https://www.edgehillsu.org.uk/articles/statement-regarding-broadcast-of-the-2022-fifa-world-cup-ehsu

Edge Hill Students' Union Bar will limit its broadcasting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.    Beginning Sunday 20 November, people around the world will tune in to the prestigious football event, hosted this year in Qatar. We will screen a selection of matches, including the England group stage ...

https://www.edgehillsu.org.uk/articles/scaremongering-and-prejudice-when-will-it-end-jack-richardson

Drag queens shouldn’t be around kids… Transgender people are a danger to cisgender people… Bisexual people should pick a side and stop being greedy… Sounds shocking, doesn’t it? That’s because it is. Plain and simple. Unfortunately, we are beginning to hear views and opinions like these spou...

https://www.edgehillsu.org.uk/articles/national-coming-out-day-stories-from-students-ehsu

For many people, the process of coming out as LGBTQ+ can be tremendously difficult. Extreme emotional distress might result from the dread of being rejected, discriminated against, or facing prejudice. Understanding the significance of LGBTQ+ community members' stories being shared is essential. ...

https://www.edgehillsu.org.uk/articles/a-student-tale-struggling-surviving-succeeding-antonnette-mapesa

This is my story. But truthfully, this is the story of the majority of students living the cost-of-living crisis. I know what you’re thinking: ‘Here we go; another article about students not being able to afford rent, or skip out on meals. The overtold tale of financial woes.’ But unfortunately, ...

https://www.edgehillsu.org.uk/articles/edge-hill-arboretum-part-1-the-main-building-sweet-chestnut

“This is not our world with trees in it. It’s a world of trees, where humans have just arrived.” – Richard Powers   Trees have been with us since the beginning. And for years we let them grow. As humankind sprawled outwards, colonised, discovered, warred, trees ascended the ground; towered...

https://www.edgehillsu.org.uk/articles/nominations-are-now-closed-what-next

As of Friday 26 February at 12pm, nominations in the EHSU Elections are closed.   So, what does this mean?   It means that all candidates running in each of our available positions have submitted their self-nominations and, once they have been fully confirmed as candidates, ...

https://www.edgehillsu.org.uk/articles/sasv-awareness-week-women-walking-jade-ball

  Trigger Warning: Talk of Sexual Assault, Violence against Women   As a child, I wore beautiful bright yellow dresses and my hair in ridiculous pigtails. There was no fear, no worry of what was to come. My mum allowed me to decorate my body in whichever clothes felt best. Soon, memo...

https://www.edgehillsu.org.uk/articles/national-coming-out-day-i-want-the-world-to-know-ben-broadhurst

National Coming Out Day was first celebrated in 1988. Thirty years later, we're still celebrating it.   National Coming Out Day falls annually on 11 October. It was first celebrated one year after the march on Washington in 1987, which advocated for gay and lesbian rights, as a day to champ...