Hobbies in Lockdown
By Lily Brown – The lockdown has meant many of us have more time to fill when we would usually be commuting into university and socialising with friends. As well as bingeing Netflix series’…
Category: Reports
Face-to-Face: Memory & the Impact of Physical Meeting
By Ciéra Cree & Lorenzo Barba – Have you ever sat down and thought to yourself “how many people have I come into some form of contact with over my lifetime?”. It’s fascinating…
Zoom: A Lens Into People’s Lives
By Pat Lok – The COVID-19 pandemic, and the subsequent global lockdown, has forced us to shift our usual social interactions into a different realm…
Ashley Potter: My Art Teaching Career – A Conversation
By Ciéra Cree – Ashley Potter is a 29-year-old art teacher of two years living in Rhode Island, USA. She teaches Kindergarten through to the fifth grade…
COVID-19 Pandemic – the Response, the Innovations & the Advice
By Pat Lok – Social distancing, a phrase that people have come to loath, is a public health strategy that helps to limit the spread of infection and protect the vulnerable…
A Poetic Conversation: Abirami P. Kurukkal
By Ciéra Cree– Over the summer of 2019, I had the chance to speak with talented poet Abirami P. Kurukkal…
What Is It Like to Be a HCP Student Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic?
By Pat Lok – As the World Health Organization (WHO) declares COVID-19 as a pandemic, many organizations, whether public or private…
The Ruskin Journal ft. Creative Writing Society Open Mic Night
By Ciéra Cree & Joshua Dowding – On Friday 21st February, both The Ruskin Journal and the Creative Writing Society co-hosted an open mic event as part of LGBTQ+ History Month…
Trip Report: Media Exhibitions in London
By Ciéra Cree – On Wednesday 4th of December, first-year students taking the Media Studies course were invited on their first university field trip – a day that played out to be both exciting and memorable for many reasons…
Match Report: Team ARU versus Loughborough – Ultimate Frisbee
By Joshua Dowding – On Wednesday the 20th of November, the university’s Ultimate Frisbee Team played an away match against Loughborough University. The 3rds game kicked-off at around 3:30 PM, with Team ARU on the defence and Loughborough seizing the opportunity…
The Film Corner: April Filmmaker of the Month
By Piotr Wysmyk – Scorsese is considered one of the most greatest directors. Taxi Driver (1976) was the first movie which developed the unique Scorsese style of filmmaking/storytelling. From that point, his career really started…
Team ARU: Cambridge Half Marathon
Roughly 10,000 runners took part in the 13.1 mile race in its biggest ever year. This year was the 8th annual Saucony Cambridge Half Marathon and the 5th year we as a University have supported the race…
Culture Focus: Barcelona
By Eliza Rawson – I was fortunate enough to spend three days in Barcelona over New Years (which has become my favourite city!) Barcelona is an amazing, vibrant city that is full of history, culture and amazing architecture. Perfect all year round…
The Film Corner: December Filmmaker of the Month
By Piotr Wysmyk – Ritchie gained recognition from the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) – his debut feature film. His career succeeded further in 2000 with the release of Snatch. Although Guy Ritchie’s career in film industry hit a low point, he was…
Team ARU: BUCS This Girl Can Week 2018
This Girl Can runs annually and is an opportunity for Higher Education to highlight the different opportunities available for women to get active and involved in sport during their time at University. The week aims to target gender equality…
