The Radish

Ironic casual sexism.. (1)

9/24/09 •

..Is still, at its core, casually sexist. Ironically.
Have a read of Terence Kealey’s article, published on Times Higher Education. Scroll down to the heading ‘Lust’
http://tinyurl.com/kjjmno
And in case you didn’t spot the satire, read his defence of the piece..
http://tinyurl.com/m9taoy
Yes, it’s meant to be a satirical.
But I still find plenty offensive about that article.
Put in context, this [...]

Guild Council Ignored! Fruit of the Loom. (0)

9/18/09 •

For the second time in ten months we have a case of a guild council motion being ignored in the operation of the guild.
In the most recent case the guild has placed an order for Fresher’s Week t-shirts with Fruit of the Loom, ignoring a guild council motion to boycott the company. This was because of Fruit of the [...]

We are too many?… studentification in Selly Oak (0)

9/14/09 •

A report in the Guardian, based on research by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, highlights the negative effects of a high concentration of students in areas of University towns across the UK.
The observations of the Institute are the everyday for students and non-students in the Bournbrook area of Selly Oak which has one of [...]

old students take action (1)

9/05/09 •

While their peers from university are busy being slimy (networking) on greasy poles these students are getting naked to put a end to climate injustice, Well done.
Climate Camp: Edelman the Naked Truth
\”The Naked Truth\” of E.On and Edelman PR

New guild officers blogs (2)

8/15/09 •

All the new sabbatical officers are busy blogging about their work. Their blogs should contain information about what they are doing so students can have democratic input. Many officer blogs are  left blank and empty, many officers just whip off list of their achievements some talk about their personal life and some rant about [...]

The 8th of August; Fascism and Anti-fascism on the streets of Birmingham (4)

8/09/09 •

I arrived at the Bullring shortly after 5:00, the scheduled start of the Unite Against Fascism demonstration. An islamophobic hate group called the English Defence League (or EDL), widely thought to be closely associated with the BNP, had planned a march for that evening, and we intended to be there to counter them.
The protest began [...]

Issue 4 volume 2 out: Read it online here! (0)

6/08/09 •

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Electoral Reform: For Fairness and Freedom (0)

6/05/09 •

The MPs expenses scandal has finally disturbed the confortable inertia of the two party British political system. All three main parties are now calling for constitutional reform with varying degrees of radicalism. The need for such reform has been apparent for decades. Successive British governments since 1945 have struggled with the inadequacy of governing a [...]

Birmingham Uni in bed with company abetting grave breaches of international law in Occupied Palestine. (3)

6/04/09 •

The University of Birmingham recently signed a research partnership with Veolia Environmental Services, ostensibly to work together to promote environmental research, innovation and sustainable development. Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Transfer, Judith Petts, was quoted in a recent Veolia press release as saying “Our joint efforts today will make the difference in tomorrow’s environmental [...]

What is Project EREBUS? Should Students Fight it? (2)

6/02/09 •

What is Project EREBUS? Should Students Fight it?
Posted by weard on 6/02/09 • Categorized as Comment, Featured, Student, Uni. Bham., politics
The EREBUS project was developed by “major stake holders” in the west midlands and works within the universities of Aston, Warwick and Birmingham. It is the corporate salient within the west midlands academia. According [...]