Guest Columns

The super injunction

By Guest Columnist on March 10, 2010

The media has in recent weeks complained of a use of injunctions to not only to prevent publication of controversial stories but to stifle the very discussion of the injunction itself.

Education or training? A journalism school dilemma

By Guest Columnist on November 4, 2009

Barry Turner debates the role of tutors in preparing university students for an education rather than for the industry they are going into.

Faddism or Fascism?

By Guest Columnist on February 20, 2009

The population is under a deluge of information in the media, often hectoring in nature about how we should live more healthily. Some of this advice is simply a modern version of the old common sense that is now lacking in our society.

Prof. Brian Winston on freedom of the press

By Guest Columnist on October 24, 2008

We have restricted speech for a variety of reasons – state security, protection of identity of minors, obscenity and so on. Publication of facts and opinion, nevertheless, are not in any sense generally limited unless incitement to illegal acts can be proved — and that, as numerous court cases have shown, is still far from easy.


A Vice Chancellor’s Confessions

By Guest Columnist on September 24, 2008

David Chiddick, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lincoln talks about his life as a student, how he failed his first year of university and the old times of the NUS.

September around the world with Daniel Hutchinson

By Guest Columnist on September 24, 2008

Let us not, then, dither over decisions that are key to our future. Let us not take for granted our prospects. Instead, let us be positive as we set off on another year. Let us go forth to making the best of our year.

Beddoes: The ex SU President speaks

By Guest Columnist on September 24, 2008

Being an SU officer is more like part politician, part holiday rep, part businessperson and part student. Not one day at work is ever the same. One day you can find yourself making new friends and partying in the Engine Shed, the next you are wearing a suit and attending the Board of Governors.

Is integration that important?

By Guest Columnist on May 1, 2008

Since Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU on the 1st Jan 2007, Britons everywhere expressed concerns about the abundance of migrants expected. But is that really such a bad thing?