Student sexually assaulted: her story

There is only so much you can express how you feel to those around you. To be quite frank, I don’t think I can ever tell anyone exactly how I feel now. Every so often I feel like I’ll be fine, but then the reality hits me that I’ll never forget what happened to me. […]

Fair representation in Union Council

By Harry Wells Following James Farndon’s Democracy Reform Proposal last year, our beloved and revered Union Parliament became Union Council. This will bring many changes with it. One prominent difference will be the gender balance of Council’s membership. In practice, this means that 50% of Council seats will be reserved for self-defined women. Last year, roughly […]

Well Defined Lines

The University of Leicester Students’ Union has revealed that it will not be playing Robin Thicke’s controversial ‘Blurred Lines’ in the Students’ Union during Freshers’. This news comes after other UK universities, such as Kingston, Derby, Leeds, Edinburgh and the University of West Scotland have banned the playing of ‘Blurred Lines’. Thicke’s song, featuring T.I. and Pharrell […]