A Cyprus out of the spotlightDoes anybody else remember the Cyprus debate? For a while in the 1990s and early 2000s it was the hot topic, right up there with the...
A grave mistake: Iran, Trump, and nuclear dealsIn 2015, Barack Obama, as one of his last major actions as US president, signed a landmark denuclearization agreement with the...
Texas school shooting: no permanent resolution to gun control?On May 18th, 17-year-old student Dimitrios Pagourtzis entered his high school around 7:30am in Santa Fe, Texas, headed to an art class...
Grenfell Tower: one year on, its legacy intertwined with racism and classismIt has been almost a year since the Grenfell Tower tragedy that, according to a government report, claimed the lives of around 80...
Unpaid internships: are they worth it?A dilemma that all students are facing, especially now summer is approaching, is gaining relevant work experience for future career jobs....
Marx at 200: was he right about anything?Karl Heinrich Marx is often described by many to be one of the greatest (and divisive) political thinkers of the 19th century. His...
A refugee's journeyIn the spring of 2011, a thirteen-year-old Syrian boy was playing on the stoop of his house. Around midday the unmistakable crunch of an...
America's nationalism is killing its futureHumility has never been America’s strong suit. We’ve all heard the saying ‘America is the greatest country in the world’, and as someone...
So the University of Kent is even further off being a Russell Group university. Does it matter?Earlier this week, the Complete University Guide released its 2019 standings for universities in the UK. This table dropped University of...