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Producer @PoliticsJOE_UK | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 NCTJ Journo | @univofstandrews ‘22| Got a story? laura.beveridge @joe .co.uk | ✍️ in @TeenVogue , @Huck , @five_books

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Laura Beveridge
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It’s great to have been part of the amazing @PoliticsJOE team this election - and part of the informative, funny content we put out in six weeks! Here’s some of my personal highlights 🧵:
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Funny how things unfold
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This is such a painful watch, thank god Sunak doesn't have Sky TV.
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Unless they’re journalists sharing data about the CEO’s private jet use
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Indeed
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I've officially been @PoliticsJOE for one whole year today 🎉 In that time, we've recorded over 100 episodes of the PoliticsJOE podcast, I've produced interviews with the likes of Yanis Varoufakis and Žižek, vox popped, and received a promotion! Huge thanks to colleagues (and,
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Don’t worry if your A level results aren’t what you were hoping for. I got a C and two Us, and here I am, 46 years later, with my own pub. It opens next weekend if you fancy dropping in.
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Had so much fun doing my first live reporting from the BBC’s seven party debate last night with the amazing @AvaSantina (and @seannhickey and Sam Sharrocks) for @PoliticsJOE_UK !
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It’s Joe-ver
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There’ll be no more oat cappuccinos. I’ll tell the children.
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MailOnline doing the full 'single line breaking news story not even time to add a photo' treatment on the end of the Pret coffee subscription. Proper global news event treatment. (Understandably so based on various group chats.)
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So happy to have been part of the team of five that make the podcast happen!
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Ed Campbell
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Thrilled with this. The PoliticsJOE Podcast got more YouTube views on average than the News Agents, and products from Sky and the Telegraph, and #4 overall, beating Channel 4 News too
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Lisa Cameron has clearly forgiven the Mail since (unsuccessfully) complaining to Ipso that the Scottish edition breached the harassment, children, privacy, accuracy, and clandestine devices clauses over a story detailing her £630,000 property empire, which included former council
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This would be illegal in Keir Starmer’s Britain 😔
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Joined @PoliticsJOE_UK Podcast in the Scottish seat to chat all things SNP:
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In other news, I’ve joined @PoliticsJOE_UK @JOE_co_uk as an assistant producer! Excited to be working with the team 🎉
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Try not to vomit from cringe level impossible: Lib Dem Max Wilkinson squeezes as many Charli XCX puns as he can into answer about Kamala Harris' campaign.
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Can’t believe he’s fallen for it again 😔
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Mother of all parliaments:
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Sick to have had a role producing @edcmpbl ’s amazing short short film profiling Boston, shot by @ainsworthharry1
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Immigrants, robots, and farmers | Inside the most Brexit town in Britain
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According to the IfG, 12 cabinet ministers have lost their seat since 1974. 12 cabinet ministers are predicted to lose their seat at this election alone…
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Spoke about why the concept of being a “trad wife” seems appealing to Gen Z during the 100th episode of the PoliticsJOE Podcast:
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100 eps of the @PoliticsJOE_UK Podcast requires celebrating 🥳
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Oli Dugmore
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Master producer, master baker @LauraBeveridge7 In 100 eps: 🎙️ 3.2m long form plays 🍿 9.9m social video views 🎟️ 1 sold out live event
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Voxed students, who were just as shocked as I was by the price of pints and housing the year they were born
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PoliticsJOE
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Shocking students with how cheap life was for their parents:
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Check out @PoliticsJOE_UK ’s coverage of this national scandal, produced by me, shot by Harry Ainsworth
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Ed Campbell
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I went to Brighton to meet the surfers protesting in its shit filled water
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Presenting live from two BBC spin rooms with the fantastic @AvaSantina (and @seannhickey and @sammysharrocks bts)
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10 and 1/2 weeks ago, I didn’t know a single outline - today, thanks to @teeline and @KieranWelly , I passed my 100WPM shorthand exam! ✍️
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In some London boroughs, 1 in 10 children are in temporary accommodation. In this @PoliticsJOE report, we saw first-hand the mould-infested temporary accommodation councils are placing children in.
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Following polling this week that said he could be the first PM in history to lose his seat, I asked Rishi’s constituents if they’re still voting for him…
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When I read Gender Trouble in university, I never thought I'd be producing an interview with its author, Judith Butler, only a few years later. In her discussion with @PoliticsJOE she talks TERFs, Israel-Palestine, and "what is a woman?"
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Excited to be covering MCM Comic Con as Press for @SW_Londoner today!
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Produced this very important piece exploring how people with disabilities could be on the sharp end of council cuts, reported by @edcmpbl and shot by @sammysharrocks
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What happens when a city goes bankrupt? | Birmingham report
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And, finally, being behind the scenes (and in front of them at points) for PoliticsJOE’s seven hour election night livestream!
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Spoke to @hopenothate and Dr Stephen Reicher for this analysis of recent riots
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Why do English people riot?
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The remake of Bridget Jones's Diary is looking a little different...
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Apols, I’ve just caught up with this picture of Nadine Dorries and Boris Johnson released two days ago.
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2 years
Had a fantastic evening attending the @londonpressclub ball and hearing @ArthurJEdwards advice for young journalists. Thank you to @NewsAssociates for the invite!
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Spent the evening interviewing those in attendance at St Paul’s to commemorate the Queen’s passing with @georginafin_ and @EdHalford1
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The service was ‘extraordinarily moving’ says Luke Miller, Archdeacon of London.
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What I took away from today’s shoot: more politicians need catchy, little songs
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Ed Campbell
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I interviewed anti-ULEZ protestors
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3 months
@AvaSantina and I will be live again from 9pm!
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We are live from the media spin room at Broadcasting House. Watch NOW
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2 years
The #JustStopOil Coalition’s #OccupyWestminster begins:
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Today, I was stationed at Windsor as part of @SW_Londoner ’s coverage of the Queen’s funeral. You can watch our interviews of those who came to pay their respects here:
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Peter-John Wailes, 63, served in the RAF Regiment and came to Windsor to express his appreciation for the Queen. “I’ve come to say goodbye to the boss, because I worked for her. “Lots of memories, but good memories, so it’s just a farewell.”
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I wrote about the men deradicalising other men on Reddit for @HUCKmagazine . Thanks to @daisy_schofield for her edits!
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1 year
*Pearl voice* I’m a sheep 😭🐑
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2 years
After a month of Just Stop Oil protests, I spoke to protestors, Jeremy Corbyn, and the Head of Media and Communications at LSE to discover whether this form of civil disobedience can be effective when it seems to incite so much public derision:
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Is demolishing Captain Tom’s spa NIMBYism? Feeling conflicted 😩😔
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And, being part of the backstage team with @seannhickey at the PoliticsJOE live show, helmed by the amazing @OliDugmore , at the Apollo Theatre
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Spoke to @DanielKebedeNEU for @PoliticsJOE_UK . You can watch the full interview here:
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"We are in the midst of a deep recruitment and retention crisis." NEU General Secretary Daniel Kebede: Labour must award teachers an above-inflation pay rise.
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A few weeks ago I attended London ComicCon as part of an exploration into the explosion of cosplaying on TikTok during the pandemic. You can watch Fan-demic here:
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2 years
Great chat with @NEGSaunders about International Relations! Thanks to @calflyn for the commission 📚📖
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Five Books
2 years
New: Five books on International Relations War, diplomacy, and foreign affairs perforate our news on a daily basis, @NEGSaunders recommends five books that will introduce readers to the field of international relations. Byline: @LauraBeveridge7
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Laura Beveridge
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I answered the eternal question of “which coffee shop makes the best PSL?” for @myldn , where I’ll be writing every Friday for the next wee while!
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PoliticsJOE back at it again:
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2 years
“Their working conditions are our learning conditions” is a refrain I heard repeatedly as I created this video piece about the #UCU HE strikes. Why were staff striking and why were many students supporting them?
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Laura Beveridge
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So, I made at Tik Tok speaking to the amazing fans at London Comic Con this weekend: #TikTok
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Laura Beveridge
1 year
A Scottish guy and an Irish guy walk into a pub(cast)….watch the new ep to find out what happens 😤
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Our content guy @seannhickey made his Pubcast debut this week, and got so hyped talking about the green transition he outed himself as a windmill shagger.
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2 years
Short-lived things that still outlasted Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor NB: The jokes in this article are mine, but headlines need SEO, I guess 🤷‍♀️
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Laura Beveridge
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Independent student journalism is so important: not only for representing the voices of the student body, but for fostering journalistic talent! I was lucky enough to be one of the paper's editors and I can assure supporting its GoFundMe is a worthwhile cause 🗞️
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The Saint
6 months
The Saint is an essential source within the St Andrews community for news and for students to experience working for a newspaper. However, we are struggling to keep up with the costs of staying in print. Visit our GoFundMe to learn more and help.
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@edcmpbl 🎉🎉
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Laura Beveridge
3 years
Today marked the 250th issue release of The Saint - an issue I had the privilege of writing the cover story for. I interviewed the four candidates for the NE Fife seat.
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Received an exciting - and unexpected - email today which announced that I have been awarded the Professor Paul Wilkinson Prize for graduating “top” of my class @univofstandrews with a degree in International Relations!
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‘Young party members want to challenge Conservative stereotypes. And, while they may be from the South of England - London to be exact - they are definitely not middle-aged and not all male. So, what’s the story, young London-based Tory?’
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“The rink is nestled between CitiBank and One Canada Square, making you feel like the protagonist in a Hallmark Christmas film whose only purpose in life is to convince a grinch-y, but ultimately kind-hearted, banker about the joy of the festive season.”
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Spending the day interviewing those in central London about the Queen and their connection to her for @SW_Londoner
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The Londoners
2 years
Former Royal Engineer George Lamplough, 54, speaks to our journalists about Queen Elizabeth II's connection to the British Armed Forces
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The tax system’s design, so that capital gains are taxed at 20% and income at 40, only serves to entrench the new class divide: between asset-owners and workers 😗✌️
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Jack Elsom
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BREAK: Rishi Sunak paid half a million in tax last year. Tax returns show the PM paid £508,308 in the year 2022/23
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Possibly our most unfiltered episode yet…
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From stripping to stand up and her eventual diagnosis with autism. Our guest on Unfiltered with @OliDugmore this week is @FernBrady 🎧 Listen now –
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Sit in at Charing Cross as crowds chant ‘stop bombing Gaza’ and ‘ceasefire now’
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I had the honour of interviewing Dr Fiona Hill in yesterday’s edition of The Saint. We discussed her journey from St Andrews to the Trump White House. Read here:
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Although I left @thesaintonline in January to focus on my dissertation, I am delighted to have won this award for a piece I wrote last year 🥳🍾🎉
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Student Publication Association
2 years
Our Best Scottish Political Piece of the year is ‘Meet North East Fife’s Candidates: Scottish Parliamentary Elections 2021’, penned by Laura Beveridge for @thesaintonline ! #SPARC22
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2 years
Happy to have helped interview some of Raab’s constituents for this shoot:
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2 years
Dominic Raab's constituency of Esher and Walton has been blue since the 1950s. His constituents tell us why he'll be the first Tory to lose the seat.
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Exciting day @thesaintonline as we were on the press rota for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s visit to St Andrews.
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@JDunnWilson @PoliticsJoe And all of production, of course!!!
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@PoliticsJoe Produced by me, presented by @OliDugmore , and shot by Oli Johnson
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2 years
Fantastic conversation on the politics of nature and place from two academics I was lucky enough to learn from at St Andrews:
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A really important conversation between @PoliticsJOE_UK and Laura Bates:
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Watch full interview: And buy Laura Bates' book now out in paperback: Fix the System, Not the Women
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The people of Liverpool have spoken
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"An educated chancer." "A Tory in a red tie." We asked Scousers to describe Keir Starmer while Labour conference was going on down the road.
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Aside from the ridiculously short journey, it’s disturbing the government is constructing the image that they are at war with people, largely, fleeing it or some other form of violence.
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A 19.4 mile journey
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3 years
Thank you to @ClaraPonsati for agreeing to be interviewed by myself and the resulting great read!
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Clara Ponsatí
3 years
Fa uns dies vam conversar amb @thesaintonline , el diari independent estudiantil de la Universitat de St. Andrews. A few days ago we chatted with @thesaintonline , the University of St Andrews' independent student newspaper.
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Laura Beveridge
2 years
What a great way to spend the afternoon! Idea for @RoryStewartUK ’s book title: Ext-Rory-Dinary Politics 🤔
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Iain Dale
2 years
It starts today! ⁦ @RoryStewartUK ⁩ at 4.30pm at the EICC.
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Laura Beveridge
2 years
A special thanks to my wonderful professors: Dr Gabriella Slomp, @Pad_egan , @rkrystalli , @v_paipais , @NEGSaunders , Dr Faye Donnelly, and Dr Aurora Ganz 🍾🎉✨
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Laura Beveridge
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Since Just Stop Oil are back in the headlines, I wrote about their campaign at the end of October after joining them on a march:
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Just stop oil? Or JUST STOP…
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Laura Beveridge
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@MaureenMclean01 @Feargal_Sharkey @ChrisGPackham @GreenJennyJones @PJennings88 @GBNEWS @itvmeridian @BBCLondonNews Hi Maureen, I'm a journalist with PoliticsJOE. Would we have your permission to include this clip (credited) in a short film on sewage? Thank you!
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Laura Beveridge
4 years
“Today, guest writer Laura Beveridge offers an alternative perspective to last week’s article, ‘Financial Discrimination Through Scottish University Tuition Fees.’“ Thank you to the St Andrew’s Law Review for publishing.
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Shooter: Sam Sharrocks
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