Following the formation of the York Reform Society, the Students’ Union was faced with an open letter signed by over thirty groups and hundreds more individual students. The letter opens: “we, ...

Since the end of the infamous Miners and Wapping strikes in the 1980’s, membership numbers for trade unions have been in almost continual decline. Indeed, per data collected from in 2023, less than a ...

The thing about standing outside the most popular shop in York dressed like a modern approximation of a Victorian craftsman is that everyone wandering past wants to stop to ask you a question, ...

Controversial agrochemicals giant Syngenta has extensive academic, research and professional ties to the University of York, a Nouse investigation can reveal. Pesticides produced and exported by ...

Arguing for the dissolution of a political society on campus is a dangerous road to walk. It feels inherently undemocratic to claim a significant political party does not have the right to meet under ...

After last year’s hauntingly impressive Macbeth, I expected nothing less than a gripping Coriolanus. The audience, a mix of students supporting their friends and parents cheering on their children, ...

MPs last voted on assisted dying in 2015, which saw the Conservatives overwhelmingly reject the bill 270 to 27. However, the scales have tipped significantly in the last decade as the November 2024 ...

In the midst of an ever growing energy crisis, the search for reliable clean energy is at the forefront of modern physics. At the University of York, cutting edge research into nuclear fusion is ...

The delegitimisation of women’s suffering is endemic in the healthcare system, stemming from deep-rooted gender biases in medical research. Gender bias refers to prejudice against one gender over ...

The House of Lords and its makeup has been subject to scrutiny for over a century, particularly regarding hereditary peers. For over 700 years peers have acquired their membership in the House of ...

The British Broadcasting Corporation (Privatisation) Bill brings the long debated topic of privatising the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) back to the fore in Parliament.