As of the 8th March 2019, Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, has been sentenced to 47 months in prison, after charges for tax and bank fraud crimes were pressed. Manafort’s conviction arises following accusations that he hid millions of dollars from the taxman that he had earned as a consultant for Ukraine’s former […]
Sabb Debate – VP Postgraduate
Online Editors Natalie Keffler and Harry Bunting report on the first Sabb Election of the week, for the role of VP Postgraduate The first debate of the week took place on Monday 25th February at 7pm, with Kate Byard running unopposed for the position of VP Postgraduate after Tom Allars dropped out of the running, […]
Brexit Update: Where Are We Now?
Last week was quite possibly one of the most dramatic in the process of Britain leaving Europe so far, with Theresa May’s proposed Brexit Deal rejected by MPs in the biggest defeat a Prime Minister has ever had. The following day, however, May’s government survived a no-confidence vote on the 16th January, demonstrating that although […]
Home to Homeless Student Initiative
With homelessness being a continued prominent issue in Exeter, two University of Exeter students have noticed this and are taking initiative. Third year students, Olivia Mansfield-Carter and Jessie Cartwright, have recently starting the project ‘Home to Homeless UK’, being created with the intention of raising further awareness of homelessness in Exeter and Taunton. As […]
Crisis in Cameroon: A Headline Missed by the Media
The current crisis in Cameroon isn’t one that has made the front pages of many newspapers, being overshadowed by multiple other issues including Brexit, Trump and the ongoing refugee crisis, however this does not make Cameroon any less deserving of our attention, due to 160,000 of its population already having been displaced, with 21,000 fleeing […]
Vegfest UK: reassessing veganism
Veganism is a fast growing trend across the UK, so it’s hardly surprising that vegan-centric festivals have popped up across the country in the last few years, with a particularly prominent one being ‘VegfestUK’, which we recently attended for the day in Bristol. Food stalls filled the arena, with our particularly favourites being ‘Box food’ […]
International Women’s Day Speech, from an Exeter student
As part of the celebrations of International Women’s Day on 8th March, Emmeline Pankhurst’s great-great grandson Alexander Pankhurst-Loakes, a student at the University of Exeter currently studying Business, wrote a speech to commemorate the day. In this speech, he talked about his mothers’ work that has focussed on women’s hygiene and sanitation in Ethiopia, and […]
Homelessness in Exeter
In August 2017, an ITV report stated that the city of Exeter had the second highest number of rough sleepers outside of London, with 600 people facing homelessness in Exeter per year. It has become a huge problem that is being frequently commented on by those that live here, particularly due to how small a […]
One year later- An analysis of the Trump administration so far
The arrival of January 2018 marks almost a year since Donald Trump was inaugurated as 45th US President, an event that occurred on 20th January 2017, with Mike Pence being appointed as Vice-President. The whole world was in utter disbelief at the time that a man with his views and actions could firstly be chosen […]
No Refreshers in 2018
Refreshers’ Week is unlikely to be going ahead this year. This is due to there not being the capacity to carry one out with A&V currently lacking a manager, and therefore there being a lack of staff support, and it not being necessarily financially viable. This was discussed in Wednesday’s Shadow Council. Although Refreshers was […]