Rebecca Meredith, one of the two debaters who faced sexist heckling at the Glasgow University Union, makes the case for feminism following her experience in dealing with the media and the online abuse she has received since her story came to light.

Last Friday marked International Women's Day. In...

At a debating competition at the Glasgow University Union last weekend, Cambridge debater Rebecca Meredith and her debating partner from Edinburgh University Marlena Valles were subjected to sexist comments and heckling as they were competing in the final. In this piece, Rebecca tells her story:

In the past three days...

Henry Lawton is a candidate for the M.Phil in International Relations at Jesus College. He has published a number of journal articles on different elements of contemporary U.S. foreign policy; including special operations raids in Afghanistan and Pakistan, tensions with Iran and the use of social media to monitor Human...

Ben Kentish, President of the Cambridge Union Society, explains why Marine Le Pen was invited to talk on Tuesday 19 February

Marine Le Pen's talk at the Cambridge Union last week unsurprisingly divided opinion. There was a protest by Unite Against Fascism and one of the NUS campaign groups, and...

Last week, members of the Cambridge Union voted to reject the motion that "This House Would Fight For Queen And Country" after speeches from Dan Jarvis MP, Kevan Jones MP, Michael Codnor of RUSI among others.

Last week the Cambridge Union welcomed Professor Richard Dawkins and the former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams among others to debate the role of religion in the 21st Century.

Tim Squirrell, a second year natural sciences student at Churchill argues that we would be better off without religion.

Glen Watson gives his views on the EU Youth Unemployment Crisis and how life outside the Cambridge bubble is not easy for young people:

The job-related hurdles facing today's young people are well-documented. With youth unemployment at an all-time high, combined with deep cuts to higher education, the...

Last Thursday evening, the Cambridge Union hosted a debate about multiculturalism in Britain. Chris Romalds, a postgraduate student in Development Studies, explores the reasons why multiculturalism could be said to be failing. Sarah Garland, a second year English student at Newnham College, argues that despite its problems, multiculturalism has not...

Oliver Jackson, a current student at Christ's College, Cambridge, considers whether Britain's two most prominent educational establishments can be said to have failed the country.

How has it come to this? Our current prime minister, his Chancellor, the deputy prime minister, the leader of the opposition, his Shadow Chancellor, and...

On Thursday evening, the topic for discussion at the Cambridge Union Society was the justification for humanitarian military intervention. Edward Delman and Mark Nelson, both postgraduate students and Cambridge University, argue in proposition and in opposition of the motion respectively.

Edward writes:

It has now been exactly 20 months since...

Mike Black, a current student of law at Madgalene College, Cambridge, and a former President of the Cambridge Union, argues why it is so essential that Barack Obama continues for a second term as president of the United States.

2012 feels like a heavy comedown for those of us who...

James Counsell, former Union President and current member of the CULC Commitee, writes in favour of the motion:

Despite sitting happily on the centre left, I follow J. S. Mill's lead in considering an effective Conservative party to be essential for a healthy democracy. The worst excesses of the...

Joseph Bates, former editor of the Cambridge Tab and founder of Filthy Lucre, and Siana Bangura of CamFM debate this week's Cambridge Union Society motion.

Joe writes:

Companies exist to earn their shareholders money. Everything else is just fluff.

Because of our romantic attachment to the intangible idea of...

This week, the Cambridge Union will be welcoming members veteran and new for the first debate of full term. Chris Page, CUSU Welfare and Rights Officer, and James Mottram, CUCA Committee member, argue for and against the motion respectively.

Chris writes:

When we say that capitalism has failed, I...

On Thursday 27 September, the Cambridge Union, in conjunction with Deloitte, are hosting a debate on the green agenda and corporate social responsibility. Here, two of our members write on the subject.

Richard Chew, a recent graduate of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, gives an insight into why British politics isn't as broken as one might think:

In May this year Nick Clegg described the British Establishment as "broken". He linked phone hacking and police corruption to banking and MPs' expenses. At the height...

Izzy Braithwaite, a student at Clare College, Cambridge, writes:

I have always liked food. At my 2nd birthday party, I sang 'Happy Cake' instead of 'Happy Birthday.' And I'd agree with George Bernard Shaw that "there is no sincerer love than the love of food." But - whilst I still...

Patrick Kirkham, a student at Pembroke College, Cambridge, writes:

Avid readers of the Huffington Post may have noticed an article that was published at the end of July that detailed a report by anti-immigration group Migration Watch which found that 60,000 "bogus" students entered the UK in 2011,...

Kieran Dodds writes on the Pussy Riot verdict:

In passing, Vladimir Putin - bear wrestler, amateur judoka, sometime crooner - cuts an almost comedic figure. There's always something, it seems, that prevents us from taking the ex-KGB man too seriously, just as when we think of Kim Jong-il, that...

Tanya Goldhaber, a PhD candidate in Engineering at Cambridge University, writes why it's not too late to inspire a generation

As is now common knowledge, the Olympocalypse failed to materialise. After months of panicked headlines in every national newspaper and Boris Johnson's voice cheerfully reminding us not to take the...