Democratic Education Network (DEN) hosted its annual international student conference on 11th and 12th May 2021. This conference, like DEN’s other ongoing projects, was organised collaboratively, managed and delivered by students and academic staff. It attracted 50 individuals made up of fellow students, families, and friends from different universities all over the world including the...
On the 8th of March, we celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD). Nowadays, we talk about it as a traditional celebration, not thoroughly thinking about the fights and lives sacrificed to achieve this small and monumental token of celebration. We ought to remember when it started and why it is essential for women’s rights. The revolution...
As students, we solve problems every day – whether it be an issue related to our studies, jobs, personal life, health, society or environment. Although we work towards our aspirations and set new goals all the time, some things just do not seem to get any better, no matter the effort. However, it is crucial...
In these past couple of years, we have suffered a substantial global crisis, and we had to come together to find the best possible solutions to survive. We had an unprecedented challenge that threatened to break the World as we know it, so we fought together, slowly coming out as the winning side. Or are...
Introduction Despite the seemingly never-ending turmoil of the Covid-19 pandemic, another crisis, less conspicuous to the eye perhaps, is looming at the edge of Europe, likely to break out in a full-scale war any time soon. Or is it? Indeed, as the Russo-Ukrainian conflict marks its 8th consecutive year, many speculate if Putin’s latest moves...
Before coming to University, I didn’t know what I wanted to study. I enjoyed studying different subjects in a certain way and how it equipped me with ideas that I can apply in my life. My school has prepared me to develop academically, preparing me for the ‘Real world’. The school has also developed my...
I always knew I wanted to go to university. I knew it so well that I skipped a grade to speed up the process. I wanted to move out, start my own life, and separate from my parents and my known world. So I did the most surprising thing possible, and I applied to a...
The IV line dug deep into the pit of my elbow, delivering doses of what tied me to this earth. ‘Parvolex’ they called it. A bastard is what I knew it as. A bastard is what they saw when they looked at me. I laid there on that gurney, expelling the putrid remains of depression...
Universities in general and specifically the University of Westminster, by definition, are high-level institutions where students study for their degrees or research. However, the term’s meaning for students who have yet to enter the institution is different. The most remarkable contrasts of this can be seen comparatively throughout a person’s educational journey from the period...
I never wanted to go to university and thought that instead, it might be interesting to do an apprenticeship that is connected to Politics and International Relations. However, being the youngest sibling of five sisters who have done academically well, who have been to university, and who now have great jobs, I thought that doing...
It was not that long time ago, I was sitting at my desk, struggling to remember how to write my own name, my mind was foggy… As someone who usually has got no problem with writing, and certainly not talking, at that moment, I was not capable of composing a simple, ordinary sentence. Is that...
When I found out that I got a place at the University of Westminster, I was very excited and looking forward to life at university and everything that entailed. However, before starting, I had no real idea of what to expect and how everything would go. To put it into context for secondary school, I...