The Beacon Digest is the online publication of The Beacon, dedicated to bringing alternative journalism and advocacy on human rights issues to light. By featuring interactive, ‘digestible’, multimedia student contributions, we aim to promote dialogue and thought around pertinent problems facing humanity through various means of exposition.
We recognise that some of the best ideas transcend letters, numbers, and prose, oftentimes expressible only through creative facets. This is the exact reason Beacon Digest was created: to publish compositions across various mediums and topics related to human rights, in a digital environment that amplifies passionate voices fighting for justice, equality, and humanity.
We welcome all kinds of submissions, from poetry, films, and paintings, to essays, music, and graphic art. There are no restrictions when it comes to the kind of work we publish on the Beacon Digest as we believe in making use of the versatility of digital publications to allow for multiple narratives and perspectives to shine and reach a wider audience.
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All Take and No Give: Tax Avoidance as a Human Rights Violation
Azaad Sadiq The Covid-19 pandemic has upended the global economy, and several British companies have felt this impact. In the past few days, Debenhams has gone into administration, while Richard Branson, CEO of Virgin, has requested financial aid from the government. On the one hand, such a request is understandable, given that Virgin Atlantic forms Read more
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The COVID-19 Pandemic: London’s Responsibility to its Homeless Population
Max Hammer Across many sectors, the British government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has failed to inspire confidence. The problems reach far beyond the government’s initial “herd immunity” strategy, an approach that it dropped only after a report revealed that the policy would lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths (Kelly, 2020). They can, in Read more
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Class Attendance: Compliance or Coercion?
Rajaa Saleem Sahgal With a firm grip on my folder and my documents organized in the likelihood of being examined, I await my turn in the mazelike queue. A man awaits me with a stern expression, deciding whether to give me one stamp that would guarantee the security of my status as a student. I Read more
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Second Class Citizenship: Examining the Home Office’s Conduct in Controversial Cases
Azaad Sadiq Last February saw two developments that may initially appear unrelated from each other, but whose connection becomes more apparent upon closer examination. Shamima Begum lost the first stage of her appeal against the Home Office’s decision to strip her of British citizenship on the 7th, and days later, a charter flight landed in Read more
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A Vision for ESOL, a Vision to Shape Your London Life
Tom Kirkham ‘Take the first step on a journey that will take you further than you ever imagined. We have ambitious plans in place and our Emerging Talent programmes are a massive part of that’ (British Airways, “Emerging Talent Programme” advertisement). Ok, but… are there any vacancies? Few would deny that a working knowledge of Read more
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Sexist Brexit and Human Rights: How Brexit Threatens Not Only the Rights of Women, But All Hard-Won Human Rights Achievements
Jakob Nehls Three men and one woman sit on a podium, answer questions and talk about Brexit. This is either the beginning of a bad joke or an ordinary event at the LSE. In fact, on Monday evening (17 Feb.), LSE professors Sara Hobolt, Tony Travers and Erik Berglof, as well as University of Buckingham’s Read more
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