this as a golden opportunity to play hilarious and harmless pranks on our family members and friends. The whole Nation joins in on this day, with the...
Student saving and spending
Students are famous for being poor; it comes with the territory of studying away from home. However not many of us are prepared for the harsh reality of being independent. You do not realise how much your parents paid for...
Solar Eclipse 2015: Half an hour to go
The solar eclipse that everyone is suddenly talking and reporting non-stop about is taking place today. In Leicester 90% of the sun will be blocked out at precisely 9:32am. We will be plunged into near darkness, and contrary to the...