NEWS»

Calls PM a “wanker” Chant advocates burning the Government Vicki Baars, NUS Vice President Union Development has sent a page of chants to student union Presidents calling for Tories and Liberal Democrats to be piled onto a bonfire and burned. Lyrics to the chant read: “Build a bonfire, build a bonfire, put the tories on the top, put the libdems in the middle and burn the f***ng lot!” Ms Baars has since apologised for sending the chants round.

4th Dec 2012 Read more...

FEATURES»

Psychological research has found that certain communication techniques can engage others, making them feel more comfortable. A study by Santa Clara University split participants between two groups to take part in an interview.

27th Apr 2013 Read more...

SOCIETIES»

  Sending a big thank you to everyone that participated to make Surrey Student PEN’s Refreshers Fayre a great day! The Surrey PEN society aims to make people here at the University of Surrey aware that free speech is not something easily attained, and shouldn’t be taken for granted. In fact, we are highly privileged here in the UK with the ability to speak our minds; this is not the case in many countries across the globe.

1st Mar 2013 Read more...

SCIENCE & TECH»

  According to physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, we have just 1,000 years left to escape “fragile” Earth before we face extinction.  He bases such claims on the earth being too delicate a planet to withstand humanity’s constant abuse.

22nd Apr 2013 Read more...

ARTS»

Scott & Brendo are a hip-hop duo consisting of Scott Winn and Brenden Bytheway from Salt Lake City, Utah. They are fairly underground at the moment, although they have enjoyed fifteen seconds of Internet fame, through their music being featured as a soundtrack on a popular extreme sports YouTube channel.

21st May 2013 Read more...

SPORTS»

After the great 2012 summer Olympics in London you would think that the government, and relevant sporting bodies involved, would look to make the most out of the sports suspect to growth in British sport. Athletics in particular could have looked to make the most of its facilities.

4th Mar 2013 Read more...

OPINION & ANALYSIS»

Leeds Student,   The NUS, however, had other ideas. An open letter published on NUS Connect’s website from Aaron Kiely, the NUS Black Students’ Officer, demanded ‘that the Editor of Leeds StudentGuardian Student Blogs   Dave Halls, President of Surrey’s Student Union, wrote an open letter in support of   It is interesting to note that the NUS then released another post on NUS Connect, from Liam Burns, President, stating that although they have a ‘no platform to Fascists’ policy, the NUS is a ‘member- led organisation’ and ‘[they] cannot and should not attempt to comprise the independence and autonomy of our members by dictating to them’.

6th Nov 2012 Read more...

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