B.E. Education

PepsiCo Event Round-Up with Yemi from B.E.

The career fair was a way to increase awareness of the career opportunities PepsiCo offers among black students. PepsiCo wanted to connect these students with successful people and educate them on what the roles required and how they could be successful if any of these students happened to join PepsiCo.

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B.E. Politics

After the BLM March, What’s Next??

The callous murder of George Floyd sent out palpable shock-waves all over the world. Yet through all this I can’t help but ask myself why? Why now? Injustice, brutality and a lack of accountability are no strangers to black and allied communities. But for the first time in a long time it is undeniable that things feel different.

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B.E. Education

My Life as An International Student pt. 2

In the first part of this series, I wrote about my preparation for travel and arrival. In this one, I would like to introduce you to university move-in and the first few weeks of school. Move-in day is the day you move into your university accommodation. One thing that helped with my first interaction with my flatmates was to leave my door open…

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B.E. Education

My Life as An International Student

For context, my introverted extrovert perspective just explains me as an individual. Even amongst my group of friends, I may sometimes be the social butterfly or in lighter terms “the life of the party” (I enjoy when people around me have a good time and everybody is involved in the group), other times I shy away from human contact

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B.E. Inspired

Why we need more black people in Magistrate court roles in the UK

According to the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary website, “Magistrates (also known as justices of the peace) are 21,500 volunteer judicial office holders who serve in magistrates’ courts throughout England and Wales”. Anyone aged 18 and above can qualify as a magistrate and the retirement age is 70.

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