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  2. News / Making Cardiff a Safe Space for Trans Students, at AGM 2025

    Maria Pollard welcomed all attendees at the 2025 AGM of Cardiff Students’ Union. This year marks 50 years since the doors of the current building opened, Daniel Palmer CEO of the Union, stated. Many students expressed that Cardiff University is a community-like university for diverse groups of people. However, issues such as sexual violence, equality, pro-choice, freedom of speech and transphobia are very much still alive, said many attending students.

    Kani Abdullah

    A group of Cardiff SU's representatives on stage for the AGM.

  3. News / My Scrubs, My Choice: Equality in Healthcare Dress Code, Passed at AGM 2025

    The Annual General Meeting reviewed four agendas on Thursday evening. The second agenda ‘My Scrubs, My Choice: Equality in Healthcare Dress Code’, focused on students in healthcare that are required to wear scrubs but follow religious and cultural beliefs and require certain parts of their body to be covered e.g. arms. Lots of students at Heath campus raised concerns over not having access to appropriate clothing that respects all student’s religious obligations and personal beliefs.

    Alicia Tariq

    Image accompanying “My Scrubs, My Choice: Equality in Healthcare Dress Code, Passed at AGM 2025”

  8. News / Aberystwyth Tops Wales University Satisfaction Poll… Again

    For the ninth year in a row, the small seaside town of Aberystwyth has been ranked the top university for student satisfaction in Wales. The 2024 National Student Survey was published in July and compiled responses from 345,000 students across the UK. The results were clear, with Aberystwyth being ranked number one in Wales for course satisfaction among students.

    Gair Rhydd contributor

  9. News / Shocked Students Discover “Life-Threatening” Scorpion in Shein Delivery

    A student from the University of Bristol made a startling discovery while unboxing her latest Shein delivery. Sofia Alonso-Mossinger had ordered a pair of boots from the online retailer, but was shocked to find something unexpected inside the translucent zip-locked package. Initially mistaking the object for a toy, she quickly realised it was moving.

    Gair Rhydd contributor

  10. News / Cardiff University Students Take on University Challenge

    The Cardiff University team for the popular and prestigious quiz show University Challenge is set to take to screens this year and prove their knowledge against 27 other teams from universities across the UK. Organised by the Cardiff University Quiz Society, students took part in trials last October with five successfully making the team to play in the 2024–25 season of the show, with one student acting as a reserve.

    Gair Rhydd contributor

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  11. News / Greener Choices for Brighter Futures

    Since the dawn of the new millennium, climate change has been a constant fixture in public discourse, shaping how world governments pass legislation and interact within the global markets, as well as how we as individuals come to terms with the very real fact that our resources are finite.

    Gair Rhydd contributor

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