Queen’s University Belfast Set to Be Demolished to Make Room for More Student Accommodation.
QUB recently announced that the university building would be demolished and remodelled, providing 500 new student flats
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Welcome to thebigfish, inaugurated in 2025 to mark 70 years of independent student journalism. Our motley selection of the less reported; local scoops, gossip, spins and over-hearings… all in this section! Watch out soon for The Hood – the return of a Gown classic!
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The Bachelorette in Hatfield
Conor Mallon recounts how all great love stories start; on the eternally sticky dancefloor of Hatfield nightclub on a Tuesday.
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Christ Has Risen… and So Have My Blood Sugar Levels
Ellen Lundy comically reports on how the true meaning of Easter Sunday may have become lost in translation through the advent of the Easter Egg.
Opinion
Clough Says NO to Garlic
Caitlín Small investigates the denizens of the small village of Clough, South Down.
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Sometimes, I wish I was a sheep
Ellen Lundy expresses her occasional desire to be a sheep.
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Translink to launch Ylink training scheme to instruct students on how to tap their cards correctly
Katie McShane writes on Translink's new and innovative approach.
Editors Pick
What do you mean I have to cancel my vacation to Slave Land?
Caitlín Small laments the loss of Dubai as a realistic tourist destination, given recent events.
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Dear Students, Stop Texting ChatGPT at 3am for Academic Booty Calls.
Ellen Lundy details a tale as old as time. Young lovers torn apart by wanting different things from the relationship – the only difference now-a-days is that one half of the relationship runs on code.
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QUB Discovers the Criminal Cancellation Theorem
The Hood reports on a new mathematical discovery from QUB research… except this experimentation might be a little defamatory for the university. They're certainly keeping this mathematical breakthro…
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Wannabe Hero Helps Others Equip Oxygen Mask Before Fastening His Own
Satire writer, Patrick Ryan, details a harrowing plane crash over the Atlantic and how some passengers are more concerned with social etiquette than impending doom.
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Fetch the engines
Conor Mallon explores what a typical day looks like for a Queen's student just trying to get their degree whilst battling a severe hangover and the McClay library's sensitive fire alarm system.
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Queen’s Students Baffled by the Concept of Personal Hygiene and Demand Course on ’How to Cope with Adulting’.
Flynn Nugent explains how some Queen's students are campaigning for classes on 'adulting' as they feel unprepared to cope with life beyond the Holylands.
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Woland in Stormont: An Embarrassing Defeat
If The Master and Margarita was set in local political environs: an article by Carmen Gray.
Opinion
Orange-Tinted Glasses
Caitlin Small details how the Queen's University experience may not exactly be her type on paper…
Features
A Study in the Wild: Queen’s Students in Their Natural Habitat
In an amusing observation of a Queen's University Belfast student, the narrative highlights their chaotic academic life marked by procrastination and social pursuits. Despite claiming to be overwhelme…
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The Hood
The Hood is back – read what Queen's resident Gossip Gal has to say about the dirty dealings happening within our university community…
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Erasmus U-turn Criticised as “Beneficial” for Education
Daniel Rankin reports on the return of Erasmus and the suspiciously European aftertaste of sovereignty.
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12 Pubs of Christmas Organisers Not Abiding by the F*cking Rules
12 Pubs are an annual rite of passage for Belfast students. But they just never go to plan, do they?
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McClay Study Room Marked Green Actually a Silent Study Desk – “Treacherous”, Says Student
The Big Fish write on the trickery of the Queen's Online room-booking system.
Features
Vogue called – boyfriends are out, and The Gown could not agree more.
Katie McShane explores how *that* infamous Vogue article resonates with us here at The Gown more than most.
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Growing Pains: Is Northern Ireland an Awkward Teen?
Cassie Connolly compares the state of Northern Ireland to a teenager; anxious, angry and awkward.
Features
All Sports Are Equal (Except Within These Walls)
Chloe details the sporting politics of Queen's… and how its plastic barriers may not be the only thing keeping students from gaining access.
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Holylands Students Told to Brace for Groundbreaking “Outdoor” Fireworks
A new invention emerges on the streets of the 'lands.