LBBD Council • 17/08/2021

Marvel’s most female empowered film “Black Widow” shot in Dagenham | LBBD

Finally, back in theatres, Hollywood’s dominant film franchise posted the biggest opening of the pandemic era as Marvel spinoff “Black Widow” ruled last weekend’s box office.

The long-awaited film sees Scarlett Johansson play the ‘Black Widow’ in a solo spy adventure long before she becomes an avenger.

The film embraces both on screen and off-screen female empowerment, with a majority female cast of directors who helped bring a more relatable MCU film for the female audience. As one of the mos

Meeting of Minds • 27/04/2021

Skinfluencer Alicia Lartey looks beyond the surface to tackle racism in the Beauty Industry

Skinfluencer Alicia Lartey looks beyond the surface to tackle racism in the Beauty Industry

Alicia Lartey is on a mission to tackle racism in the skincare industry – an industry which has historically ignored the needs of Black women. From dermatological misinformation deterring Black women from procedures such as laser treatments, to the ashy cast of poorly formulated SPFs – mislabeling and scaremongering has resulted in Black women making ill-informed choices regarding their skin care.

Black

Bluebird Pictures • 14/04/2021

Free Filmmaking Competition in collaboration with Fully Focussed and MYM

At Bluebird Pictures we support all filmmakers from all walks of life through our motto ‘’community, culture, create”. Which is why we are very excited to announce an incredible partnership with Fully Focused for a brand new competition ‘Young, Fresh and Bold’ in conjunction with our World Film Festival.

Fully Focused is the UK’s leading, youth-driven production company and founders of Million Youth Media and MYM Academy; providing a platform for the new generation to showcase their talents and

Kingston Courier • 17/12/2019

#KingstonSaysNoMore and campaign against violence towards women –

Kingston Council took to Twitter to take part in the #16days campaign to highlight support services in Kingston.

Created by UNESCO, the 16 days between November 25 (International Day for Elimination against Women) and December 10 (Human Rights Day) are known as the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence campaign, a time to tackle violence against women and girls around the world #OrangetheWorld.

Iona Lidington, director of public health at Kingston Council, said: “Kingston are fully

Kingston Courier • 05/12/2019

Hawks Road Artists Open Studios held in Kingston

Artists Studio Company host their seasonal open art studios for free in Surbiton featuring over 30 of the Hawks Road Artists.

This is an annual event open for the public to meet local artists and support their work.

Artists featured:
Nagihan Seymour
Yulia Robinson
Suzie Hackney
Martin Kerrison

Keep an eye out for their next Open Studios here: https://ascstudios.co.uk/open-studios/

music courtesy of Bensound

video by: Marvel Kalukembi - @marvelkaluu_

Kingston Courier • 08/11/2019

How Kingston Students can register for the postal vote –

As elections are around the corner, the Kingston Courier spoke to the Kingston Electoral Registration team about how students can cast a postal vote .

First, you need to register to vote, the deadline is midnight 26th November. Anyone who is registered to vote can have their ballot paper sent to them by post, and cast their vote, rather than voting in person at a polling station.

Next, apply for a postal vote by filling in and submitting the postal vote application form you will then receive a

the Guardian • 28/08/2019

'Stop the coup': Protests across UK over Johnson's suspension of parliament

Within hours of Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament, impromptu protests were being held in major city centres across the country, including in front of the Palace of Westminster in central London.

Demonstrations were scheduled to be held from late afternoon onwards in areas including Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol, Cambridge, Brighton, Durham, Milton Keynes and Chester.

Protesters gathered at Commons Green, just outside Parliament, and marched towards

Impact Magazine • 19/03/2019

Suicide Awareness Week

As you all made your way around campus, I’m sure you were bought to a halt when you saw the display of 95 pairs of shoes at the bottom of the steps of Djanogly Terrace, which will be up all week. Myself, along with many other students, paused for a moment at the commemorative display, looking at the 95 pairs which represent the number of students who lost their lives to suicide just last year. At Impact, we decided to get in contact with Zoe to explain the display and what they have planned for

Impact Magazine • 12/03/2019

Building Fences - KiSS Society

KiSS Society was set up in 1995 to support two villages in Uganda and currently supports 300 children, their families, and communities who suffer hardship. At Impact News we sat down with Ellie Corroyer, who is the president of KiSS Society to talk about the work that they are doing at UoN.

The main source of funding for the charity comes from two secondary schools located in Hertfordshire and student-run societies that support the charity based at the University of Birmingham and here at the U

Impact Magazine • 08/03/2019

Winner Announced: Equal Opportunities and Welfare - Myles Smith

Myles Smith has been elected as your new Students’ Union Equal Opportunities and Welfare officer for 2019/2020.

Myles Smith has been declared the Equal Opportunities and Welfare officer for the 2019/20 academic year after winning 4 rounds of voting, with 2271 votes.

Myles says he feels “good, amazing, brilliant fantastic and astonished” about being elected.

The highlight of his campaign has been the response he has got from his hustings speech. He states that “The number of people who came an

Impact Magazine • 17/02/2019

I Weigh: A Declaration of Self-Love

Social media can often get in the way of how we view ourselves and although we can sit with friends and family and admit this, sometimes we need an extra reminder. If you have not already heard of the I_Weigh movement on Instagram, then it is time to check it out. This movement hopes to show individuals the true value of themselves by allowing women to fight back and take pride in their lives beyond how much they weigh, and to think more about what they bring to the table as individuals.

Jameel

Impact Magazine • 31/01/2019

University of Nottingham ends unconditional offers

The University took the decision in December to end its High Achievers scheme, introduced in 2014 to secure and support the most talented students. The scheme’s use of unconditional offers initially proved useful in attracting applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds and delivered modest gains in student recruitment and conversion in targeted subjects.

However, with many applicants now receiving three or more unconditional offers from different universities, Nottingham’s use of unconditional o

Impact Magazine • 03/09/2018

Black students in UK 21 times more likely to have university applications investigated

During the investigation process, the fraud and similarity detection looks out for a variety of things – including fake qualifications, plagiarised personal statements and inaccurate information on each students UCAS application.

The data, published by , showed 42,580 black applicants, meaning that one in every 102 applications was investigated. During the same period, there were 388,465 white British applications, meaning that one in 2,146 triggered further investigation.

UCAS said it is extr