http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk The official website of Redbrick, University of Birmingham student newspaper. Thu, 17 May 2012 10:15:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/maldonado-reigns-in-spain/ http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/maldonado-reigns-in-spain/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 16:39:52 +0000 Redbrick http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=47021
James Froom looks at Pastor Maldonado's victory for Williams and the fire which engulfed the team's paddock in their post-race celebrations...]]> http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/maldonado-reigns-in-spain/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/the-gadget-show-live-2012-roundup/ http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/the-gadget-show-live-2012-roundup/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 12:54:54 +0000 Sam Atkins http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=47073
Making our way towards the NEC for this year’s Gadget Show Live, the Redbrick Tech Team were hoping to be amazed. We wanted to be blown away by some inventive piece of hardware that would redefine our preconceptions, but perhaps our expectations were just little too high. Now in its fourth year, The Gadget Show [...]]]> http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/the-gadget-show-live-2012-roundup/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/review-journey/ http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/review-journey/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 12:40:07 +0000 Ruth Bradley http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=47065
Journey is a little indie game that has been receiving huge amounts amount of critical attention recently, and with good reason. For  a short game, only taking about two hours to complete, it managed to grab our attention and stays with you once you've finished. The story is truly epic as you travel across a [...]]]> http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/review-journey/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/redbrick-on-the-week-40/ http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/redbrick-on-the-week-40/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 20:57:42 +0000 Freddie Herzog http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=46959
Greek elections crisisAfter days of uncertainty following elections, Greek President Karolos Papoulias has held talks with leaders of the country's smaller parties on forming a coalition averting new elections. Consultations earlier in the day with leaders of the three biggest parties failed when Alexis Tsipras, of the radical left Syriza, rejected any deal. Syriza also [...]]]> http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/redbrick-on-the-week-40/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/education-shorts-13th-may-2012/ http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/education-shorts-13th-may-2012/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 15:12:50 +0000 Patrick McGhee http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=46937
UK 10th best at providing higher educationA report ranked the UK as 10th best at providing higher education in a survey of 48 countries this week. The study, carried out by the global network of research universities Universitas 21, placed the UK in second place for research and 27th for spending on higher education. Overall, [...]]]> http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/education-shorts-13th-may-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/britains-got-the-same-talent/ http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/britains-got-the-same-talent/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 16:39:16 +0000 Russell Webb http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=46924
Every year I think that it is going to be different and every year I am disappointed. Of course I’m talking about the Britain’s Got Talent semi-finals that just happen to, once again – for about the hundredth year in a row – be centred on singers, with a side order of dancers. Of course, [...]]]> http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/britains-got-the-same-talent/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/shouting-at-a-camera-pilot-on-the-subject-of-love/ http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/shouting-at-a-camera-pilot-on-the-subject-of-love/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 14:01:43 +0000 Andy Peck http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=46852 http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/shouting-at-a-camera-pilot-on-the-subject-of-love/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/bored-of-the-hordes/ http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/bored-of-the-hordes/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 13:20:50 +0000 Charlotte Lytton http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=46847
There was a time when fresh, original drama was at the forefront of British television. But not only has the incessant output of programming put a stop to that, but now competing channels are running virtually identical shows. And the subject of these fascinating, side-by-side documentaries? Hoarding. Yes, that’s correct, people too lazy to walk [...]]]> http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/bored-of-the-hordes/feed/ 0 http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/ten-things-to-do-in-a-24-hour-library/ http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/ten-things-to-do-in-a-24-hour-library/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 09:00:49 +0000 Andy Peck http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=46671
With the best will in the world, most students looking to spend the early hours of the morning working inevitably find there are more enticing activities they could be doing, such as sleeping. As such, between two and six in the morning the place is blissfully quiet, deserted but for the forlorn looking individuals who [...]]]> http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/ten-things-to-do-in-a-24-hour-library/feed/ 9 http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/redbrick-on-the-week-39/ http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/redbrick-on-the-week-39/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 20:31:02 +0000 Freddie Herzog http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/?p=46468
Socialist Francois Hollande was elected on Sunday night as France’s new president, defeating incumbent Nicolas Sarcozy. Hollande received about 52 per cent of votes in Sunday's run-off, according to early projections, against 48 per cent for centre-right Sarkozy. Mr Sarkozy has admitted defeat, saying: ‘Francois Hollande is the president of France and he must be [...]]]> http://www.redbrickpaper.co.uk/2012/05/redbrick-on-the-week-39/feed/ 0