THIS year has been crazy; a worldwide pandemic has been unspeakably difficult for billions of people across the globe – not least for students living away from home. If you’re finding this a scary and upsetting time, we’ve put together what we hope is a page of helpful advice and […]
A NUMBER of right-wing voters claim they are vilified and feel their views are invalidated by left-leaning voters. The 2020 US election highlighted immense political polarization, and more notably, it also demonstrated that Donald Trump’s 2016 victory was more than a political fluke. However, it is not simply the US […]
MEN’S Health Month is here, and the University of Sunderland is promoting some important issues for male wellbeing in the month of ‘Movember’. So this month, with the help of Norman Nur, a mental wellbeing advisor at UoS, we at SR News are keen to showcase some of the key health […]
BBC RADIO 1 DJ Jordan North – a graduate of the University of Sunderland’s award-winning Spark radio station – is the latest star to be tipped to join the upcoming series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! No official announcement had been made at the time […]
Search ‘US Election 2020’ to see all our coverage In the run-up to tomorrow’s US Presidential election our student reporting team aims to explore, explain, enlighten and even entertain you on the race for the White House. BRITONS have heard that a new Trump victory could be bad […]
An inspirational BAME woman leader has been selected for a unique UK mentoring programme to help change the lives of other women. Colina Wright is not only the CEO of the University of Sunderland’s Students’ Union, she is an activist, campaigner, and an advocate for change. Now, she has been selected […]
FOOTBALLER Marcus Rashford’s ongoing campaign to end child food poverty has been making headlines, as the Covid-driven poverty crisis deepens. The Manchester United and England striker is calling for an extension of free school meals to 1.4million more UK children, an increase in the value of Healthy Start fresh fruit […]
THE impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the human race is at the centre of a new ‘thought-leading’ publication involving 100 of the world’s top experts, created by a University of Sunderland professor. The idea is to bring together and publish the most well-informed debate around the hopes and […]
A SCHEME which nurtures, develops and supports estranged students through their university life has won a major award. The University of Sunderland’s ‘We Care’ initiative is a lifeline to scores of students who do not have a traditional family network to fall back on in times of need. For the […]
EXPERTS at a North East university are proving a lifeline to staff and students after devising an innovative way of supporting them if their children are sent home from school. Since the start of term, many parents have found themselves struggling to keep working in the event of children having […]