In 2019, the World Health Organisation named vaccine hesitancy as one of the top ten gravest threats to global health. With well over two million deaths due to COVID-19, the question of mandatory vaccination is increasingly being discussed. Evidence of the effectiveness and safety of vaccinations is resounding. Public Health England (PHE) estimates that the […]
Author: Alice Ertl
Joe Biden’s election victory over Donald Trump has been hailed as an important turning point for all aspects of US policy, and climate change is no exception. Trump’s presidency was characterised by Climate Home News as a ‘four-year assault on environmental protections’ and included increasing support for fossil fuels, environmental policy rollbacks and a significant […]
The disparity between STEM subjects and the humanities was made overwhelmingly clear to me the moment I was handed my timetable in freshers week. I compared mine with the girl I had just met, who was studying HSPS, hoping we would be together over the next few days. Amazingly, we noticed that they looked exactly […]
As a finalist, I thought I knew by now what to expect from the Cambridge year. However, this year promises to be unprecedented for not only students but also lecturers, supervisors and every member of the University workforce. With the Freshers’ and Sports Fairs online, it is clear that student life will be lacking in […]