Tag Archives: Newcastle University

Catching up with Collingwood

Ralph Blackburn speaks to England’s most capped and highest run scoring One Day International cricketer

nuke

What happens when a nuke explodes?

Tom Nicholson speculates on the effects of a nuclear warhead detonating over his university library

Laura Robson in the Olympic Parade

The best of 2012′s forgotten sporting moments

The revival of British women’s tennis, the Ryder Cup comeback, county cricket and much more

obamathinking

Unpicking Obama’s re-election

Obama’s re-election isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, writes Jake Unsworth

Guardian Student Media Awards 2012

Guardian Student Media Awards: The Winners

Top prizes for the Newcastle Courier and Oxford’s Lizzie Porter, as the University of Sheffield clears up with three wins

Obama Red Cross

US ELECTION SPECIAL: Has Superstorm Sandy blown Mitt away?

With one day to go the Presidential race is as close as ever, but has Hurricane Sandy blown the winds of fortune in Obama’s direction?

Obese people

Should obese people be forced to lose weight?

Anna Templeton and Sophie McCoid debate whether obese people and smokers should get free NHS healthcare

Horses

Sex games and horse riding: the future of academies?

Jack Torrance asks whether the academy system leads to headteachers abusing their powers

Money

Should loans be given out weekly to stop us wasting money?

Jenny Evans asks whether students might spend more on books and less on alcohol if loans were paid more frequently

Olympic Sport

The Olympic sports you’ve never heard of…

James Docherty provides some much needed information on the lesser known events

To Let signs

Students defeat landlord in deposit battle

Judge rules landlord must return £1,040 deposits as students stand up for their rights

Horse racing

The not so Grand National

Two students condem the race in its current format

Stan Collymore

Student sentenced over racist Collymore tweets

Josh Cryer to do 240 hours community service after abusing ex-premier league footballer online

Newcastle University Quad

Single honours students ‘prioritised’ over combined honours

Dual subject students face discrimination as lecturers give preference to single honours students