Swansea Student Media

It was a sunny October Sunday at Oxwich Bay and we had just surfaced from a brilliant dive on the Solor, a Norwegian ship...

If you were asked to name live music events around Swansea, you’d probably struggle to think of any beyond the Summer Ball. However, live...

It’s 8:00pm, you’ve done a house clean to standards your mum would still find disgusting, and your mates are only an hour away. As...

Christmas has been and gone in a flurry of family days and drunken nights, and it’s now that dreaded time: exam season. Even reading...

Chappaquiddick: a haven of isolated beaches. Perfect for the cyclist and the hiker; attracting the tourist and the sportsman; the leisure seekers and the...

Swansea is full of great places to go out to brunch, so much so that the sheer choice can sometimes feel daunting. As someone...

With Iceland’s banned advert becoming a viral sensation, palm oil is on everyone’s minds. Deemed “too political” by advertisement board Clearcast, it details the...

‘Rotten Tomatoes’ has been around for many years now and is subject to much debate. The generated scores (film are deemed as “rotten” or...

The thought of moving to a new country for a year abroad can be an exciting, but equally terrifying, experience, even more so when...

January exams. It’s the topic of all conversation and nothing feels worse than revising – except not revising. Coming back to university after spending...

My birthday is coming up and I have a strong feeling my boyfriend is going to propose but I think we should wait till...

Moving to university for the first time can feel as though responsibility has been catapulted at you whilst you were looking the other way. Juggling...

Looking for indoor entertainment in the winter months? Organising a social for your society? Or just keen to try out virtual reality? Try SimRace1....

You’ve heard it all; you’ve seen the compilations on YouTube; you’re aware of the memes it’s producing. Tik Tok is the new platform on...

With nearly one billion users, Instagram is one of the biggest social media platforms around. A free, easy to use app that allows people...

The “Burka Ban” has been at the centre of much conflict over the course of the last few years. With a growing global concern...

On 6th December 2018, it was announced that Mark Drakeford would be taking over for Carwyn Jones as Leader of Welsh Labour. The Finance...

Swansea University American Football Club, or ‘The Titans’ as they are known, are celebrating their ten year anniversary of competing. As they reminisce of...

The modern-day film industry is filled with superhero movies. Between Marvel and DC we seem to be getting five to six superhero movies a...

When we think of Christmas, we usually think about presents and family and friends all gathering together. Not often do we associate the festive...

by Katie Brewster

I moved to uni last month and my boyfriend and I have already broken up. I feel like I missed out on freshers and...

Michael and Kathleen Peterson seemingly had it all: the perfect family; the perfect house; the perfect marriage. All of this changed in a matter...

Burn the roses, so their thorns won’t cut you again. Burn the sunflowers, for the sun is gone, and lie in shadow. The fire will give you warmth. Burn the...

Dear my XXXX, Ever since I met you I found something that speaks to me It’s so strange, for the first time ever I can feel my...

You find a box. Just a regular box. Sides all flawlessly square. Corners at perfect 90-degree angles. A box that really says, “This is a box.” You open it...

2018 has been an extraordinary 12 months for gaming with some of the finest and most complete games being released, with the likes of...

Bali has recently become the most popular island holiday destination in the Indonesian archipelago, attracting tourists from around the world. Bali has activities to...

Chile is home to some of the world’s most varying climates and landscapes, making it the perfect place for any traveller who is new...

Pizza. It’s a food that brings us joy - encompassing a myriad cheesy, meaty and saucy goodness. Domino's and Papa John’s are a safe...

With the passing of Halloween, we find ourselves looking to Christmas. A distant dream in this bleak world of overbearing assignments and deadlines. To...

The fun of Freshers is now over for everyone and the reality of deadlines hits you. How do you cope with that? A part...

Have you ever been interested to pick up some Welsh during your time at university here in Swansea? Why not get in the festive...

In a digital era, everyone is a producer of their own content and it’s becoming increasingly easy to display your work online. For budding...

Someone with depression is not ‘just sad’. Someone who has anxiety does not just get ‘a little nervous’. We have taken steps forward where...

Going to the toilet is a basic human right. Bathrooms are an amenity that everyone should have equal access to, surely? In recent years,...

Throughout 2018, we have all seen a great deal of cultural change, both on a local and global scale. It seems that celebrating the...

*Disclaimer: Contains a brief description of sexual assault and descriptions of PTSD. I am not writing this as a medical article; yes, I’ll describe symptoms...

There’s a lot of words for what I have. Some people call it daydreaming (they’re wrong), some people call it being dizzy or dozy...

Over the summer, many theatregoers and I had the privilege of seeing the beloved Rodgers & Hammerstein musical gloriously revived at the London Palladium....

Almost every pub in Swansea has an open mic night, with a range of different people who participate. Some will feature almost exclusively musical...

On the 8th of November at the Student Radio Awards at the O2 arena, Xtreme Radio Swansea University's very own radio station were announced...

Current procedures are inadequate for dealing with allegations of sexual harassment and assault, former Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has said. Speaking in the Welsh...

I bet you are wondering what Xtreme Radio is and why you should care. Well, we’re Swansea University’s student radio station and this year...

There has been a continual drop in the number of students from Wales taking language courses at university, according to admissions service UCAS. The...

When people think of epilepsy or seizures, most would automatically imagine convulsions caused by flashing lights, or that epilepsy is an obvious disability and...

With so many worthy causes out there to support, why donate some of your hard-earned cash to Movember? Unlike women’s charities and fundraising events...

On Sunday 11th November, the people of Swansea converged on the beach to witness the drawing in the sand of a portrait of Dorothy Watson...

Hi Ben, thank you for agreeing to talk today. So firstly, tell me about Clwb Rygbi Tawe. Clwb Rygbi Tawe is a relatively new club...

I’ve been bored in theatres before, but this was the first time I’d ever been bored by Macbeth. The performance history of Shakespeare’s Scottish Play...

Here at Swansea University, we have two Hockey clubs; a Ladies’ club and a Men’s club. Each boasts incredibly successful sides from elite performance...

Our annual ‘Ladies Day’ took place on Wednesday 3rd October, and was an event which saw women from a number of sports teams compete...

Last year’s Assassin’s Creed Origins left us with an appetite to want to traverse the ancient world further. Fortunately, 12 months later Assassin’s Creed...

I cheated on my partner. I have nothing but regret but they won’t give me another chance. What should I do? Cheating, no matter on...

William and Rebekah Shackley are dear friends of mine, whose wedding I was fortunate enough to attend last April in Las Vegas. It seemed...

Now that some time has settled in the long awaited war of words between Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly, I am sure that I...

Portugal is a Southern European country located on the Iberian Peninsula, bordering with Spain. The country each year is gaining more and more popularity...

As a frequent flyer and constant traveller, I have flown across the globe with around 7 different airlines (inc. British Airways, EasyJet, Emirates and...

Despite being a frequent flyer myself, I’ve never enjoyed flying. I’ve always found it such a hassle, but because of flying so often (about...

Over the summer, I watched A Quiet Place for the first time. I found that the film, for the most part, lived up to...

In American Studies, we are encouraged to pursue a year of study in the United States, so that we can experience learning about the...

She opened her eyes to darkness. Head raised, gasping desperately for air, she felt the coarse grains fall from her skin. She lifted a...

Door windows of shattered colour shards, Here, where Gods hang round in bars Lilting choir on the jukebox New polish on the locks Mercury and Mars Playing cards. Where to...

A YouGov poll from 2017 found that almost three-quarters of young people have witnessed sexual harassment on a night out, with nearly 63% of...

My hope is to not only encourage other food lovers to come forward and write for this great paper, but I wish to educate...

One of the main ways I found that Swansea was the place to be was by getting lost - at first, you will feel...

The Hillary Rodham Clinton Research Programme will see joint PhDs for students from Swansea and the United States. Swansea University vice-chancellor, Professor Richard B....

It’s been three years since Pawel Pawlikowski won his Oscar for Ida, the first film in the Polish language to win an Oscar. This...

The emails reminding you to start your applications are flooding in, the paperwork is piling up, and the to-do lists are getting scarily long....

November is epilepsy awareness month. It’s important that everyone understands the condition that is epilepsy, who it affects, what triggers a seizure and what...

Iconic classic movies; Silence of the Lambs, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Psycho, all have one thing in common: they were modelled after killer...

Is the UK justice system lagging behind the rest of the world by failing to implement a “good Samaritan law”? When considering the law of...

The lights turn down and a hush descends over the audience. Something is crackling in the atmosphere, a buzz of excitement. Boom. One bass...

We’ve all been there. You’re home alone, curtains drawn, all the doors are locked (checked twice). The wind is howling outside, and the rain...

The latest instalment from EA sports certainly feels like the most comprehensive football game out there, mainly due to the addition of the official...

In 1965 a small Welsh village in Gwynedd, north Wales was drowned to quench the thirst of an English city. In 1956, a private...

On the morning of October 21st 1966, the young students of Pantglas Primary school stood for assembly singing the well-known hymn; all things bright...

Khadija Stone is a medical student currently studying at Swansea University. Khadija is also a self-taught henna artist who uses her henna skills to...

Halloween is a great time to dress up and have fun – celebrating with your partner can give you the opportunity to make and...

The collaborative effort from Sony and Insomniac Games has led to one of the finest and most sophisticated superhero games since DC’s Batman Arkham...

Disclaimer: These are personal opinions, not those of the Students' Union. - - - It’s been a busy start to the year! Since starting back in June,...

Rating: 4/5, ‘…what could have felt like a jumble of remixes thrown into a pot has instead got the feel of a well-executed experimental...

Welcome, Freshers, to the fast-paced, high-energy bubble that is Freshers Week! With so many new opportunities coming your way, be sure to check out...

I fyfyrwyr newydd – llongyfarchiadau a chroeso i Brifysgol Abertawe a’n cymuned Gymraeg! Hefyd, i hen fyfyrwyr – croeso nôl! Barod am flwyddyn braf...

Looking to start work on those fitness goals but not sure where to start or concerned about gym membership costs? Strava, a free fitness...

Revolut the online bank, which launched only three years ago in July 2015, has over 2 million customers and growing. But how has this...

After the disappointing reception of Nintendo’s Wii U, the Switch appears to have offered the manufacturer's a new lease of life in an extremely...

Everyone is tempted to go to the same big Tesco, Sainsbury's or Lidl, do all their shopping there and leave it at that. Though...

Ever fancied hosting your own radio show? Maybe you're a budding writer with a passion for publishing? Handy with a video camera or editing...

Swansea; it doesn’t matter how you ended up here, there will come a time when you will have had enough of watching Netflix from...

As a new student it is important to have all the contacts you need to keep yourself safe! So, here’s a list of facilities...

Well, who really is? Even if you have a worked a lifetime to receive a doctorate on the subject it is a purely situational topic....

Halloween October 19th Crazed serial killer Michael Myers is back. Just in time for Halloween. Get ready for chills and gore galore. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of...

Mission Impossible: Fallout was released back at the end of July and instantly became one of the surprise hits of the summer. The sixth...

For a few years now, I’ve been dabbling in film journalism on and off again on my personal blog and I’ve got a bit...

Part-time officers represent different groups of students, run campaigns and hold the full-time officers accountable. They volunteer their energy and time to run campaigns to...

Meet your new officers. They get voted in by students and they're here to represent you with all things Uni-related. If you're having an...

So you’ve decided to write something, huh? Maybe you have an idea for a novel that will blow Harry Potter out of the water;...

Starting off your university adventure is full of daunting experiences. A new place, meeting new people, it can all be quite scary. But we...