News, Sport, and Entertainment from the University of Gloucestershire
With Lockdown number two rearing it’s ugly head, this November, many students and the British people in general are wondering how the Christmas holidays are going to go down. For students who live three to five hours away from home Christmas had a large question mark over it. With Boris’ firm rules of travelling and […]
‘Escape Hunt’, a new escape room experience is set to open before the end of the year in The Brewery Quarter, Cheltenham. This will be the company’s twelfth venue in the UK. The idea of the escape rooms is to get an experience which is as close as possible to ‘starring in a brilliantly plotted […]
Students at the University of Gloucestershire will now be able to be tested for Covid-19 even if they show no symptoms. The University is rolling out mass testing for its students in order to send them home for Christmas. Testing will be voluntary, free of charge and will be offered to all students enrolled at […]
Katy Homewood has returned to the University of Gloucestershire to undertake a masters in Sports Communications and Digital Media, after receiving a Bachelors in Sports Journalism. This year though, she decided to take on an important role in being the university’s ‘Disability and Mental Health officer’. She said that one of the main reasons why […]
England World Cup winner Geoff Hurst has backed the campaign to ban heading in grassroots football. The 78-year-old, who lives in Cheltenham, has also offered his brain to medical science as concern mounts over the links between heading and dementia. Speaking to Sky News the ex-England player said, “Off the top of my head, I […]
The most expected time of the year has arrived with our favourites: Christmas adverts! All major brands graced us with their version of the festive season with carrots, reindeers and the most controversial of all, Black people. Sainsburys made a three-part series of adverts illustrating family moments at Christmas and the first one told the story of the ‘Gravy song’ where during a phone call between a father and a […]
Funding for projects dealing with LGBT bullying in English schools has been pulled by the UK Government. The school programmes were aimed to target issues involving homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. The government previously pledged to continue investing in LGBT projects. This also comes after ministers admit those in the LGBT community face a higher […]
Fashion designers have spotted a rare opportunity to expand their fashion range whilst also keeping safe during the coronavirus pandemic. With clothing stores closing left, right and centre it was a shock to even have the thought of there being an event which included a live runway. However, while coronavirus stopped the world for a […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has seemingly brought a close to many festive plans this year. With social distancing in place, the usual gatherings have all been cancelled. It seems all doom and gloom but there are some things to bring you Christmas joy in Cheltenham this year – here is what we know is happening. Christmas […]
Being an Instagram blogger was a trend that crept up on all of us. One day Instagram was full of blurry photos of friendship groups and then boom perfectly edited photos of girls in some hot sunny location you wouldn’t be able to afford was everywhere. It still feels completely unreal how you can make […]