Student Voice

 

Bristol's Big Issues is a new speaker series co-host by the Students' Union and the Bristol Hub.

 

It invites students, staff and members of the public to learn about and tackle some of the most pressing current affairs debates, with speakers setting the national and local contexts.

 

The programme for this term is:

 

21st February: Unpaid Interns - Fair or Foul?

 

7th March: What's Wrong with the Arms Trade?

 

15th March: The Great Housing Debate

 

..with more on the way.

 

Last term's events were:

 

7th November: The Impact of Corporations on Bristol, with Claire Milne (Bristol Food Hub) & Keep Whiteladies Local

 

14th November: High Finance and the Bristol Pound, with Positive Money and the Bristol Pound Group.

 

24th November: The Impact of Cuts in Bristol, with Bristol and District Anti-Cuts Alliance and Fairbridge West.

 

9th December: After the Murdochalpse: Where Now for the UK Media? With Media Reform, David Crouch (Financial Times) and Epigram.

 

13th December: What is the Government Doing to Your Education? With UBU student officers - hear what they're doing and thinking, and tell them what you want.