NORTH East music star Sam Fender recently found himself in conversation with one of The Big Issue’s long-serving sellers – and said he was humbled by the experience. The man who left Sam feeling that way was Earl Charlton – who leads a life in stark contrast to that […]
STUDENTS at the University of Sunderland have said that deciding whether or not to go home for Christmas during the pandemic has been ‘stressful’. The large student population are faced with the difficult decision of spending Christmas with family or staying put over the holidays, due to Covid restrictions. The […]
COULD we be heading to a meatless society? A Singapore restaurant has launched their ‘chicken bites’ which are actually made using chicken produced in a laboratory. Meat produced by US company Eat Just, is created in biolaboratories using cells from actual animals, which are then combined with plant-based ingredients. The […]
STAFF at University of Sunderland (UoS) are running an appeal to help support care-experienced and estranged students who may be struggling at Christmas without family and friends – or trying to support their own children. Many students who have spent childhood time in care or are estranged from their […]
A PIONEERING music programme which will nurture, develop, and produce the music artists – and perhaps the chart-toppers – of the future is set to launch at the University of Sunderland. The BA (Hons) Modern Music Industries course will be led by some of the North East’s most prolific musicians. The […]
THERE are few things people love more than their four-legged companions. Humanity has, from time immemorial, strode beside them and they have given us so much to cherish. In the dark times we find ourselves in now, the greatest gift they have given us has become ever more apparent; support. […]
‘Trolling’ – the abuse of people online – is actively encouraged by the social media giants which dominate our world. For Facebook and Twitter, the more heated, angry and abusive the debate gets on their platform the happier they are, because bigger arguments mean bigger audience numbers – and bigger […]
A STUDY which shines a light on racial and gender stereotypes in the billion-dollar gaming industry has led to a graduation prize for a Sunderland Masters student. Kirsty Evers wanted to better understand the attitudes of players towards the protagonists within character-focused video games, who are commonly white, straight and […]
WHAT do Margaret Atwood, Dame Emma Thompson and Lily Cole all have in common? They are all set to take part in a global literary event organised by a University of Sunderland academic. Dr Alex Lockwood has helped organise the get-together as part of Lost Species Day, to bring global […]
WHILE many of us began adjusting to life under lockdown earlier this year, Masters student Neville Glean used the time to put his business plan into action. After several years working as a digital imaging technician and video editor for a London-based media company, on brands such as Vodafone, BMW, IHG and McLaren, Neville decided he wanted to branch out on his own – but needed […]