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Studying at a university in the UK will set you back around £9,250 a year – and up to £39,475 for International students. These tuition fees don’t factor in other costs, like accommodation, living, travel, and studying materials.
So it’s no surprise that, during the coronavirus pandemic, students haven’t been best pleased with how much they’re paying, considering many have switched to online teaching. Lectures have gone digital, and many hands-on practical components of people’s courses have been paused during lockdown.
Anna Jones, 20, a Cardiff university student, says it’s been even trickier for those who aren’t able to work part-time. “Most students live off their loans, but many need jobs on top to keep themselves going,” she tells HuffPost UK. “Coronavirus has meant part-time work in pubs, cafés, shops and restaurants where students usually work are non-existent because they’re all closed, leaving students jobless and hopeless.”
Kilbride based Centre for Creative Practises has launched a diversity series celebrating the work of migrant and culturally diverse artists living in Ireland.
The new online series is called Against the Odds2 and is part of the Centre for Creative Practices (CFCP) annual New Voices of Ireland series. Now in its eight-year, the New Voices of Ireland Series is an annual project that provides a platform for migrant and culturally diverse artists to present their work to the wider community. The initiative is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.
The award-winning CFCP is a not for profit organisation is dedicated to connecting, integrating, and promoting migrant and culturally diverse artists and inter-cultural arts practices in Ireland, having been established in 2009.
19February 2021
Nadiah Adu-Gyamfi has always been interested in the spaces between cultures and sounds. Growing up, the London-based artist would walk through New Cross on her way to school, passing Goldsmiths, where Blur’s “Parklife” would be blasting out the student’s union, before crossing the road to hear muffled dub bass vibrations coming from the local Cumin Up. “I guess I’ve always grown up sandwiched between British culture and African and Caribbean Black culture,” she explains.
One half of electronic duo NULA, which she formed in 2017 along with friend and fellow Goldsmiths graduate Luke Osbourne, Adu-Gyamfi channels the classic sounds of her gospel and soul forebears, as well as the warm, velvety tones of R&B and the electronic alchemy of 90s groups like Portishead and Massive Attack. The music oozes with quiet lust and introspection. On “Moon Chasing”, Adu-Gyamfi’s voice is like velvet as she sings, “
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