A student-led charity is tackling poor sex education in schools. Sexpression:UK delivers lessons on sex and relationships, from consent to contraception. According to a 2017 report by Brook, a sexual health charity, 47 per cent of young people believe traditional lessons don’t cover what they need to know about sex. […]
Over the last couple of months, Northumbria police attended freshers events held at Sunderland, Newcastle and Northumbria university, handing out information for first year students about staying safe in halls of residence and staying safe on a night’s out. The cards provide simple facts on drinking, the dangers of spiking […]
Newcastle Oktoberfest have emphasised the importance of students to their event, while also reiterating the seriousness of responsible drinking. Magnus Kejser, spokesman for Oktoberfest, said: “On Friday and Saturday we get more mature people. Tonight, we don’t get really mature people but it’s vital that we have these students because […]
United voices today called for the release of internationally renowned photographer and close friend of the University of Sunderland Shahidul Alam from his Bangladeshi jail. On Wednesday more than 80 staff and students, along with campaigners and peace activists, unveiled photographs taken by Shahidul at the University’s Priestman Gallery. Academics and […]
Mariam Khattab, a University of Sunderland Journalism student, 21, has been nominated for the Best Student Science Journalist award at this year’s Association of British Science Writers awards. Ms Khattab’s story ‘Earth’s underwater sand dunes help explain Venus’ weird surface’ was published in New Scientist magazine in November 2017. It […]
Despite temperatures reaching as low as -7C (19F) and recent snowfall, University of Sunderland students have had little trouble making it into classes. Students use a variety of transport to get to the university — including walking and the metro. Temperatures were well below freezing early on Monday morning, but […]
The University of Sunderland’s Student Union are now providing students with hygiene products so they can stop missing lectures because of financial worry. This has come after recent news across the country that girls are missing school because they are unable to afford sanitary products. The vice president of the […]
On October 20, leading nurse Lisa Bayliss-Pratt returned to the University of Sunderland to open the final element of the Sciences Phase II development, the Living Lab. The Living Lab has the most advanced healthcare industry equipment, including specialist simulation equipment. It offers students a hands-on practical experience in realistic […]
Students across the North East are being encouraged to register with a GP in order to receive their Meningitis immunisation. Those born between 01/09/96 and 31/08/97 should already have been contacted by their GP. Given the recent rise in the disease, from the current academic year (2016/17) all year 9 […]
North East graduates are the most likely to say they regret going to university because of the amount of their student debt, according to two surveys by Aviva. The two surveys also found that 18 to 35-year-olds in the region are also most likely to believe they could have achieved what they have without going […]