Students are crucial to Lacuna Magazine. Since we launched we have employed a team of undergraduate and postgraduate students each year to work with our editor in paid weekly shifts to draft, format and promote our stories.
Thank you to all our alumni
Sarah Bamberger
Sarah is a Politics and International Studies student at the University of Warwick, passionate about inequality research and sub-Saharan African politics.
Combating inequalities is at the forefront of her personal and professional aspirations. Through being part of Lacuna’s editorial team but also through her involvement in charities on and off campus, she hopes to expose and remedy some of today’s injustices.
Clementine Burg
Clementine Burg is a Management student at Warwick University, passionate in marketing. Having spent several years participating in Model United Nation she is passionate about inequality and conflict in the Middle East.
Azaria Eddy
Azaria is a Global Sustainable Development and Sociology student at the University of Warwick. She is from New Zealand and is passionate about exploring sustainable food pathways and indigenous knowledge systems. In her free time, she enjoys experimenting with recipes, reading, and going on walks in nature.
Jieun Lee
Jieun is a MSc Business with Marketing student at the University of Warwick, with a keen interest in women’s rights in Asia. Having spent four years at a women’s university in South Korea, she gained profound insights and a deep commitment to advocating for marginalized communities. She aspires to contribute to addressing global inequality by crafting authentic and impactful marketing messages that promote truth and fairness.
Bella is a BA Politics, Philosophy, and Law student at the University of Warwick with a keen interest in social justice and politics. She is particularly interested in the study of ideologies and identity, the philosophy of art, and decolonisation. Aside from academics, she enjoys pistachio ice cream, period dramas, and Tori Amos.
Alice Zhang
Alice is a BSc Accounting and Finance student at the University of Warwick. She loves consuming and creating thoughtful content in various forms, whether it be in art or literature. Raising awareness of social issues, particularly topics covering mental health and identity is important to her. She finds creative mediums incredibly effective in doing so. In her spare time, she enjoys listening to audiobooks and watching movies with friends.
Ellie Stocker
Ellie is a BA English and Theatre student at the University of Warwick with a passion in visuals and how art is a language to express intangible ideas. Having grown up with first hand exposure to politics and larger conflicts, her interests also encompass more introspective ideas such as psychology and ideology. When she’s not at work, she can likely be found doing marketing for other shows or attempting to finally get started on a long-term graphic novel.
Esther Ofulue is an LLB Law student at the University of Warwick. She is passionate about social justice and hopes to use the law to facilitate this. She is particularly interested in advocacy and how language can be constructed to challenge the status quo.
An award-winning journalist with a passion for Africa, young people, innovation and storytelling. Karen is a Common Wealth Scholar at the University of Warwick currently pursuing an MSC in Humanitarian Engineering with Management. In her spare time, you can find her drinking a cup of tea, binging on the latest series, researching fashion trends or listening to afro beats. Sometimes she likes to go to the gym, sometimes she doesn’t.
Oreofe Morakinyo
Oreofe Morakinyo is an English and creative writing student at the University of Warwick. She works with Lacuna as an artist/illustrator.
Gurpreet Dhaliwal won the Writing Wrongs Schools’ Competition for her essay on the potential exploitation of refugees by human traffickers. She is interested in human rights and mass surveillance, and she is an assistant editor at Lacuna.
Anoshamisa is studying International Development Law & Human Rights at the University of Warwick. She is interested in issues of climate justice, protest and activism and the blurred lines between conflict and peace. She supports Lacuna’s podcasting output.
Mohini is studying Law and German Law at the University of Warwick. She is interested in human rights and stories exposing injustice.
Ala is studying Law at the University of Warwick. She is interested in Eastern European politics and women’s empowerment.
Barnaby studies history at the University of Warwick, where he edits the features section of student newspaper The Boar. He has previously written for the Huffington Post and the New Internationalist.
Alicia Siddons is an English and German student at the University of Warwick. She has a special interest in the environment and works with Lacuna as an editorial assistant.
Jade is a Law and Sociology Student at the University of Warwick. She works with Lacuna as an editorial assistant, and is interested in human rights and global equality.
Victoria Potts is a final year undergraduate European Law student at the University of Warwick. She spent her last year of study at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, and her summer as a Death Penalty Intern in Mississippi, USA. She intends to study a legal masters upon completing her degree, and to qualify as a solicitor.