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THE £2,000 BILL ON YOUR HOME

Students ‘to feel the pain’ after council targets landlords for business rates ALICE GOODENOUGH STUDENTS are facing bills of more than £2,000 a year after Bath councillors agreed to investigate if they can chase landlords for business rates. Although a plan to pursue students directly for council tax was defeated, the council seems likely to target their landlords. And

the fear is, they will pass on any additional cost to their lodgers. One 20-year-old student said: ‘If you have to pay council tax in Bath versus no council tax in Bristol, no one will choose to come to university in Bath. ‘We’d have to pay £2,000 a year in council tax, as a household, just to live in our student house.’ And a Bath Spa student added:

‘We pay £9,000 a year for the privilege of doing our courses. It’s ridiculous to suggest that we are somehow depriving people of money.’ Full-time students are exempt from paying council tax and landlords also escape paying business rates on properties converted into multiple occupancy dwellings. Independent councillor June

Player, who was behind the motion, said she was not against students but said the current system was unfair. ‘Either landlords or the students should pay,’ said the councillor, who represents Westmoreland. ‘Students are a valuable asset to Bath but in my ward they do not see the bene�it of that contribution; instead they hear the noise

and see the mess. We have more and more family homes being converted into HMOs (multiple occupancy houses) and student blocks are going up. ‘It is a big loophole and making landlords a lot of money. It is time to have a debate. ‘Why are the owners not being

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The Princess Day-ries Pretty as a picture: Some of the princesses who helped raised almost £400 for charity

Bearded ‘royalty’ on parade ALICE GOODENOUGH and JASMNE BIRD THEY came in all shapes and sizes. Some who had forgotten to shave had clearly misread the invitation as Ugly Sisters day but this regal gathering was all in a good cause. Bath’s Princess Day attracted

royalty young and old to raise money for Little Princess Trust and The British Heart Foundation. ‘I’ve been organising this for 15 weeks,’ said Queen Natalofski Finikaki Pitharaki Bullova. ‘It’s been a very stressful process.’ About 200 princesses attended the event which featured cake stalls, face-paint-

ing, bouncy play areas for children, and live music provided by Bath Spa Students. Queen Natalofski’s efforts were appreciated by Princess Darcy, seven: ‘It’s really good and I think I will go home telling my mum I had a really good time.’ The Princess Day raised almost £340 for charity.

Movember is too short for Tim FOR Bath Spa student Tom Anderson, Movember seemed, well, a bit small-fry. So he has been growing his facial hair for a year. Tom said: ‘Movember seems like a great activity, but for those of you who know me, know I like a challenge and a month didn’t seem long enough, so I have decided to do Movember from November 2013 to

November 2014, and rather than just a tash, I have gone for a full beard.’ He has so far raised almost £1,150 for Prostate Cancer UK, exceeding his £700 target. To donate, visit his Just Giving page at www. justgiving.com/TomAnderson7/. The Movember movement saw its beginnings in Australia 11 years ago. Abi Tanner

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$1.2m injection is a world first for drugs team IAN LIGHT

Fran finds the key BATH Spa design student Francesca Rossi has unlocked the key to success with a prize-winning innovation. She created a magnetic key fob and installation to be used in the refurbishment of the former Carfax Hotel in Bath. She was awarded £500 by Bath design agency MoreySmith to develop her idea.

BATH has become the first institution outside America to receive funding from drugs watchdogs in the US. The university’s consortium Research In Medicines Design (ReMedDes) has been awarded $1.2milllion (£766,000) by the US Food and Drugs Administration to help design better and cheaper drugs. Projects will include creating the next generation of products to help patients take medicines by mouth and nose for the treatment of asthma and allergic rhinitis. Another key area is improving the current inefficient delivery of drugs through the skin and nails, enhancing treatments for

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diseases such as psoriasis and onychomycosis. Prof Richard Guy, of the university’s department of pharmacy and pharmacology, said: ‘Our objective is to undertake research that facilitates the creation of better and less expensive medicines.’ By designing generic copies of expensive brand name drugs, for which patents have lapsed, the researchers hope to be able to reduce medicine costs. To date, it has been a struggle to recreate copycat drugs which are just as effective as the originals. The FDA funding complements the backing ReMedDes already receives from major pharmaceutical companies, including GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and Genentech.

ONLINE COACHING: A tech-savvy student offers advice on how to use a tablet PC as part of an initiative to help so-called silver surfers use the latest technology. Students from Bath Spa University and City of Bath College were involved with the project alongside TEDxYouth@Bath, AgeUK B&NES and Bath Digital Festival

contactLIST Email us at batheditor@unipaper.co.uk EDITOR: ALICE GOODENOUGH News: Abi Tanner abigail.tanner13@bathspa.ac.uk Comment/reviews: Aaron Lembo aaron.lembo13@bathspa.ac.uk Sport: Ffion Lamont ffion.lamont13@bathspa.ac.uk

Your space: Tilly Balfe chantelle.balfe13@bathspa.ac.uk What’s on and entertainments: Georgie Bird georgina.bird12@bathspa.ac.uk

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£100,000 skate park? Is it such a wheely good idea? IF you beat the bus queues and the traf�ic by skating to university every day, then you will want to have your say on plans for a new skate park in the city. The council plans to pump £100,000 in the project in Alice Park and is

seeking views before moving ahead. Cllr David Dixon said: ‘This is a really exciting project and a great opportunity for partnership working between the council and the community.’ There will be public drop-in consultations at

the Oak Barn in Alice Park, on November 27 (10am-noon), November 30 (1pm-3pm), and December 6 (10am-noon). The design will also be available on the council website at www.bathnes.gov.uk/alice-park-skatepark

from p1 charged business rates?’ She said there were almost 3,000 multiple occupancy homes in Bath, housing 11,300 students, many of them suitable for families. Her original motion to focus on students was amended. Councillors resolved to scrutinise the issue and raise it with MPs to get central government to consider pursuing landlords. Liberal Democrat councillor David Martin, who opposed the original motion, said charging council tax on HMOs was not viable. ‘Clearly, the costs would fall on the tenants,’ he said. Bath Student Union president Jordan Kenny said: ‘This motion is a clear initial attack on students and shows a disgusting lack of regards for the approximately 22,000 student residents of Bath.’

Centre of learning: The £20million project, led by Vinci Construction UK, will provide an imposing teaching and research hub for the University of Bath

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Time running out for sand... BATH University is working with Indian researchers in a twoyear project to create environmentally friendly concrete. The new product uses plastic waste as a partial replacement for sand. India’s building boom has led to vast amounts of sand being stripped from riverbeds so the need for an alternative is acute.

Job fair is a hit with engineers FINDING a job placement can be tough... but more than 900 Bath students have found an easier way. They were able to chat to 65 companies who took part in an industrial placements fair, the �irst run by the faculty of engineering and design. Student Sameer Riaz said: ‘I learned loads about the companies.’

Impressive: What the new facility will look like

£20m project to begin LAURA RAPHAEL WORK on a new £20million research and teaching hub for the University of Bath is to begin shortly. Vinci Construction UK has been appointed lead contractor on the project, which will feature a conference suite linked to a grand glass atrium. Vice-chancellor Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell

said: ‘The new buildings will offer a fantastic setting for both our teaching and research.’ The facility will be built at the Claverton Down campus and follows a similar partnership with Vinci on the Chancellor’s Building, which opened last year. Meanwhile, an application to build more than 260 student rooms in Newbridge has been withdrawn.

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Take a Bath in ice for charity ARE you brave enough to take part in this year’s Polar Plunge. The University of Bath is hoping at least 500 students will take the plunge into icy waters to raise money for Special Olympics GB. Former Olympic swimmer Sharron

Davies said: ‘I think it’s a fantastic cause and will capture people’s imaginations. Hopefully, people will support it and have a bit of a Christmas laugh.’ The event takes place on December 6 at the uni’s Ready for the challenge: Students promote the event – they hope 500 will face the icy dip all for charity Sporting Village.

£384,000 boss docks boycott staff 25% pay JENNY SMITH STAFF at the University of Bath will lose 25 per cent of their pay if they take part in a marking boycott. Lecturers locked in a dispute over pay and pensions have been warned they will be in breach of contract and will lose the money for as long as the action lasts. Dr Michael Carley, Bath’s University College Union vice-president, said the �igure – which the university says is representative of the time staff spend on marking – has been ‘pulled out of their arses’. The escalation in the dispute comes as �igures show Bath’s vice-chancellor, Dame Glynis Breakwell, earns £384,000 a year – £140,000 a year more than the average university head in the country. A ballot

Salary: Dame Glynis Breakwell by the UCU saw 87 per cent vote in favour for the marking boycott. Staff from 68 other universities are set to take part in the action. Dr Carley, a senior lecturer in the department for mechanical engineering, said of the 25 per cent cut: ‘We can’t give in to threats like this. If we �ind a settlement on this, we will go back and mark students’ work.’ Students appear to support

the action. In a poll, which only attracted 312 votes, 57 per cent were in favour, with 40 per cent against. A university spokesperson said a ‘partial performance’ of contract was unacceptable. ‘This means that members of UCU who decide to take part in the assessment and marking boycott are not entitled to their contractual pay from the date when they started to participate in the action.’ It also defended Dame Glynis’s pay, saying the vice-chancellor’s salary was determined by a remuneration committee. ‘Packages for vice-chancellors re�lect what is required to recruit and retain individuals able to run complex, multi-million pound organisations operating in a highly competitive, global market,’ said a spokesman.

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Healthy living days are here PRESIDENT Business had Taco Tuesday in the Lego Movie, so why shouldn’t WellBeing Wednesday prove to be a success? Bath Spa Students’ Union is staging events geared to healthy living on the last Wednesday of every month. At the opening event, the union gave away smoothies blended with produce from the local area. Second year English lit and creative writing student Abi Tanner also won a spa session for two. Visit facebook.com/wellbeingwednesdaysbsu

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Dyson design guru on trail of new inventors ABI TANNER ONE of the key figures behind the Dyson success story is to work with Bath students to identify the next generation of inventors. Gareth Jones, former product development director at Dyson, has been appointed chair of design engineering at the University of Bath. ‘Design is embedded as a core theme running through the four years of Bath’s mechanical engineering undergraduate programmes,’ said Prof Jones. ‘I look forward to helping develop a new generation of design engineers, bringing to bear my creativity, technical and industry experience.’ The move, backed by the Dyson Foundation, aims to encourage entrepreneurship, innovation and engineering among engineering students at the university. The Dyson

Rent-a-bicycle scheme a hit MORE than 700 people a month are now using the bike rental scheme in Bath. Cllr Caroline Roberts said she was delighted with the uptake. ‘This will help us in our aim to reduce congestion in the city and in delivering our walking and cycling strategy for Bath,’ she said. The scheme launched in June.

Get a taste of Christmas KINGSMEAD Square is hosting a miniChristmas market on December 13. Local produce and gifts will be on sale, as well live music. Once the market comes to a close, the festivities continue with the choir from St Michael’s Church, Broad Street serenading the crowds from 4.30pm.

Experience: Gareth Jones group has revolutionised household appliances, from rollerball vacuum cleaners to cordless fans. Founder James Dyson said: ‘I want the world’s best ideas to originate here in Britain and Bath is one of our most successful engineering universities. ‘Gareth knows what it takes to turn an engineering concept into a technology that can be exported worldwide. ‘He will provide invaluable

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Sitting comfortably: Bath Spa’s lay figure dating from the late 1700s, the figure belonged to artist Walter Sickert and was a key part of his work. It will be central to the Silent Partners exhibition. Abi Tanner

Plasticine in the digital age WHAT do Plasticine inventor William Harbutt and first Earl of Bath William Pulteney have in common with tech-savvy students? They’ve both been brought to life on social media and the web by the digital publishing scholars. A total of 28 of Bath’s famous – and infamous – fathers and

first-hand experience of inventing.’ In addition to his eight years’ industry experience at Dyson, Prof Jones has previously held visiting professorships at the Royal College of Art, Imperial College and Bath university, funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The Dyson Foundation has worked with the university in the past on other projects. Prof Gary Hawley, dean of the faculty of engineering and design, commented: ‘Gareth is an exciting addition to the department. ‘He will strengthen our already successful design teaching activities by bringing practice-based experience, guiding students through the design process to delivering products to the marketplace.’ Vice-chancellor Prof Dame Glynis Breakwell said she was delighted with the appointment.

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HE doesn’t say much but he has so much to tell. Bath Spa University’s lay figure is to go on display at the University of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum. Standing 5ft 6in tall and

mothers were included on the website to promote a brief outdoor exhibition. Publishing course leader Katharine Reeve said: ‘This is such a fantastic and engaging exhibition celebrating the impact and lasting impressions each history maker has made.’ Exhibition director Angela

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I can’t kick my stationery habit LUCY ROBINSON MY NAME is Lucy and I am addicted to stationery. I’m now in my third year at university and I’m realising that I have a strange obsession with stationary. I, like many journalism students, enjoy a good notebook, a sturdy folder, some vibrant highlighters, and some smooth pens to get me through a year of academic chaos. But every now and then, I have this undeniableurgetofillmygiant bedside trunk with more pens and stacks of paper to last any student at least two lifetimes. Looking in this trunk on a semi-regular basis makes me realise how nobody really needs 150 black biros or three unopened sharpies even if they

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were on offer or come in handy for Bar Crawl T-shirts. I think it stems from somewhere down the line, I realised that a student can never have too many pens or highlighters (except for when you realise you have more highlighters than textbooks) and this stemmed back to the beginning

of it all – primary school. We all remember the glory days of bringing a new set of felt-tip pens into a new year in September, thrusting you into the height of popularity. Getting a new pencil case that could fit a rainbow of colouring pencils, a pen for every day of the week, a ruler, rubber and sharpener, was the most important thing to get during shopping trips. Personally, I don’t think there is a cure for this stationery addiction that I have – it’s unnecessary but something we’ve all gone through once. Especially when you return home from Wilkinsons or W H Smith with a familiar looking notepad, to realise the reason it is so familiar is because you already have four.

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talkingPOINTS BAD LADS: I am in my fourth year and I have seen and, unfortunately, been a part of, this lad culture that engulfs university life. I have witnessed the excessive drinking sports societies enforce on each other and the initiations which involve rituals such as drinking each other’s urine. I have seen my friends hold competitions to see how many women they can pull in one night, witnessing one of them grab girls as if they were items on a shelf Ross Darragh

ALWAYS THERE FOR ME: Despite ending ten years ago, Friends is something people can watch over and over again, reciting favourite lines and crying at the on-off romance of Ross and Rachel. How is it that a simple TV show can still bring such raw emotions out of you when everyone knows the ending anyway? This has to be the greatest skill a TV series has, to draw you into the characters’ lives and cause you to forget that you don’t know the group personally. You genuinely feel like they are your friends and you are theirs. It is simply known as one of the greatest shows of all time Daisy Vickers

AIM HIGH: A first – so unattainable that many students don’t even consider aiming for it. Instead, many have decided, a 2:1 will suffice. A 2.1 is a great achievement but that is no reason to stop yourself aiming higher. University comes with a hefty price tag. Why not make the most of your £9,000? One way of doing this is swapping the occasional back-to-back Friends marathon for an extra hour in the library. Boring... but necessary? Jessica Bott

POWER OFF, PLEASE: PowerPoint tends to trap lectures on a strict pathway. Lecturers will follow their dozens of slides, and rarely stray from them. They are stripped of their teaching freedom and resort to reading the information off the board, forgetting that their students can read perfectly. Should students just accept these lectures? Their investment of nine thousand pounds a year seems rather steep for just PowerPoint slides. Even going back to basics with a whiteboard and marker would give more learning satisfaction Claire Douthwaite

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LUNCHBOX STIGMA: You, as students, have total control over your dinner. You can eat whatever you want! You feel like jam and cornflake sandwiches? Sure! Have 20 of them! The lunchbox is your oyster. There is one problem, however, the social stigma. It is well known that making sandwiches at home, wrapping them and taking them to campus in a Tupperware container is cheaper than buying an overpriced meal deal at the local supermarket. It is healthier and gives you greater control over what goes into your body while you’re out of the house. Yet, there is still a certain sense of uncoolness about munching on homemade sandwiches! Benjamin Philpott

MO THANKS: Most guys in Movember look like they’ve acquired a new furry friend on their upper lip when they grow a moustache. If this is you, in all honesty, you probably shouldn’t grow one. If you do, it’s important to keep it under control; just because you can’t shave it, doesn’t mean you can’t trim it. You can take part without looking like you’ve been on a week-long drinking binge Kelly Smith

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theINTERVIEW: Example

Cashing in? Never, I’m setting an Example

Thinking of the future: Fatherto-be Example

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THINK every artist has the duty to use their talents and following to raise money for charities.’ Singer-songwriter Example is on a roll, once again taking aim at some of his moneygrabbing peers. ‘I was quite outspoken in an interview last year about artists who keep meet and greet money for themselves and how I didn’t think it was the right thing to do,’ he says. ‘I am always happy to sign memorabilia for a fan or have a photo taken when I am out and about touring the country. ‘Not everyone has to give their

Rapper Example tells DANIEL ROBBINS why he doesn’t feel bad charging some people to meet him, how acting could be the next step in his career and what makes Plymouth so special... money away from paid meet and greets and it is not for me to tell them what to do. I just think the whole idea of charging someone to meet you is ridiculous.’ Currently on tour celebrating his �ifth album, the 32-year-old – real name Elliot Gleave – is using his meet and greets to bene�it the Teenage Cancer Trust, a charity where he has been an ambassador for many years. ‘I will always endeavour to meet fans outside the venue

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but if others want to pay for the ‘‘privilege’’ of meeting me then my perogative is to give that money to charity,’ he says. ‘It is half-an-hour out of my day and if I pass the money on, then it is going to a good cause, with this tour alone set to raise £40,000.’ He is in the middle of one of his biggest British tours - while his wife, Aussie model Erin McNaught, is on the other side of the world, pregnant with their �irst child. But the gigs are keeping

him focused. ‘Stoke was amazing to start the tour on the �irst night, Leeds followed up on that but Plymouth has probably been one of the best gigs for a long time,’ says the Londoner. ‘Some gigs take three or four songs to get going, or it might not even be until the last song of the set. In Plymouth, they were massively up for it from the start.’ With a baby on the way, a sixth album in the pipeline, a tour to �inish, you would expect Example to barely have time to breathe. Yet, he has already begun to think about what could lie beyond music. ‘Someone backed me into a

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corner last year and I mentioned I wouldn’t mind directing or even acting in a few movies,’ he reveals. ‘I studied �ilm at Royal Holloway when I was at university. ‘My �irst acting role came in a recent independent �ilm and could be something I go on to do. As for whether I do ten albums or whether it is just a couple more, I don’t know at the moment.’ So what of his immediate plans with the baby on the way? ‘I will head back Down Under for four months to spend time with the family before heading out on tour there in March,’ he says. ‘We can’t wait to start a family.’

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November 28: KONTROL, Zero Zero

December 5: DISCOTTI BISCOTTI, The Nest

December 10: THE BACKROOM, Weir Lounge

November 29: MOTORCITY, Komedia, student tickets £4

December 5: PLAYTIME, Zero Zero

December 11:THE NIGHT BUS@ CASA IGUANAS

November 29: CANDY SATURDAYS, Club XL

December 6: LICK IT FRIDAYS, Weir Lounge

December 11: WANNABE, Po Na Na’s

November 29: SCANDAL, Po Na Na’s

December 6: DELIGHT FRIDAYS, Club XL

December 11: THE BOMB, Second Bridge

November 29: LUSH SATURDAYS, Weir Lounge

December 6: PROPAGANDA, Po Na Na’s

December 11: DISCOTTI BISCOTTI, The Nest

November 30: SELECT SUNDAYS, Weir Lounge

December 6: KONTROL, Zero Zero

December 1: BRIDGE MONDAYS, Second Bridge

December 7: MOTORCITY, Komedia, student tickets £4

December 1: TRASH MONDAYS, Weir Lounge

December 7: CANDY SATURDAYS, Club XL

December 1: WOW MONDAYS, Club XL

December 7: SCANDAL, Po Na Na’s

December 1: INDUSTRY MONDAYS, The Nest

December 7: LUSH SATURDAYS, Weir Lounge

December 2: CRASH! PO NA NA’S

December 8: BRIDGE MONDAYS, Second Bridge

November 27: THE BOMB, Second Bridge

December 3: DISCORD, Po Na Na’s

December 8: TRASH MONDAYS, Weir Lounge

November 27: DISCOTTI BISCOTTI, The Nest

December 3: BUMP ‘N’ GRIND, Zero Zero

December 8: WOW MONDAYS, Club XL

November 27: PLAYTIME, Zero Zero

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November 24: BRIDGE MONDAYS, Second Bridge November 24: TRASH MONDAYS, Weir Lounge November 24: WOW MONDAYS, Club XL November 24: INDUSTRY MONDAYS, The Nest November 25: CRASH! PO NA NA’S November 26: DISCORD, Po Na Na’s November 26: BUMP ‘N’ GRIND, Zero Zero November 26: THE BACKROOM, Weir Lounge November 27: THE NIGHT BUS@ CASA IGUANAS November 27: WANNABE, Po Na Na’s

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December 11: PLAYTIME, Zero Zero December 12: LICK IT FRIDAYS, Weir Lounge December 12: DELIGHT FRIDAYS, Club XL December 12: PROPAGANDA, Po Na Na’s December 12: KONTROL, Zero Zero December 12: THE VERY BIG CHEESE, Komedia £4 December 13: MOTORCITY, Komedia, student tickets £4 December 13: CANDY SATURDAYS, Club XL December 13: SCANDAL, Po Na Na’s December 13: LUSH SATURDAYS, Weir Lounge December 14: REVOLUTION HAPPY HOUR December 14: SELECT SUNDAYS AT WEIR LOUNGE

Singer-songwriter Daisy Chapman has recorded two allbums and her powerful vocals are in demand for TV and film work. Catch her at Chapel Arts on December 4

music November 26: SHAKSHAK, The Bell Inn, tickets free November 27: THE SOUTH, Komedia, tickets £20 November 28: THE ORIGINAL RABBIT FOOD SPASM BAND, Chapel Arts, tickets from £10

November 30: INU, The Bell Inn, tickets free November 30: MARIN HARLEY, Chapel Arts, tickets from £12 December 4: DAISY CHAPMAN TRIO, Chapel Arts, tickets from £8 December 8: ACOUSTIC SHOWCASE, Komedia £5

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what’sON theatre November 26 to November 29: THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND AND THE OPEN COUPLE, Rondo Theatre, Student tickets £8 November 26 – 30: SLAVA’S SNOW SHOW, Theatre Royal Bath, tickets £21 to £32 Until November 29: MINERVA MAGIC, Bridgewater House, £10 Until December 20: EXIT THE KING, Theatre Royal Bath, £14.50 December 1 to December 6: JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE, Theatre Royal Bath, tickets £21 to £32 Until January 4: RUMPELSTILTSKIN, Theatre Royal Bath, Student tickets £12 Until January 11: CINDERELLA, Theatre Royal Bath, £21 to £32

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Perfect evening of West End farce

High drinks: John Gordon Sinclair and James Lance

ONE of the West End’s funniest shows is coming to Bath for a six-day run. James Lance and John Gordon Sinclair team up to bring PG Wodehouse’s aristocratic fool Bertie Wooster and his faithful valet Jeeves to life on stage. When a country house weekend takes a turn for the worse, Bertie is unwittingly called on to play matchmaker, but also to steal a silver cow creamer from Totleigh Towers. Naturally, the reliable Jeeves is

there to prevent Bertie from making a fool of himself. Lance (I’m Alan Partridge, Teachers, The Book Group) and Gordon Sinclair (The Ladykillers, Gregory’s Girl) lead the laughs and farce, aided and abetted by characters such as Gussie Fink-Nottle and Roderick Spode. The show, transferring after a hit West End run, is on from December 1 to December 6 at the Theatre Royal Bath; tickets cost £21 to £32.

Taking tea with Sally... THE café inside one of the city’s oldest houses claims to be the birthplace of the Bath Bun, invented by Sally Lunn, a French refugee in the Georgian period. As well as the Sally Lunn bun – a cross between bread and cake with a lump of sugar baked

comedy November 24: OPEN MIC NIGHT, Komedia, free November 25: KRATER COMEDY CLUB, Komedia, tickets £8-£15 November 28: THE MINISTRY OF BURLESQUE’S TWISTED CABARET – CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, tickets £20 December 1: NEW COMEDY ACT, Komedia, tickets £2 December 2 – 7: CHRISTMAS PICTURE TREE, 44AD Gallery, free December 7: FRANK SKINNER MAN IN A SUIT, Theatre Royal Bath, £29.50 December 9: LEE NELSON: SUITED AND BOOTED, Komedia, tickets £17.50

nSend in the clowns: Slava Polunin, artistic director of the St Petersburg Circus, brings his awardwinning eponymous Snowshow to the Theatre Royal, Bath, from November 26 to November 30. The show is not suitable for children under five.

Friends that no one needs

NEXT Stage Youth’s brilliant production of Sir Alan Ayckbourn’s Invisible Friends will leave audiences laughing loudly and thinking very carefully about what they wish for. Lucy is a young, unhappy girl whose dreary family life forces her to find solace in an imaginary friend called Zara. As the manipulative Zara becomes visible, things rapidly spiral out of control. Her uncaring, dysfunctional family is

Invisible Friends, Mission Theatre

replaced by a seemingly perfect one – yet all is not what it seems and the young girl is left pining for her old family. There are some really wonderful moments when the heroine’s imagination comically transforms her reality into a ridiculous and exaggerated one. Her parents cease arguing and instead indulge in romantic, spontaneous dance. Equally, there are

many sinister moments where the imaginary family turns on her. The set is another great feature of the show and the way in which Gary’s room cleans itself will leave audiences guessing all night. A truly reflective play, which will entertain both child and adult alike, Invisible Friends is a work all can enjoy and learn from. Aaron Lembo

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Landscapes revel in love of the land THIS display of rich colours inspired by sunlight and landscapes offered muchneeded warmth and a break from grey skies during the first days of winter. John Eaves, who was born in Bristol, has used views from across the country, including Bath and Cornwall, as inspiration for his gently abstracted pieces. Most of this latest collection was formed of watercolour paintings but there were some wonderful crayon drawings. In a medium

what’sON arts Until January 4: THE NAMELESS GRACE, The Holburne Museum, free

John Eaves: Small Beginnings, Victoria Art Gallery

often regarded as childish, these pieces demonstrated more than any Eaves’ eye for colour and form. I could not help but feel the restorative effects of his interpretations of the landscape. But his ink and wash piece showing Hedgemead Park in Bath departed from the upbeat mood of many other pieces. It was full of shadows and mystery, the use of

ink and wash creating a canopy of blackness which menacingly overhangs two solitary figures. Here, Eaves seems to be suggesting that nature is as much the enemy as it can be the victim. But more than anything, what came across was his adoration of the land, present in the way his pieces were filled with the most beautiful selection of colours. Rebecca Cattell

Until January 4: ART AT THE HEART, Royal United Hospital Bath, free Until December 5: TRUE TO FORM, David Simon Contemporary, free Until December 23: JO OAKLEY, JOHN MALTBY AND MICK MACKAMN, Beaux Arts, free December 2 – 7: CHRISTMAS PICTURE TREE, 44AD Gallery, free

Heavyweights bringing prints to life

THIS collection offered Modern Masters in Print, Victoria Art Gallery a glimpse of the more print laden with loneliness. amazingly intricate. Dali, who understated art form of Matisse’s prints echoed the used his own hallucinations the print, demonstrating serene, passive mood of to produce the pictures, the exceptional talent of Renaissance nudes. Filled was playful in his unfiltered these modern masters. with the purity and delicacy stream of expression and It began with a portrait of marble sculptures, they the surreal world he created, by Picasso, Woman At The were quiet, reflective pieces. with all its dystopian Window, showing the artist’s Viewing Dali’s work up close, madness, was a joy to see. lover, Françoise Gilot, in I was astounded by his level Warhol’s vibrant prints of cubist style. Sharply cut Marilyn Monroe lightened the shapes overlapped to form her of precision. One print from Les Chants de Maldoror – mood. Florescent pink and face and her deeply shaded 125_259x162.5mm_OpenTimesStudent1Offer_309722.ai 16/09/2014 orange 12:07 dazzled, showing the an illustrated poem1telling features created a sooty, a nightmarish tale – was evolution of pop art. RC almost blurred effect. It’s a

Until January 10: WORKS ON PAPER, Bath Contemporary, free Until January 11: EDWINA BRIDGEMAN: SHIP OF FOOLS, Victoria Art Gallery, free

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HE true splendour of Bath’s historic buildings and museums was put on show for free during Heritage Open Week. Those wanting to delve a little deeper into the history that surrounds them could claim a pass to explore what lies beneath Somerset’s soil at Radstock coal mining museum, or don ceremonial robes inside the Mayor’s Parlour at the Guildhall in Bath High Street, as well as strolling around 19 other attractions. Top of the list for me were the Roman Baths the city

is best known for. The vast museum is a great way to learn about the area’s history and ancient buildings at your own pace and listen to recorded commentary as you walk around. The baths in York Street, which were part of a £5.5million revamp three years ago, are stunning. There is a chance to try water from the springs that feed the pools, containing more than 30 minerals and elements, which the Romans relied on to cure all kinds of ailments. A short walk away, the quirky

Red letter day: The Postal Museum is a quirky city gem Bath Postal Museum, housed in a beautiful stone building on the corner of Northgate Street and Green Street, offered the chance to immerse yourself in history and dress up as a Georgian or a postman. Post from the time of Charles II was on show for the more hands-off visitor and the museum was

well planned out, with plenty of interactive stops along the way. A must for anyone interested in all things postal, from stamps to secret messages. You don’t have to wait for the next Heritage Open Week to explore as the attractions are open all year. Visit bathnes.gov.uk Jasmine Bird

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HETTO has grown up, lost the ‘o’ and left London. The grime star, now going by the stage name Ghetts, may have settled in Surrey and into the pre-school run but is not showing any signs of slowing down. Last month, he was nominated for three Mobos including best male act. He made his breakthrough appearance at the awards at the age of 21, when Grime MC Kano invited him on stage to perform in 2005. Now invited back to perform material from his

debut album, Rebel With A Cause, he said: ‘The Mobos were a milestone in my career. To be given a chance to perform on prime time? That was good. I watched that �irst performance the day before going on and I was laughing because I could see I am very different. It is funny to see how far not giving up has got me.’ Ghetts has been on the scene and working hard for ten years. ‘I am always doing work,’ he said. ‘Every time I am in the studio it feels like I couldn’t live without it, I wouldn’t be

able to give up. I am just meant to be doing this no matter how long it takes me or how hard it is.’ His journey started in East London, Plaistow, with a �ist �ight that resulted in him being stabbed. ‘The stabbing shaped my life,’ he said. ‘I was mischievous but I was a good kid before that. I was 12 going on 13, �irst year of secondary school, I wasn’t aware of gun culture or knife culture. I was a scrapper like any young boy, but when I got stabbed, I changed. I never wanted to

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be a victim again, I wouldn’t open up to anyone and I was always on edge.’ That attitude saw Ghetts spend time in youth offenders’ institutions between the ages of 16 and 19 but being inside was

where he found his voice. Thanks to a music course he began to rap. The rapper, who turned 30 last month, has returned with a bang after taking some time out to look after his two-year-old daughter.

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Deep house duo Gorgon City talk student DJs, chart success and a new album with MORGAN HINTON

ORMED just two years ago and cutting their teeth on the University of Bristol student DJ circuit, North London duo Gorgon City have been the crossover success of 2014. Signed to independent London-based Black Butter Records – the same label which gave us Clean Bandit, Bipolar Sunshine and Kidnap Kid – Kye Gibbon and Matt Robson-Scott have enjoyed a meteoric rise, providing support for the likes of Chase and Status and labelmates Rudimental, as well as remixes for Basement Jaxx. But the boys have tasted success in their own right, with their smash hit Ready For Your Love, released back in January of this

with it �inally out there it feels like people are feeling it. The new record features loads of collaborations; who were you most excited about working with? Maverick Sabre was a big one for us. We’re both massive fans of his. Everyone on there from Yasmin to the American artists like Tish Hyman and Erik Hassle have been amazing. What experiences as a fan listening to music in�luenced the way you approach your live sets? Growing up in and around London, going to drum and bass and garage raves de�initely in�luenced our music and the beats we make. Being young DJs in the UK interested in

year, peaking at No.4 in the singles chart. Following the release of their debut album, Sirens, we caught up with Robson-Scott, to take a look back at this year – and to see what’s next. With so much energy surrounding you right now, how will Sirens maintain the group’s momentum? It feels like people are connecting with it quite well. It’s been a long time coming for us. We started writing this album about a year-and-a-half ago, it’s been a long process and

underground dance music has massively in�luenced how we DJ, how we play live and how we produce our music. How does your approach to producing change from your approach to mixing? Which do you enjoy the most? We really enjoy both as we’ve both been doing it for quite a while now. Although we love DJing in clubs there’s nothing better than getting in the studio, producing a cool tune then playing it out on the weekend to 2,000 people. I couldn’t really choose

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Breakthrough act: Gorgon City enjoyed chart success this year with their song Ready For Your Love either-or, they both kind of go hand in hand. How does your creative relationship with Kye affect the music? We both grew up listening to drum and bass, jungle and garage. That’s the thing we really have in common, a love for that UK underground sound. We’re both really into the energy you get from that type of music. When it comes the house tunes we play out now, I think we’ve both just got a common love for that kind of music. When writing Ready For Your Love did you have a feeling that it would gain the success it did or did it come as a surprise? Once it was �inished, it de�initely felt like something special. We were quite excited about getting it out there. Although we didn’t think it would get as big as it did and get as much love on radio or the charts, it really was a great surprise. You’re just wrapping up your UK tour but will you do anything differently to prepare for your US dates? We did a mini tour this summer. It’s cool; the audiences are really up for it and they’re really into the UK sounds at the moment. It’s such a good time for British music in the States right now, we can’t wait to get back out there.

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8 times as much fun Super Smash Bros Nintendo Wii U

IF there’s one thing Nintendo does well, it’s multiplayer fun. In this battle beatem-up you can play as a host of Nintendo’s most famous gaming heroes and villains, including Mario, Link and Donkey Kong, as well as a few icons from outside the universe such as Sonic The Hedgehog and PacMan. Eight players can now do battle at the same time and, as with previous instalments, beginners can button bash their way to victory, while more committed gamers can learn to devastate their rivals with combos. This will be a great party game or one for nights in with housemates. PH

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VERY once in a while a game comes along that either changes the gaming landscape or rede�ines a genre. Alien: Isolation is one of those games; survival horror titles were getting a bit predictable but not this. Set in the world of the Xenomorph monster between Ridley Scott’s 1979 �ilm and James Cameron’s 1986 all-action sequel Aliens, you play Amanda Ripley on a mission to �ind out what happened to your mother, Ellen, 15 years after the events of the Alien �ilm. It’s a rare delight when a game can totally immerse you in its world. Alien: Isolation does that. The

attention to the details from the cult sci-�i classic are staggering. There have been lots of Alien games but this is the �irst title that truly captures the essence of the ‘perfect organism’ that is the alien and the terror conveyed in the �irst �ilm. You can’t �ight it, all you can do is hide and if it spots you, then your only option is to run. It will kill you. There are genuine frights, at times unbearable tension and shocks all woven within a movie-quality plot. It’s a de�inite contender for game of the year. Be warned, if you buy it your social life and coursework will suffer. Phil Hamilton

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NIGHTS out, clubs, sport, there’s so much to do... and you want to capture these moments. This fun action video camera is perfect for that. Other action cams are over-complicated but Polaroid’s take on it is fun, quirky, a little bit retro. And it’s so simple to use, one button takes HD photos and video. It also claims to be ‘weatherproof’ but I wouldn’t want to spill a pint on it. It has decent battery life and 35GB of storage. At only 35mm high, it’s small enough to go in your pocket, perfect for those nights out, although you may not want to watch the footage the next day! PH

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Love a good night at the movies? Or perhaps you need a quiet night in front of the TV? Read on to find out what’s on...

Bilbo back for last battle The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies - out December 12

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ILBO Baggins and his company of dwarves return to Middle Earth for the final instalment of The Hobbit trilogy next month. The dwarves might have reclaimed the treasure of Erebor but now they must face Smaug and the Dark Lord. Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson has revealed that the movie, based on the 1937 novel by J R R Tolkien, will culminate in a 45-minute battle scene. And if the spectacular CGI send off wasn’t enough to keep Tolkienists on the edge of their seats, Lord Of The Rings star Billy Boyd will also make a guest appearance for the closing song, The Last Goodbye. The world premiere for the film, starring Martin Freeman, Sir Ian McKellen and Orlando Bloom, will be held in Leicester Square on December 1. Laura Raphael Small role: Martin Freeman returns as Bilbo Baggins for the final instalment of the Hobbit trilogy, out later this month

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay: Part 1 – out November 20

ONE of the most anticipated films of the year, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, is finally out this month. Katniss Everdeen once again takes up the fight to save the oppressed peoples of Panem. Everdeen - fresh from shattering the Games at the end of the second film, Catching Fire - finds herself in the long-forgotten District 13 as the figurehead of the rebellion, her mockingjay emblem its symbol. Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) must

also find a way to rescue her captive love, Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson). Lawrence’s portrayal of everyone’s favourite bowwielding heroine from caring sister to national hero is one of the film’s main strengths. The late Philip Seymour Hoffman also stars in his last full-length film. With returning director Francis Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 will surely live up to the hype. Aaron Lembo

Fighting girl: Jennifer Lawrence in the third Hunger Games film

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Marco Polo – out December 12 ONLINE streaming giant Netflix has blown a reported £55million on producing its next original series, Marco Polo. The hotly tipped tenepisode drama, which premieres next month, follows famed explorer Polo through his adventures in 13th century China. Co-produced by Game Of Thrones director Daniel Minahan and starring Italian newcomer Lorenzo Richelmy, the series promises sex, drugs and medieval gore.

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10. Once you have added the chicken stock put the chicken pieces into the pot and leave for ten minutes 11. Put the dish in the oven for one hour on 350C 12. Fry the chopped mushrooms and add to the top of the cooked dish. 13. Mix two tsp flour and butter together and add to the coq au vin 14. Add some salt, pepper and serve Aramide Pearce

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HE richness of chocolate and sugary sweetness of buttercream is a match made in heaven. Don’t deny your taste buds these delicious cakes! Ingredients to make 24: 175g softened butter or margarine, 165g sugar, 125g self-raising flour, three eggs, two tablespoons boiling water, 50g cocoa powder. For buttercream: 175g icing sugar, 75g softened butter or margarine Method: 1. Set your oven to

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Help is at hand for the bullied

MOVING into university halls is a big change for many young people; it brings them into a bustling community with people from all backgrounds. However, not all students’ first taste of life away from home is a positive experience. Anyone subject to bullying at university may feel extremely isolated... but help is at hand. The University of Liverpool, for example, has bullying and harassment advisers who can suggest strategies for dealing with problems. Its counselling and student support services, as well as hall tutors, are also on hand. Diversity and equality officer for the University of Liverpool Darren Mooney says: ‘Students should seek to informally resolve any complaint or grievance with the alleged perpetrator. If an informal resolution cannot be found, a student can make a formal complaint.’ Chelsea Dytham

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What’s written in the stars for you this month

Aries: March 21-April 19 There will be many hurdles to overcome in the first two weeks of December, Aries. However, don’t give up as your luck will change come December 17. Your career and finances will begin to flourish as well as your relationships. Now is the time to travel and broaden your horizons but be aware those around you will need some convincing of your new direction Taurus: April 20May 20 Energy levels will be exceptionally high this month, Taurus; however there is no need to turn into a bull in a china shop. Be humble and down to earth and on December 17

you will enter a period of positivity and possibility. You will see marked changes in career in particular as new avenues arise

Gemini: May 21-June 20 Confrontation with relatives will be rife until December 17 but don’t let this get to you, Gemini. Be creative and find ways of spending time with those near and dear to you that will not end in conflict. It is not all doom and gloom. Your social circles will increase this month and your career will directly benefit as a result

Cancer: June 21-July 22 Have you be feeling a certain amount of haughtiness of late? Be

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warned this will only create controversy Cancer. You are bound to be feeling a lot more in tune with those around you come December 17th, when you will gain support from your superiors through your dynamism and resourcefulness

Leo: July 23-August 22 There will be tension among your siblings this month, Leo, and you are more than likely to be at the centre of it. As long as you don’t let your ego take over, a little competition can do no harm. It may even give you that extra push to undertake a big project that will carry on into the new year

Virgo: August 23September 22 You could be plagued by health problems at the beginning of this month, Virgo, so make sure not to over do it. However come December 17 you will be fighting fit and back on form. Your energy levels will be high and despite a slow start to December new avenues that will arise will take you pleasantly into the new year Libra: September 23October 22 You need to keep your wits about you this month, Libra. Your personal and professional relationships will be tested to the max. However, the added stress and strain could give way to greater wisdom of how to deal with others. As long as you are flexible redeeming opportunities will come your way and not all will be lost

Scorpio: October 23November 21 You need to make yourself crystal clear this month, Scorpio, otherwise you will be left feeling exasperated. Your expectations are not too high, it is simply how you go about executing them. The beginning of the month will be a test of character but don’t lose faith. Stick to your guns and,

come December 17, your luck will be on the up

Sagittarius: November 22-December 21 Play your cards right and you will prosper this month, Sagittarius. A period of positivity means that your confidence will be at an all-time high and you are centre stage. Those around you will be instrumental in your growth so be careful to not to let the limelight go to straight to your head. Your hard work is beginning to pay off but you still have a long way to go Capricorn: December 22-January 19 A dip in confidence at the beginning of the month could leave your energy levels somewhat lacking, Capricorn. Don’t let this leave you down in the dumps; take the time to meet up with friends who you have not been that attentive to of late. You should soon be feeling back to your old self in no time and there may just be a surprise around the corner

Aquarius: January 20February 18 Nothing is stopping you this month, Aquarius, your diary is full and so is your bank account, it appears. Although it may seem like the perfect time to indulge, if you take this even a little too far you could be reaping the repercussions come December 17. Avoid speculating and undertaking major projects. You can still charge ahead but keep your cards close to your chest Pisces: February 19-March 20 This month is all about focus for you, Pisces. If you feel as though you have been drifting for some time, now is the time to grab hold of the reins. However, it is not all hard work and no play, as your focus will pay off financially as well as socially. But be aware this could lead to issues arising with those close to you

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Curse: The Tinder app

Why we can’t put out the Tinder flame

REBEKAH WILSON asks whether the universal craze for swiping left or right based on a possible six photos and 499 characters is really healthy for us WHEN we get lonely on a Tuesday night, watching Celebrity Juice and late re-runs of Family Guy accompanied by Ben and Jerry, we have a natural desire to be needed. Then our smartphone sneaks out of our jeans pocket egging us on. Go on to Tinder, you’ve only got 300 matches with five of them actually speaking to you, let’s get swiping. Without a moment’s thought there we are, using every thumb muscle we have, having a Tinder fit. Shockingly, two years after its release, our generation is starting to take Tinder seriously. Going into a restaurant we are guaranteed to find at least two Tinder dates awkwardly working out a ‘how we first met’ story. Are there just too many people so the only way to find someone and speak to them is via the most frivolous and fanciful dating app yet? What will become of our generation? A pack of wild, sex-driven vultures or could Tinder actually become the fastest and most efficient way to date? Either way, Tinder is here to stay…well, until a newer version with video chat and picture messaging. Then, God help us!

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Relationship trouble? Sex worries? Feeling low? We’ve got wise words to set you right

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Worried about your weight?: Try going out for an early morning jog

O far in the first term of university I’ve gained plenty of friends, not to mention memories to last a lifetime, but I have also gained plenty of pounds. It has got to the point where I can’t face going home for Christmas but, with term ending in a matter of weeks, what can I do? Louise, Swansea Louise, I’m about to tell you something more horrific than any hangover. A bottle of wine is the equivalent to three Mars bars, a Big Mac with medium fries or six jam doughnuts. Even if you don’t drink you can fall foul of the lack of routine that comes with university and the cheap stodge on offer at the supermarket. Gym memberships can be expensive so head out to your local park. And, as for Christmas, everyone back home will be too excited to see you to care about a couple of pounds.

’M the centre of every party back home but that couldn’t be further from the truth on campus. I didn’t embrace freshers and I’ve been going home almost every weekend. First term is almost over and I don’t even know where the SU is. Tom, Bristol

’VE moved half way up the country to Edinburgh but my mum is still checking in on me daily. So much so, stalking my Facebook has become her new part-time job. To make matters

worse, I was tagged in a picture having a cheeky cigarette recently. She is now threatening to come stay with me in halls to keep a closer eye on me. Alice, Edinburgh

I don’t need a label to be me

Contact your mother more often, even if it is just a quick email. She will feel involved in your life and might be less inclined to go looking on social media. It might also be an idea to change your privacy

In our monthly look at LGBT issues, masters student FILIP BIGOS discusses why he dislikes being known by a label

even I have some labels but what is the point of them? There is a big discussion going on at the moment as to what the non-straight part of the population should be called and which umbrella term we should be using. Some people don’t like the good old LGBT (that’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans for the uninitiated) because it is not inclusive of queer people, intersex people, polysexuals, asexuals… The list goes on. To accommodate this we add +s and *s and Qs the end of the acronym. But why

settings on Facebook, What you and your friends find funny might not go down a storm with parents. And remember, believe it or not, your mother is only looking out for you.

identify as a non-binary, gay man. This implies, apart from being cocky and sassy pretty much the whole time, that, while I am a man, I don’t need to prove that I have a pair. So I wear heels and a snapback. Sometimes a wig, nail polish - depending on how I feel. I don’t fit within the ‘accepted’ binary of male. I go by ‘they’. This means I don’t want people to refer to me using male pronouns such as ‘he/him/his’ because I do not agree with the binary gender division within society. When it comes to selfidentification, people choose to call themselves many different things. And, yes,

exactly do we feel the need to label everything? I am a non-binary gay man because I have to have a label. People expect me to have one. People who fit into the ‘standard’ expectations of society as far as sex, sexual and gender identities are concerned need labels to put on others to help them understand the concept of difference So I please them. To help the cause. But, ultimately, I want to live in a society where people are accepted and taken at face value and one where we won’t have to explain ourselves.

n Young people all too often suffer at the hands of bullies. This is particularly true for young lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people. NUS research found one fifth of LGBT students have experienced bullying or harassment on campus. For trans students, this figure was one in three. During Anti-Bullying Week this year many young people told us they felt isolated and alone when facing bullying. Stonewall’s NoBystanders campaign asks people to take a pledge and stand up for any time they witness any form of bullying. Learn more at nobystanders.org.uk

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There are no two ways about it, first year is hard. Some might cover it up better than others but you will all be feeling it. However, it is not all doom and gloom; there is life after freshers and societies are a great place to start. Try to cut down on going home, too, otherwise you’ll miss out and your friends back home will still be there when you go back at Christmas. Struggling with your studies, wrestling with a relationship or is your social life at a standstill? Contact our agony aunt on alice@unipaper.co.uk

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Labour for love... or cash Should you choose a subject just for the financial rewards?

AST your mind back to the carefree days of 2012 when graduates left university with a measly £26,100 of debt instead of the estimated £53,400 they rack up nowadays. In those days, fresh-faced university applicants pricked up their ears and listened when teachers and parents told them ‘study a subject you enjoy!’ Sadly, for many young people ‘enjoyment’ doesn’t always have a lot to do with their choice of degree. Since tuition fees have reached an all-time high, it makes sense to investigate the most rewarding subjects – so which degrees lead to the highest salaries? So, first a few important details: these numbers come from HESA, the Higher Education Statistics Agency, which we think should stand for Hardly Ever Simple Answer. HESA sends surveys to graduates six months and

three-and-a-half years after graduation, and this is the information collected in 2012 from 2009 graduates. Most subjects in the top ten probably won’t surprise you much; it’s well known that doctors, dentists and vets earn a comfortable salary. But the £25,000 a year paid to architects earn is surprising, especially as they have to train for a whopping seven years. Of course, the uni you choose can be a factor, too. The survey showed that graduates from Russell Group universities earn the highest salaries, with a mean of £27,500 compared with the next highest, the 1994 Group of unis, which has now disbanded but included Birkbeck and UEA, at £26,500. It can be hard enough to motivate yourself to work and, if you hate the subject your studying, it’s fair to say you’ll hate the job at the end of it, too. But, if you’re happy

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n Look the part: You’ll need to glam up, so check out salonguineapig. co.uk. The website offers hair and beauty treatments across Britain from trainees who need models just like you, meaning a makeover is no longer a forbidden luxury

to pursue a subject you dislike for lots of dosh, fair play to you. If not, revive that carefree spirit and study what you love. Bethany Miall, from Go Think Bigger, a digital hub giving young people career advice and work experience opportunities

Just flick that switch and watch the savings pile up THE definition of a student: finding any way possible to save money. When someone else paid who cared about leaving that bathroom light on in the middle of the night? Or turning the heating up during winter so you can stay in your shorts and T-shirt? I know students who refuse to turn lights on or wash their clothes because they live in constant fear of those numbers on that bit of paper at the end of the month. Perhaps it would be better to consider some less drastic measures than stinking clothes, to keep the bills down? First and foremost: shop around! nGet those deals. Some

Bright idea: Turn lights off electricity companies offer cheaper prices if you use your electricity at off peak times nSpeaking of washing machines, on average you can save around £9 a year if you wash your clothes at 30° instead of 40° nThe morning cuppas – don’t fill the kettle to the top just boil the amount you need nRemember to shut the fridge and freezer doors! Don’t put hot food in

the fridge – it ruins it but also requires more energy to cool the food nUnplug your chargers after use. To charge a phone for eight hours costs only a penny but when we disconnect our phones and leave the plug in it still uses energy nLaptops use 85 per cent less energy than the typical PC nUnplug the TV and other devices by the wall instead of leaving them on standby You will be surprised by the difference each of these things can make leaving you extra money for that new pairs of shoes or a cheeky night out in the week. Rebecca Kiff

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REPL Group – Graduate Management Consultant

The Berkeley Group is looking for the brightest graduates with degrees in disciplines related directly to the skills and knowledge required in our operational departments. Berkeley Homes are currently recruiting for graduates in the following disciplines: Land and Planning, Technical, Commercial (Quantity Surveyors), Construction, Customer Service Location London (Greater)

REPL is a fast growing UK based technology group with offices in the USA, Canada, Australia and Singapore. We deliver sophisticated project management techniques to unlock commercial potential. Our team sits at the cutting edge of where the retail industry meets the next generation of mobile technology, where gamification overlaps with multichannel.

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Accenture- Industrial Placement

We have ambitious plans to attract 3 million customers by 2020 and we are looking for talented graduates to join us whilst we grow and help shape our business. As we are relatively small compared to the big names, you will truly get the opportunity and exposure with our management team to do this. Our Graduate Scheme is designed to help you develop as a future leader of our business, fast tracking your career within Hastings Direct. Roles available in Accounting & Finance, Insurance, Marketing & PR.

Bring your talent and passion to a global organisation at the forefront of business, technology and innovation. Collaborate with diverse, talented colleagues and leaders who support your success. Help transform organisations and communities around the world. Sharpen your skills with industry-leading training and development, as you build an extraordinary career.

Location Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex Salary Competitive Closes 04 Jan 2015

Avanti Communications Group plc – Graduate Engineer Are you expecting a 2:1 or higher in a computer related subject? Are you interested in working in a fast paced environment with the latest technologies in a truly global footprint? Yes? That’s a great start, but beyond that? Avanti seeks your inspiration, your energy and your enthusiasm.

Location London or Midlands

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J.P. Morgan – Technology Graduate Programme There’s not a single part of our business that isn’t empowered and enhanced by the creative thinking of J.P. Morgan technologists. In an industry this competitive, being the best means deploying high-speed software and infrastructure alongside leading engineering and application development. Location London, Bournemouth, Glasgow

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Opus Energy – Graduate Analyst Opus Energy, a dynamic and fast growing organisation, is recruiting to expand its analytical support. Analysts with Opus Energy carry out a wide range of analytical tasks designed to help keep the company on track. Location Oxford, Oxfordshire Salary £23,000 - £25,000 DOE + £1,000 welcome bonus + £1,000 at end of year 1 & 2 Closes 03 Dec 2014

Rothschild – Private Equity Long Term Internship – Merchant Banking This London based 4-6 month internship is an exciting opportunity to intern with Rothschild’s flagship private equity fund, Five Arrows Principal Investments – a €600 million fund focused on mid-market companies in Western Europe. Location London Salary Competitive Closes 31 Dec 2015

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Need a job? Considering a gap year? Graduating and struggling for inspiration? Then, read on...

Job in Tesco? Travelling? Lucy hits the catwalks of Paris instead

I put degree on hold to be a model

OR most 18-year-olds, the dream of roaming the runways of Paris Fashion Week, wearing exclusive Givenchy designs is exactly that – a dream. Lucy Zoe Evans decided to put her studies on hold and pursue that dream and has been rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous . Recently returned, fresh from Paris Fashion Week, Lucy took part in the Givenchy show, directed by critically acclaimed Riccardo Tisci. She shared the limelight with leading models such as Cara Delevigne and Kendall Jenner and appeared in front of celebrities including Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. She saud: ‘I’d have to say the highlight of my career so far is walking in my first ever runway show for Givenchy.’ Lucy, from Stoke-on-Trent follows in the footsteps of her older cousin, Sarah. ‘As a child, I remember talking to Sarah about her eight year modelling career and ever since it’s always been a dream of mine, so when I was spotted out shopping at The Clothes Show in 2009, I was more than happy to jump at the opportunity.’ Although she has only been a professional model for two

Think gap year and you think of backpacking adventures across the world or endless hours of tedious work experience; but for one teenager her gap year has become a world of couture and Kardashian. CHARLES WORRALL talks to model Lucy Zoe Evans months, Lucy kick-started her career with an ad campaign for Republic at the age of 13. She said: ‘During my school years, I was granted a licence allowing me to take time out of school but I kept castings and jobs to a minimum to enable me to concentrate on my compulsory education. My gap year has allowed me to model full time before heading back into education.’ But the path to a successful career in modelling is paved with disappointment and criticism. She said: ‘The reason for the excessive castings and meetings with clients are so they can judge if you’re the right model for them. Not being chosen for a job can at first seem offensive and disheartening but over time you come to realise that being told “no” is part of being a model.’ Sticking to a diet remains another major challenge but Lucy shrugs off criticism of the fashion industry over its use of stick-thin models. She said: ‘The utmost initial shock that came at the beginning of my career

was having to be as strict as possible when it comes down to my diet. I try my best to work out every day, even if it’s a quick ten minute run. ‘Just like being a ballerina or an athlete, you have to be a certain size and shape. ‘Part of my job is to be toned and healthy. ‘Since starting modelling full time, I’ve seen such a difference in my body, skin, energy and mood.’ She has deferred her degree in business and textiles at Brighton University until next autumn but it still seems borderline insanity to imagine balancing education alongside an international modelling schedule, especially when your average student struggles to attend a 9am lecture. ‘I’m intending on travelling, achieving almost all of my aspirations for my gap year and gain as much experience in the fashion industry as possible,’ said Lucy. ‘Working with Givenchy again and, just like every other girl my age, being a Victoria’s Secret model is something I dream of doing.’

In vogue: Lucy Zoe Evans says being a model requires the same dedication as being an athlete

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Places you should visit before leaving for your gap year SO, you may not have a gap year as an international model lined up... but you may be thinking about taking a year out and travelling. Before you head off, you will want to sit and plan how and where you want to go. Here is a quick guide to some great websites to help you plan your adventure.

Rough Guides: If you are unsure of where to head for your gap year, these are the best place to start. Full of great information on all the best destinations including accommodation, when to go, itineraries, travel essentials and cultural etiquette so you won’t get yourself in to trouble while away. You can also book hostels through the site

and it has a great community you can interact with and get first hand information from. www.roughguides.com Gap Year: This site that is packed full of information to help you get the most out of your travels. From booking your accommodation to researching places to visit and stay, Gap Year has all this and much

more. It also includes sections on jobs and volunteering to help you develop skills that will be transferable to your chosen career and even has a place you can plan your whole trip. The perfect one stop site. www.gapyear.com Real Gap: If you are worried about the cost of your gap year, Real Gap has a great section on

how to travel for less and still get the most out of your travels. It also has many of the features the previous sites has, including information on destinations, jobs, volunteering and has some last minute deals available too. www.realgap.co.uk So, when you’ve read all this, the only question left is what’s stopping you? Kizzy Bass

December 2014

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Turn your room into your home

ou’ve been at university for a few weeks now and if it doesn’t quite feel like home then here are some inexpensive quick-�ixes. Most importantly, you need a bedroom that re�lects your style. Find some cheap bedding in high street shops – cheap and cheerful is key. Then, why not spruce it up with funky blankets and throws. For this, turn into a true hipster and try the charity shops. You may have to have a bit of rummage but, if you’re lucky, you’ll �ind some really decent, well-

made stuff for a price that doesn’t bury you into your interest-free overdraft. Every living room or bedroom needs cushions … many, many cushions. If you’re feeling crafty and need to procrastinate from writing that essay you could even have a go at making your own! If you’re not the next Great British Sewing Bee just pimp up plain cushions by sewing brightly coloured buttons and ribbons to them. Nothing makes a room more homely than pictures and posters that mean

Invaders you need to repel

Finishing touches: A few cushions and fairy lights can make all the difference something to you. That way, when the inevitable homesickness threatens, you are always surrounded by friendly faces. Get creative with noticeboards and cover them in a collage of your favourite photos. Just remember to hide the many drunken ones from Granny when she comes to visit! If you’re looking for a bit of

ambience then mood lighting is your new best friend. From creating the princess room you’ve always wished for to dimming the lights for late-night guests, fairy lights and lamps will give your room the edge. Go green and buy some cheap plants for your humble abode. Flowers are always good for adding a bit of colour

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and life to a room... just make sure you water them! Lastly, an easy way to guarantee that you feel at home is to be comfortable. You may have invested in all the cushions and plants in the world but that’s no good if you can’t relax in cosy pyjamas, slippers and a dressing gown. Jessica Bott

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IT’S the news we all dread. One of your housemates is having an old friend to stay. Here are the guests you don’t want... The Alien Thief: Spends the entire weekend communicating in in-jokes with your ﬂatmate. Steals them for the weekend and shows how little you know them The Bodily Incompetent: Drops a nuclear bomb every time they use the communal facilities and projectile-vomits in the kitchen The Better Housemate: Painfully delightful. You connect in a way you have never before with another human being, only highlighting the inferiority of your current housemate Jack Meggitt-Phillips

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yourSPACE The best time for house hunting is November, any later and you’re not left with much choice. Make sure that you question, question, question. Is the heating on a meter? Can you see mould growing anywhere? Is the roof about the cave in? Lucy Robinson

How to find the right place to live, the right people to live with and how to keep your place right

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OVING into a house can be stressful at the best of times. There are bills to sort out, new housemates with bad hygiene to deal with and an ever-pervasive knowledge that your hot water is likely to cut off at any moment. When these issues do rear their heads, is it better to have your significant other around or will it just make things far, far worse? This may depend on your type of relationship but there are certain unavoidable truths. If you have been together for just a month then maybe living in the same house is a little over-ambitious. Getting to know someone far quicker than expected can kick the honeymoon period out the window before you can even mutter ‘date night’. You don’t want to discover to soon that your partner has far more negative traits than

The infamous flat party is an obvious first step to consecrate your new pad. Make sure you invite a strong, largish friend. Anyone with a vaguely intimidating presence so that kid who got too drunk can be asked to leave without too much hassle Blythe Lewis

No matter where I go, the oven never works. A ten-minute pizza takes closer to 30. Our landlord sent someone to fix ours. When we came home, there was a new temperature dial but no numbers on it. Cooking for the rest of the year involved a lot of guesswork Bryony Plumb

Happy ever after? It can’t all be romantic Gruesome gum stuck on your clothes? Put the garment in the freezer for a few hours. Once the gum is frozen scrape it off with a blunt knife. Squirt on a little washing up liquid and salt. Rub against the thread of the fabric and the rest should come off Eva Coutts

Moving to Preston and living in England for the first time was a peculiar experience, to say the least. People would waltz around with multi-coloured hair and they call what I used to think was lunch, their dinner Mane Grigoryan

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you first thought. There is also the chance of an awkward break-up. You need to be sure that this is unlikely. It is difficult enough being around someone you’ve got history with, let alone having to read the gas meter with them. If you are sure you know

your partner well enough for it not to end unceremoniously over the cornflakes, then the answer to whether you should live together lies in your relationship type. If you’re that couple that loves to spend long afternoons staring intensely into each other’s eyes without speaking then go for it. If you have friends that you would like to spend time with independently of each other and other interests then perhaps find houses in the same area but with several streets’ separation. Alternatively, make the sane decision and move in after university. Alex Green

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How to survive living together SO, you’ve decided to take the plunge and live with your partner during your university years? Here’s how you might make it work... Lead your own life: Since you’re probably both studying, a busy schedule is to be expected. Talk through your plans and that way miscommunication will be avoided. This will also allow you to plan that romantic weekly date night Pull your weight: Boys, don’t leave the dishes for the women. And girls, invest in a screwdriver so you can at least dabble in the handiwork Spread your wings: There’s nothing worse than a

The perils and pitfalls of your SO moving in

couple who never spend time with their other friends. Friends you make at university are friends for life. So do not push them away! Accept it won’t be sexy and romantic all the time: You might think that living together is going to be similar to just being partners but this actually means you’ll see the best AND the worst of your significant other. Remember, no one is perfect, lower your expectations, take each day as it comes and breathe. You’re still young! If you’ve thought about all of this and still want to move in with the love of your life, then good luck. Fredrikke von Z Wongraven

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yourSPACE

How to find the right place to live, the right people to live with and how to keep your place right

Picking perfect flatmates Avoid the messy but embrace the mother

HE group of mates you met during freshers’ week, won’t be around for long. If they are you’ve been lucky! But for most, those friendships tend to fade away and you start to hang out with a different crowd. Soon, the dreaded period of choosing housing for next year creeps up. Before you start getting too excited and pick your new BFFs, here are a few tips on how to choose the best housemates. 1. Seek the studious: It is honestly good to have this person around to keep you on track. This housemate brings positive peer pressure which has amazing benefits: assignments finished before the deadline and still time to

party. Also, a perfect buddy to have study sessions with. 2. Avoid the messy: You will spot this person very quickly. They are always untidy and unkempt. It’s funny from a distance but do you really want to be cleaning up after them or be straining the friendship by asking them to stop leaving the dishes for a month in the basin? 3. Embrace the father/ mother figure: Everyone wants the sense of freedom that comes with moving away from home. The father/mother figure is going to take care of you when you fall sick and worry when you come home late. It is nice to know someone is looking out for you. 4. Think thrifty: Be on the

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Crowded house: This bunch looks friendly... but would you want to live with them? same page about money matters. Money is such a sticky matter but if handled properly everyone can have a great year together. Get to know your

friends’ money habits. Stingy ones are difficult ones. 5. Choose happy: Everyone has his or her ups and downs but there’s bound to be that

one cheerful, chirpy person who will keep the spirits up no matter what. It will help to maintain the house’s sanity. Benazir Parween

STUDENTS all over the country are being forced to double up after universities ran out of rooms. Here’s our tips to help you get by No secret hobbies: Forget goofy dancing or weird singing to the mirror Buy some PJs: Not everyone wants to see you naked Learn to clean: You can’t litter the floor with all kinds of mess Talk to them: Sharing space is easier if you’re less of a stranger and more of a friend!

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December 2014

theC-WORD

We couldn’t ignore it as it’s less than a month away... but not all our students are in the Christmas spirit

They’re killing the magic Too much, too soon at Christmas

theGRINCHES IT’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…but, wait, it’s just been Hallowe’en. Christmas is weeks and weeks away but it doesn’t look like that on the high street. Every store you dander by is jammed with everything from decorations, to loofas, to every shaped chocolate imaginable. But is this right? Is Christmas an overly commercialised holiday, bullying other holidays Rebekah Heath out of existence?

T’S Christmas! Or so some people seem to think judging by the amount of Christmas trees you see nicely lit up in living room windows and the festivethemed shop displays. Hallowe’en has only just passed by but the scary thingis the plague of sparkly lights and candy canes. I love Christmas decorations as much as the next guy, but you know… at Christmas. In Newcastle, for example, Fenwick on Northumberland Street their autumn display has gone up, which is �ine of course - it is autumn. But then you go up the escalators on to the second �loor and

A bad case of tinselitis?: Christmas decorations were up early Edinburgh PICTURE: ANGUS DUNCAN suddenly you’re confronted by Christmas lights and decorations and blinded by the festive colours of green and red. I �ind myself thinking: ‘Did I take the

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time-travelling escalator and emerge two months later?’ Seriously, the clue is in the name: Christmas decorations. There should be a law against decorations before

mid-November. Christmas is good because you have to wait all year for it. If you just start whenever you feel like it, it defeats the magic of it. Edward Jones

THE idea of Christmas invades every spare surface like the looming ebola pandemic. The thought of Christmas is so far from my mind it’s unreal; the space up there is occupied by technology project ideas, dissertation research, photography projects, endless presentations to prepare for and Harvard Referencing; not whether my boyfriend would prefer Hugo Boss or Armani after shave Anna Landi

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wellFIT

Advice for a healthy lifestyle and staying in shape

Sitting pretty? Get off your bum and get walking HOW long do spend during the day sitting down? Think about it: at breakfast, then during lectures, then the library, before pulling up a stool at the pub. It’s been well documented that sitting all day at your desk or during lectures is detrimental to one’s health but many complain going to the gym is too costly. So if you’re watching the pennies, here are our top tips for keeping fit on the cheap. Cycling: Besides the intense workout, it’s also a moneysaver from the gym and from the one or multiple bus routes you would have to pay for Walking: No bike? No problem – get walking. Some specialists claim that walking is the most significant cardio exercise,

five tips KEEPING fit doesn’t need to cost a lot: 1: Take the stairs - simple but absolutely free 2: ‘Run Forrest, run’ – if you aren’t so keen on going solo, get together with a group of friends 3: Pedal power – if you don’t own a bike, day rentals start from £10. 4: Drop-in classes – all of the fun but none of the commitment. 5: YouTube – it’s full of good workout tutorials.

even more than running! Use the stairs: It burns an unbelievable amount of calories and works miracles on your backside. Theodora Gardouni Rope a dope: Want to get fit? Try cycling, running or skipping – it works for boxers

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Technique and stretching key to keeping fit TOM CULLEN THERE’S nothing worse for an athlete than being injured. While getting injured in a reckless tackle or simply twisting your ankle are part and parcel of being an athlete, there are some measures you can introduce to reduce the risk of a ‘needless’ injury. Firstly, start with the mundane – stretching. Look up full-body stretching routines, and spend at least five minutes before every training session or game loosening up and preparing your body for its upcoming battle. Two of the most commonly damaged ligaments in any form of sport are the ACL and PCL. Simple stretches have been proven extremely effective in strengthening them. Add some plyometric exer-

avoiding injury HERE are some tips to try to prevent yourself from getting injured: 1: Don’t overdo it. Playing while in pain, or tired is one of the main causes of sports injuries 2: Rest when you can. Between matches, it is important that you get as much sleep or rest as possible 3: Stay hydrated. Water helps to regulate body

cises as well as dynamic stretching. When it comes to contact sports, technique is as important as stretching. Tackling drills may become boring, but incorrect technique and bad form in such

temperature, lubricate your joints and helps you to perform at your highest level 4: Use correct and safe equipment. Check that anything you wear, or anything you use is fit for the job 5: Finally, train well. Ensuring you practice before a match or a race, means you are more likely to do well

heavy impacts can result in serious back or neck injuries. Pay full attention when being taught how particular actions should be performed, and never participate in a drill or game if you feel it is above your current level.

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December 2014

sportNEWS

New sporting scholars ‘show depth of talent’ IAN LIGHT STUDENT athletes from across 12 sports have been awarded University of Bath scholarships. The athletes cover sports from hockey to judo, from alpine skiing to modern pentathlon. Among the 2014 scholars are athletes who have already represented their countries at Commonwealth Games, World Under-23 Championships and European Youth Championships. The line-up included hockey players Dannielle Jordan and Fiona Burnet. Dannielle, who is studying sports performance, played for Wales at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, while politics and international relations student Fiona recently made her senior Scotland debut. Modern pentathlete Eilidh Prise, who receives the Bill

Slippery slope: Britain’s luge team will be training in Bath

Barca joy for Corinne TEAM Bath strength and conditioning coach Corinne Yorston is a Champions’ League quarter-finalist. She helped Bristol Academy progress at the expense of Barcelona, 2-1 on aggregate, in front of a record 2,500 crowd at Ashton Gate. Bristol, who had a poor league campaign, are the last English women’s side in this season’s competition.

Luge to the future now IT’S not exactly famous for its snow-capped slopes but Bath is fast becoming the place for winter sports. Team GB’s luge team has become the latest Olympic team to adopt the University of Bath as a training base. The agreement means the university now has strong links to all three of the sliding sports that feature at the Olympic Winter Games, with both British Skeleton and British Bobsleigh having their headquarters at the

Sports Training Village. Lizzy Yarnold, who won gold in the skeleton bob at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia last year, relocated to train in Bath. Tor Gullan, performance director of the Great Britain luge development squad and a University of Bath graduate, said: ‘Formalising the arrangement between the University of Bath and the Great Britain Luge Association is a significant landmark in the development of British Luge.’

Whiteley Sports Scholarship, is combining studying for a mathematics degree with training at Pentathlon GB’s National Training Centre at Bath. Other scholars, who are selected for their potential to succeed at their sports, were rugby player Freddie Clarke, rower Sam Courty, alpine skier Nick Moynihan, sailor Owen Bowerman, netballer Fran Wells, swimmer Will Harrison, judo player Jemima Duxberry, eventing rider Alicia Hawker and tennis player Emma Hurst. Badminton player Angus Pedersen and Alex Kaye receive Trendell scholarships. Stephen Baddeley, director of sport at the University of Bath, said: ‘Our 2015 scholars once again show the breadth of sporting talent we have at the university.’

Angus is the king of court BATH badminton king Angus Pedersen scooped a hat-trick of titles at the Finnish International Junior Championships. The chemical engineering student won the men’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles. ‘I’ve never won three titles nationally, so to do it at an international standard was amazing,’ he said. He partnered Matthew Widdicombe and Russia’s Ekaterina Kut in the mixed pairings. Angus was awarded a Trendell Sports Scholarship which allowed him to travel to Finland.

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