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Recently Politics and Law students from USP College had the privilege of visiting the Houses of Parliament and meeting with our local MP for Castlepoint, Rebecca Harris. This experience allowed us to get a valuable insight into the day-to-day life and experience of those involved in the heart of UK politics. While inside, we were given the opportunity to have a tour of the two legislative chambers within parliament. We were able to observe parts of sittings which were being h

Virgin Trains has been approved to challenge Eurostar on Channel Tunnel services with services slated to start in 2030, marking a return to the UK rail scene for Virgin after 6 years.

On the first open evening in Palmer's for this academic year, we hosted a mock election where parents and prospective students could vote for their preferred party. In this article, European Parliament Junior Ambassador Luke Devlin will make an analysis of the votes and compare them to the current opinion polls.

At last night's (16th October 2025) open evening for USP College Palmer's Campus, EPAS at USP College showcased a brand new plaque dedicated to USP (Unified Seevic Palmer's) College's founder William Palmer, who founded it as a charity school for the poor children of Grays in Thurrock, Essex, in 1706.

Some of our newly recruited European Parliament Junior Ambassadors from USP College visited Europe House in Westminster, London on October 3rd to participate in a workshop hosted by EPAS UK coordinator Asher Jacobsberg. The educational session focused on the history and institutions of the EU, the role and function of the European Parliament, and debating contemporary issues and priorities in the UK and the EU.

When the Channel Tunnel project was completed in 1997, and High Speed 1 opened in 2007, hopes were high for a more integrated European rail network to fight against the rise of pollutant budget airlines. However, there is still much work ahead for the European Union to truly integrate railway services together.

On 3 October, Germany will celebrate a significant national holiday: Tag der deutschen Einheit (or ‘Day of German Unity’). This day...

As last academic year came to a close, the EPAS group at USP agreed on a new way to run the EPAS at USP website. It was agreed that from...

The European Parliament has produced its end-of-year report for the European Parliament Ambassador School Programme at USP College, granting the college official accreditation as a European Parliament Ambassador School for the fifth year in a row, praising the "truly commendable" and "remarkable" work of the college's European Parliament Ambassadors!

On Saturday, 30 August 2025, European Parliament ambassadors Erdem Gultekin, Jayden O'Brien and Sebastian Rapley Mende paid a visit to Southend-on-Sea to attend the 2025 installation of Southend City Jam, the largest street art festival in the UK.