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Articles by Ella Winskell
The Courier Online
Sign up to our mailing list so you never miss any future updates 2nd March 2025 28th February 2022
North East Transport prices to rise following lack of government intervention
Image credits: Unsplash The North East bus industry is under pressure as the Government Bus Recovery scheme comes to an end on March 31st. Following the 20% cut to their funding, we will expect to see a rise in costs of bus tickets and cuts to rural routes. Nigel Featham, on behalf of the North East Bus Operators Association has warned that “if the Government decides to axe funding for buses - which is now looking more likely - it will put an end to a huge amount of routes.
65% of Newcastle Students support UCU strikes
Newcastle University Facebook ‘The Tab’ online student paper conducted a survey on student support of UCU strikes, finding that only 64.6% of Newcastle University students support lectures in their pursuit for fairer wages and pension protections compared to a 70% average across all surveyed institutions.
Ella Winskell - The Courier Online
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Angel of the North celebrates 25th Birthday
Image credit: Flickr The Angel of the North turned 25 this month, the 20 meter tall figure, modelled off a plaster cast of Sir Anthony Gormley’s own body was first put up on the former site of a coal mine in February 1998, four years after it began construction.
Magic Mike: Is this saucy sorcery that enchanting?
Sign up to our mailing list so you never miss any future updates Magic Mike first steamed onto our screens over a decade ago, but how is it looked back upon today?
Domestic abuse warning in face of World Cup kick off
TW: Domestic Abuse Women's Aid recorded an increase of abuse by 38% if England lose. The announcement makes perpetrators and victims both aware of the many forms that abuse can take: emotional, physical, sexual and financial. As well as understanding that it can be both inflicted by words or actions, to help community recognition of abuse in addition to encouraging victims to come forward.
Hadrian’s wall preserved for the next generation
Image credit: Geograph That was until a Newcastle led project launched in 2019 helped to save, rebuild, and protect parts of the historic structure. The Hadrian's Wall Community Archaeology Project, or WallCAP, recruited almost 400 volunteers.
Baker Hughes workers vote for strike action
Image credit: Instagram (@eiecampaign) Two hundred workers at Baker Hughes reject what company spokesperson calls “competitive rates,” for the industry and “above the current national UK median,” in a ballot to take industrial action against management at the Walker site which manufactures pipelines for the oil and gas industries. Workers at Baker Hughes rejected the Texas based energy firm’s second, and final, offer of a 4.5% pay rise and a one-off lump sum payment in favour of striking.
Realistic Recovery: How to Hack the Morning After
Sign up to our mailing list so you never miss any future updates Had a messy night? No fear, one of our writers gives us a guide on how to rejuvenate. Image credit: Pixabay You wake up with your head still spinning, the roof of your mouth feeling strange and fuzzy, cracked mascara collecting in the corner of your eyes, ears still ringing from the music in - where was it we ended up at again last night? And that’s if you’ve made it to bed at all.
NUSU announces sexual violence drop-ins
Trigger Warming: Sexual Violence Drop-ins with a new Sexual Violence Advisor have been announced by NUSU beginning on 20 October. The Students' Union President, Mady Baugh, announced that students will be able to book a drop-in slot with a specialist in women’s independence and sexual violence from Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland (RCTN).
Newcastle University Ranks Low on Minority Students
Sign up to our mailing list so you never miss any future updates Newcastle University ranks one of the lowest of the Russell Groups for students of minority background in this years Times Good University Guide Image Credit - Unsplash According to this year's Times Good University Guide, Newcastle university has ranked amongst the lowest of UK Russell Group Universities for percentage of student population coming from an ethnic minority background with just 13.5% of the attendees being...
The best cultural spots in Newcastle
Sign up to our mailing list so you never miss any future updates Do you want to make the most out of your time in Newcastle? Here's some options to explore the city's culture! Image Credits: Pixabay Newcastle boasts of a rich and coaly culture, from its past powerhouse status during the shipbuilding industry in the Nineteenth Century to producing some of the country's most loved cultural icons. Newcastle is packed with artistic and historical sights for everyone.
Sheffield students occupy five university buildings
Image: Twitter (@rentstrikeUoS) By the end of the UCU’s first week of organised striking, students at Sheffield University had occupied five of the campus’ most prominent buildings and most of its teaching spaces. Their action comes in solidarity with lecturers striking across the country protesting ‘draconian’ cuts to pensions, the race and gender pay-gap, and failure to be given an adequate pay rise in the face of 7% inflation rates.
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