Every year, at my University, the same article is written. It usually has a title along the lines of “We need to talk about mental health.” It reads the same way: it is often a heart felt exposition of the author’s own mental health difficulties, sometimes graphic, sometimes heart rending.
READ MORECambridge is a University of esoteric traditions, and one of these is the automatic provision for honorary MA degrees for anyone who studied for a Bachelors (or first) degree […] but in the context of education funding cuts, it is not something I can accept”
READ MOREThis is not the first time that the plaques have provoked controversy. A Freedom of Information request to the university in 2013 inquired if a review of the plaques would be considered. However QMUL stated that no such information was held.
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READ MOREMale rape survivors tend to exist outside of societal narratives on sexual violence, and can, sometimes, be used for political point scoring.
READ MORELook at any “great” figure of recent or past history, and you will find a moral minefield. Appreciating the moral flaws in people we idolise is not […] and can be hard to reconcile with their virtues.
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