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I'm 19 from Devon, studying an International Relations and Politics degree at The University of Sheffield. I love to run, read, write, debate and also enjoy listening to and playing music. You can read some of my thoughts as well as more formal published pieces here and I'm always looking out for new opportunities!
This Movember, Let’s Recognise The Volunteer Mental Health Groups Filling The Gaping Hole Of This Government’s Scandalous Neglect
Austerity costs lives. Turn to men’s mental health and you’ll see how. The shattering regret, heartbreak and tears on thousands of faces. Those are the faces of mothers, fathers, siblings, sons and daughters, who can no longer see those eyes. Those are the eyes of thousands of men below 50, eyes once burning with ambition…
See Ewan’s latest uni newspaper reporting…
In his roles as Online News Editor and senior news reporter at Forge Press, the Uni of Sheffield’s award-winning independent student newspaper, Ewan is always working on an exclusive story or a scoop. Recently this involved his stories being on the front page of the new rebranded Forge Press for one month, for the first…
‘We don’t want you baby’: thousands defy Trump on Sheffield’s streets
See this published for Forge Press here Thousands of demonstrators descended on the streets of Sheffield on Friday night in “a sensational evening for unity and integration” protesting US President Donald Trump’s visit to the UK. In one of the city’s largest ever protests, featured on the BBC News at 10, about 4,000 people gathered…
‘Student single’ fare hike branded “deceptive” and “unfair”
See this published for Forge Press Students have hit out at “unfairness” and “deceptive behaviour” as ‘student singles’ across Sheffield increase to £1.20 just as many leave campus and return home for the Summer. Stagecoach and First both increased the popular student fare, valid with a Ucard and a feature of many university cities across…
In days, Jared O’Mara reinstated then resigns from Labour
See this published for Forge Press Days after he was reinstated, shamed MP Jared O’Mara has resigned from the Labour Party saying he was “made unfairly to feel like a criminal” over abusive social media posts that were unearthed. O’Mara was suspended from the party in October after multiple online posts were resurfaced, some dating…
1,000 expected on Sheffield’s streets against Trump with tequila flying on ‘Mexico Solidarity Day’
See this published for Forge Press Around 1,000 people are expected to take to the streets of Sheffield tonight to join nationwide shows of defiance of Donald Trump’s visit to Britain, with nine bars offering free tequila to fuel the protest party. Hundreds will assemble at 5pm outside Sheffield City Hall for the two hour…
‘Ashamed’ MP Jared O’Mara reveals suicide attempts after suspension
See this article published for Forge Press Reinstated Sheffield MP Jared O’Mara has told how he made three attempts on his life after he was suspended from the Labour Party for abusive online comments, as he publicly apologised this week. Having beaten his Lib Dem rival Nick Clegg at last year’s snap general election, O’Mara…
First ever Sheffield LGBT+ student halls triple oversubscribed, as national debate continues
See this published for Forge Press here Attracting three times more applications than expected, the University’s exclusively LGBT+ student flats could be set to expand before they have begun. A national first, the 12 rooms originally envisaged for September’s freshers have been met with more than 30 applications.
Here’s everything you need to know about our new Vice-Chancellor Koen Lamberts
See this published for Forge Press here The University has today appointed a new Vice Chancellor, as Sir Keith Burnett retires after more than a decade in the role. Professor Koen Lamberts will take up the University’s highest office in November, having been Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of York since 2014.
