Portsmouth and District Unite Community is calling a protest against the savage cuts to Personal Independence (PIP) Universal Credit and Employment Support Allowance (ESA), reports trades unionist and activist Alan Burgess. The protest will take [… read more ]
In light of events in the United States and the ramifications across the world, the Portsmouth branch of the UCU (University and College Union) has voted to call on the University of Portsmouth (UoP) to [… read more ]
The University of Portsmouth (UoP) branch of the UCU (University and College Union) has voted for a motion calling for ‘University management to work in concert with the unions to strengthen its democratic accountability within [… read more ]
The University of Portsmouth (UoP) branch of the UCU (University and College Union) has voted overwhelmingly for a motion condemning ‘the recent bigoted and divisive rhetoric of Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other Labour politicians [… read more ]
On Father’s Day Sian Rees was thinking of her late dad Gareth and reflecting on her process of grief. I just read a piece of your writing. You were reflecting on home and what that [… read more ]
S&C Editor Dr Sarah Cheverton shares insights from her PhD research on the local news crisis in her second article for Indie News Week (9th-16th June 2025). Building on her first article about the local [… read more ]
This week, to mark Indie News Week 2025, S&C Editor Dr Sarah Cheverton is drawing from her recent PhD research on the local news crisis to talk about the dramatic changes to local news over [… read more ]
This week – 9th-16th June – is Indie News Week, showcasing the importance of funding community-based journalism across the UK. The campaign’s organisers, the Public Interest News Foundation, has launched a petition calling on the government to support independent local news publishers and even up the playing field between independent local publishers and the large news corporations that own most of the UK’s local news titles. [… read more ]
A team of students from the University of Portsmouth recently created a short documentary about finding community through the rock music society and we are delighted to showcase it on S&C. [… read more ]
There are ten days to go before the Portsmouth Performers for Palestine event and tickets are still available. In advance of the event, which is brought to you in association with Star & Crescent, the [… read more ]
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