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  • [ 17th May 2025 ] Record Breaking £11 Billion is Still Not Enough to End the Special Educational Needs Crisis News
  • [ 17th May 2025 ] Portsmouth City Council Plans £7.5 Million Boost in SEND for New Special School News
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Record Breaking £11 Billion is Still Not Enough to End the Special Educational Needs Crisis

17th May 2025

Parents and teachers left ‘overwhelmed’ by the failing SEN system in England’s schools, reports University of Portsmouth journalism student Ivana Domozetska. ‘I will do everything and anything for my daughter to get the support she [… read more ]

News

Struggling for an Endometriosis Diagnosis in Portsmouth

24th March 2025

The growing issue of waiting lists for gynaecological care in the UK is leaving many women in pain, with some enduring severe symptoms for years before they can see a specialist. The majority of women [… read more ]

Culture

Why I Refuse to Leave the Metaverse

21st January 2025

If you frequent any social media, especially those run by Meta, you are probably aware of recent developments in the name of ‘free expression’ – though exactly what the Meta megalomaniac means by this is [… read more ]

Politics

Portsmouth UCU Branch Votes for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) over Gaza Genocide

3rd December 2024

The University of Portsmouth (UoP) branch of the UCU (University and College Union) has voted overwhelmingly for a motion calling for the university to “sever all ties – financial and otherwise – with all external [… read more ]

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    17th May 2025
  • Portsmouth City Council Plans £7.5 Million Boost in SEND for New Special School
    17th May 2025
  • ‘A Woman Who Made History Through Activism’: Rosy Bremer 1971-2025
    5th April 2025
  • Struggling for an Endometriosis Diagnosis in Portsmouth
    24th March 2025
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    12th February 2025
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    9th December 2024
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News

Struggling for an Endometriosis Diagnosis in Portsmouth

24th March 2025

The growing issue of waiting lists for gynaecological care in the UK is leaving many women in pain, with some enduring severe symptoms for years before they can see a specialist. The majority of women [… read more ]

Opinion

Arrested for – and Proud of – Wanting Peace in Gaza

7th November 2024

Portsmouth-based Palestine Solidarity Campaign activist Linda Spence was shocked to be arrested last week for opposing a genocide in which up to 186,000 people have been killed. Here’s what happened in her words. I’m not [… read more ]

Events

Do We Have the Power to Change Portsmouth? Free Workshop for Local Residents

9th July 2024

Saturday 27th July, 1-5pm Eldon Building, University of Portsmouth As citizens many of us feel like we don’t have a voice and voting doesn’t bring the changes we’d like to see.  Locally the decisions of [… read more ]

Culture

Dune: A Film, a Saga and the Future in our Past (Part II)

15th May 2025

We present the second and final part of Portsmouth journalism student Emil Hallqvist’s  deep dive into the Dune phenomenon. Part III: Comparisons, Improvements and Differences Where in this vast thematic desert do our hunter-seekers find Dune: [… read more ]

Culture

Dune: A Film, a Saga and the Future in our Past (Part I)

6th May 2025

In the first of two articles, University of Portsmouth journalism student Emil Hallqvist reflects on last year’s Dune: Part 2 and its part in the legacy of the classic science fiction novels. Introduction Frank Herbert’s [… read more ]

Culture

‘Were They Like Us?’: Writing Historical Fiction with Prof Sue Harper

18th March 2025

Author, S&C Literary Editor and Emeritus Professor of Film History, Sue Harper, shares some thoughts on writing historical fiction. This is a thorny issue, and it is probably foolhardy to undertake it. I suppose, to [… read more ]

Memoir

Pompey Bar Room Banter 8: Smouldering Eric and the Fifth Hants

4th January 2025

The Fifth Hants Volunteer Arms – or the Fifth Hants as it is frequently referred to – stands tall in the landscape, and whilst not dominating the street, it is surely synonymous with it. It [… read more ]

Memoir

The Snow Leopard: A Portsmouth Cat Tale

18th November 2024

Writer and planetary modeller David Angus shares a feline story of deception and aggression. Spring had arrived and the warmth of late March brought the trees out in bloom, then cold winds in April inhibited [… read more ]

Memoir

From the Isle of Wight to Oliver!

8th October 2024

It’s Portsmouth Harbour, and veteran journalist Peter Gruner is about to climb aboard the 700 Stagecoach bus to the glorious South Downs and then to Chichester for a matinee of the musical Oliver! Here’s what [… read more ]

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