Many university students across the UK have felt helpless because of the coronavirus pandemic. Although “normal life” as we know it had stopped for a couple of months as a result of the lockdown, academic pressure was still and is still very much prevalent. Universities have a duty of care to their students. With many …
Mauritius is famous for being a beautiful tropical island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. However, this perception was somewhat tainted ever when a Japanese ship struck a reef on July 25 2020, which then leaked some 1,000 tonnes of oil in the pristine waters. On the 15th August the ship split apart causing …
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The race to save the planet from self-decay because of the never-ending climate crisis is more important now than ever before. The climate crisis is known to be so broad because it encompasses a range of environmental global issues that desperately need our attention. Air Pollution and Poor Governance A recent report published by Scientific …
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What is a refugee? Article 1 of the 1951 UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Refugee Convention defines a refugee as “a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.” This definition further emphasises how a refugee flees their country due to the fear …
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More children around the world – including in the UK – are becoming malnourished because they don’t have access to basic human necessities such as food. This affects their education because children who are hungry cannot concentrate, thus, they cannot learn. In 2017, the UN estimated that approximately 600 million children around the world are …
Disaster struck in Lebanon, specifically Beirut, on 4th August 2020. An unexpected, yet lethal, explosion occurred in Beirut, killing at least 200 people and injuring 5000 others. Reports also stated that the enormous explosion also led to over 300,000 people homeless. The explosion sent a mushroom cloud into the air and a blast-wave radiating through …
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It’s a major mystery as to how and why so many elephants have been found dead in Botswana over the past few months. More than 350 elephants have died and it was reported that by mid-June, the deaths became more explicit due to elephant carcasses clustered around waterholes. Many scientists and other animal experts presume …
We should all be familiar with the racial persecution that took place against black people, also known as “the slave trade”, for many years up until the 1800’s. Although this abolition of slavery was a miraculous breakthrough, modern day slavery still takes place in certain regions around the world. Most people think of slavery as …
Domestic abuse has always been and still remains a prominent problem within society. What is abuse? It comes in many different forms such as physical, mental or emotional, verbal, neglect or even sexual exploitation. Abuse can happen to anybody including children, adults and even the elderly, however, that certainly doesn’t mean it should occur. As …
Ever since the pandemic emerged there has been endless grief, suffering and tragedies. Despite this being the case, Covid-19 has had a contrasting impact on the environment, specifically when looking at how the social changes caused by the pandemic has led to its revitalization, and the positive effects of climate change. When lockdown first began …