Bulseye

26/01/2022

After a welcome break, BulsEye are back for semester 2!

Our first article of the new semester, Holly Mapana presents a poignant reflection on what exactly it means to be Black.

As always, feel free to come to us with articles you have written or ideas you want to write about!

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14/10/2021

It’s coming to the time where estate agents will be pressuring students into securing their uni house, you may have already encountered one, or perhaps others have told you that if you don’t get a house soon, there will be none left before you need to move in. This is simply not true. It is currently October 2021, and the new school year doesn’t begin until September 2022, which is almost a year in the future, so there’s no rush!

Students are often pressured into contracts that leave them susceptible to issues during their tenancy, including rat infestations, broken furniture, faulty heating and unfair costs from greedy landlords. Due to a lack of awareness surrounding housing rights for young people, students are left in the dark when it comes to signing tenancy agreements, so here are some dos and don’ts that can help protect you and inform you of some of your basic housing rights!

Check the article on our website, and look out for leaflets appearing soon…

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08/10/2021

This year, we are hoping to centre Black voices in our second issue of our Black History Month Magazine.

Until the 31st of October, we will be accepting and publishing articles and artwork that focus on Black history and issues.

The theme for BHM 2021 is Proud To Be, so we would particularly be interested in articles that celebrate different Black identities, achievements and contributions.

If you’re interested, you can contribute,

Opinion pieces
Personal essays
Lifestyle essays
Political writing
Art & photography

Or alternatively, we are looking for quotes from Black students that resonate with the theme, Proud to Be.

At the end of the month, all submitted articles will be available both online and in print. There is the option of donating to the Reach Out Project, a mentoring programme to support young Black boys from inner-city London.

If you want to get involved, you can email:
[email protected]

03/09/2021

Bulseye is BACK!

Summer may have ended as quickly as it began, but there’s nothing like some good old leftie journalism to shake off the September blues!
We’re so excited to be back up and running with a brand new editorial team. Introducing:
Dean Turner (Editor)
Jess Wilson (Editor)
Samir Sehgal (Party Editor)
Nia Brace (Local Editor)
Sundus Abdi (Polsis In Colour Editor)
Hamdi Rage (Features Editor)
Hannah Bettelley (Current Affairs Editor)
During term time we’ll be publishing new content on a rolling basis to bring you opinion pieces, current affairs, Labour Party business, Birmingham and UOB news, and updates from Polsis In Colour.
Watch this space for information on a new Bulseye podcast from George Shealy...
If you would like to contribute to Bulseye, please email [email protected], we’d love to include your work in the mag!
Thanks so much for sticking with us, we hope to see you back here very soon!
Love and solidarity,
The Bulseye Team

01/02/2021

We’re back and hoping to commemorate LGBTQ history month with a dedicated feature in our Winter Edition! 🏳️‍🌈🎯

If you’ve got any related material you want to be published for the student Left to read, please send to [email protected]

The deadline is the 25th of Feb 🎯

22/10/2020

There’s only a few days to go for you to submit your work to [email protected] in order to feature in our Black History Month issue! The deadline is 26th of October - best of luck, the BulsEye team 🎯

10/10/2020

The first article for our Black History Month edition comes from former Guild President Joshua Williams who writes about universities lack of support for Black students and the Black Lives Matter movement.

Black Lives Matter: It is time for Universities to move beyond tokenistic support by Joshua Williams

01/10/2020

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We want to contribute to the great tradition of Black History Month as we understand its importance and immediacy.

From now until the 26th of Ocotber, we will be accepting and publishing articles and artwork relevant to Black History Month and make sure UOB students from all backgrounds are enriched in this fantastic tradition.

At the end of Black History Month we will publish all your work in a print issue which you can buy! All money made off of this print issue will go to the Black Curriculum, a charity endorsed by BLM that looks to promote Black British History.

As always, if you want to send us art or written work to go onto our website and the print issue, send your work to:

[email protected]

Check out our website BHM-freindly website revamp here: https://www.bulseye.co.uk/bulseye

For more information on the Black Curriculum visit their website:

https://www.theblackcurriculum.com

BulsEye Magazine

07/09/2020

We’ve made a list of all our articles on this edition for you lovely people 😉

Features:

* From Casualisation to Coronavirus - A statement on the working and learning conditions at the University of Birmingham, by the Women and Non-binary Students Association Intersectional Feminist Campaign.�

* Making the distinction between exploitation and liberation? - ‘’I May Destroy You’’, by Megan Cole�

* Council Councillors deserve Counselling? By Jennifer Maidment��

* BBC repeating Racial Slurs, by Hamdi Rage�

* At least Wiley taught me a lesson. Sort of. By George Aminoff �

* Remembering Holocaust survivours, by Natasha Hertz�

* Trip to Edinburgh, by Jonathan Korn�

* Care4Calais: Tia Bush describes the situation, by Tia Bush and BulsEye

Dear Men on the Left:

* The real trash is the patriarchy we made along the way, by Jessie Wilson�

Comment:

* Should we cancel cancel culture?� how effective is 'cancelling', especially in politics, and is it a legitimate means of holding people to account, by Nia Brace �

* Terfs don't belong in the labour party, by Megan Cole �

* COVID article, by Henry Snowballs �

* Lib Dem leadership, by Patrick Gilbert �

* Gender piece, by Ellen Wright�

Economics:

* The Economic Case for Tackling Climate Change, by Jude Stafford�

* An Insight into Income and Wealth Inequality in the UK, by Megan Cole�

World:

* US Congressional elections, by Lewis Quinn�

* Race, Class and the Coup in Bolivia, by George Shealy

* Can you place Rwanda on a map? By Jennifer Maidment �

You know the drill:

07/09/2020

The second edition of BulsEye is finally here! 🎯

From Bolivia, to Edinburgh, to the corners of the Twitterverse, the latest edition of BulsEye covers all bases! Check it out now!

A big thanks and special mention goes to WANBA and JSOC for contributing to this issue - solidarity!

If you would like to see our Fight Against anti-Semitism feature then follow the link below and go to 'Features' to see those articles!

07/08/2020

BULSEYE BROADCAST! 🎯🚨

We are launching our 2nd Edition on the 7th of September! We are excited for this next edition for many reasons, one of those being JSOC’s agreement to collaborate with us. With their help we are diversifying our magazine’s creators and dedicating a feature to the fight against Anti-Semitism.

Do you want to be a part of our 2nd edition?

If you have any artwork or articles you would like to see put on show by the magazine, send your submissions to [email protected]

The writing brief:

- Articles that are appropriate for a left-wing publication.
- Word limit of around 800 words.
- Anything suitable for our sections which cover comment, feature, world news and economics.
- If you want to write something for our fight against Anti-Semitism feature, or would like to write something about Jewish culture and history, please feel free!

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS ON THE 1ST OF SEPTEMBER

27/07/2020

Co-editor Megan Cole writes about Michaela Coel’s new BBC drama “I May Destroy You”

Making the Distinction Between Liberation and Exploitation? - "I May Destroy You" by Megan Cole