thetab.com

The Tab publishes student-written news, entertainment, and lifestyle coverage, with a strong focus on UK universities. Its content splits into four main areas: breaking campus news, viral and pop-culture stories, nightlife and lifestyle guides, and opinion pieces. If you're looking for student-perspective reporting on university life or fast-turnaround takes on trending internet culture, that's the core of what the site does.

Breaking news and campus stories

The Tab's news coverage centres on UK universities, and its campus pages list a fixed set of institutions it follows:

Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Brookes, Cambridge, Cardiff, Coventry, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, King's, Lancaster, Leeds, Lincoln, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, Southampton, St Andrews, Sussex, University of East Anglia, Warwick, York.

Typical campus news includes industrial action and institutional decisions. One current example on the site: "Eight UK universities already plan to strike over job cuts in the 2026/2027 academic year," with a note that staff at two Russell Group universities will strike in autumn. Another example: the University of Edinburgh closing its Scottish and Celtic programmes for 2027, described by critics as "cultural vandalism."

This is the section to check if you want student-facing coverage of strikes, course closures, and university policy rather than national news.

Entertainment and pop culture

Entertainment is one of the site's heaviest categories, and it leans toward whatever is trending on streaming and social media right now. Recurring subjects include:

• Netflix shows — for example, coverage of Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, including the real-life crime scene photos used in the Borden trial, what the real Lizzie Borden's prison time was actually like, and why the show's creator picks the subjects they do.
• Reality TV — Dancing With the Stars cast gossip, MAFS, Love Island.
• Influencers and viral figures — first-person night-out pieces, OnlyFans creators, and viral clips with view counts in the tens of millions.
• Music and fandom — for example, why a BTS member is absent from a given show's second season.

The tone is conversational and reaction-driven rather than analytical, so treat these as quick reads on a trending topic rather than deep reporting.

Lifestyle: nightlife, fashion, and guides

The site's own description names fashion, nightlife, and guides as core coverage, and the section labels back this up — you'll find "Guides" and "Trends" alongside the news and entertainment categories. This is where student-life service content sits: where to go out, what's happening, and how to navigate university life.

Opinion and comment

The Tab also runs opinion and comment pieces written from a student perspective, which is consistent with its stated model of content "written by students at top Universities." Expect first-person arguments and takes on campus and cultural topics rather than neutral reporting in this section.

How to decide if it's for you

One practical note: the campus list above is fixed to those named universities, so if your university isn't on it, expect less relevant local coverage.

The Tab lists 29 UK universities in its site navigation: Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Brookes, Cambridge, Cardiff, Coventry, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, King's, Lancaster, Leeds, Lincoln, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, Southampton, St Andrews, Sussex, University of East Anglia, Warwick, and York. If your university is on that list, you can browse news written for and about your campus. If it isn't, you can still read national student stories, but you won't find a dedicated section for your university.

How the university coverage works

The Tab organises its content partly by university. Each name in the list above acts as a campus tag or section, so stories tied to that university — strikes, campus closures, student life, nightlife, and local news — sit under it.

The site's own description says it publishes "breaking stories, fashion, nightlife, guides, reviews, sports and comment written by students at top Universities." That explains the structure: content is produced by student contributors at those institutions, which is why the coverage list maps closely to where it has writers.

What the list tells you

• It is a fixed set, not every UK university. The Tab covers a selection of institutions, not the full sector. Universities outside the list have no dedicated campus feed.
• Coverage is concentrated in well-known and Russell Group institutions. Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, and similar names appear, alongside some newer or specialist entries like Brookes and Bournemouth.
• A university being listed doesn't guarantee constant output. A campus section can be active or quiet depending on whether students are currently contributing.

How to find news for a specific university

1. Go to thetab.com.
2. Look for the university list in the site navigation (the same list quoted above).
3. Select your university's name to open its section.
4. Browse the stories there, or use the site's search for the university name if you land on a story first.

Expected result: you see stories tagged to that campus rather than the general national feed.

If your university isn't listed

You can still read The Tab's national and trending coverage — viral stories, entertainment, Netflix, reality TV, and politics — but there is no campus-specific page. The practical options are:

• Read the general news and trends sections for student-relevant stories.
• Check whether a nearby listed university's section carries anything relevant to your city or region.
• If you want your own university covered, the site's contributor model (student-written content) is the route to explore — see the related question on who writes for The Tab and whether students can contribute.

Quick reference

The main thing to check is whether your university appears in that 29-name list. If it does, head straight to its section; if not, treat The Tab as a national student site rather than a campus-specific one.

Yes. The Tab covers UK campus news, including strike action and academic policy changes, alongside its larger mix of entertainment and viral content. Its campus coverage is written from a student perspective and is organised partly by university, so you can follow news for a specific institution rather than only national stories.

What campus news The Tab actually publishes

The site's own description frames it as "breaking stories, fashion, nightlife, guides, reviews, sports and comment written by students at top Universities." Campus news sits inside that mix rather than in a separate section.

A clear example from the site's current front page is strike coverage: "Eight UK universities already plan to strike over job cuts in the 2026/2027 academic year," with a subheading noting that staff at two Russell Group universities will strike that autumn. That is labour action tied directly to university employment decisions, not general national news.

The same page shows academic policy coverage under an "On campus right now" label: a story on the University of Edinburgh closing its Scottish and Celtic programmes for 2027, described in the headline as "cultural vandalism." That is a course and department closure, which is the kind of institutional decision students are directly affected by.

So the two campus-issue categories visible in the evidence are:

• Industrial action — strikes over job cuts, with dates and affected institutions named
• Academic policy and programme changes — course closures and similar decisions at named universities

How the coverage is organised

The Tab lists universities individually, which is the main reason campus stories are findable. The institutions named on the site include:

Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Brookes, Cambridge, Cardiff, Coventry, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, King's, Lancaster, Leeds, Lincoln, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, Southampton, St Andrews, Sussex, University of East Anglia, Warwick, York.

If you want strike or policy news for one of these, going through that university's page is more reliable than scanning the homepage, where viral and entertainment stories dominate.

What to expect alongside it

The front page is weighted toward entertainment and viral content — OnlyFans creators, Netflix shows, reality TV, and true-crime-adjacent stories. Campus news is present but not the site's main output, so a strike story can sit next to a piece about a reality show contestant.

Practical implication: don't treat The Tab as a continuous wire service for campus labour news. Treat it as a student-written site that covers campus issues when they arise, and check the relevant university page or search the site if you need a specific institution's coverage.

Bottom line

The Tab does report on UK university strikes and campus issues, including job-cut strike plans across eight universities for 2026/2027 and programme closures such as Edinburgh's Scottish and Celtic courses. Coverage is student-perspective and university-tagged, but it shares space with a much larger volume of entertainment and viral content, so follow the university pages if campus news is what you're after.

The Tab is a UK-focused student news and entertainment site. Its own description says it publishes "breaking stories, fashion, nightlife, guides, reviews, sports and comment written by students at top Universities." So if you want campus-level news, student life stories, and viral internet culture covered from a student perspective, that is what the site is for. It is not a general national newspaper and it is not an academic database.

Who writes it and who it covers

The Tab's content is produced by students at UK universities. The site lists a wide range of universities it covers, including:

• Oxford, Cambridge, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Bristol, Birmingham, Nottingham, Newcastle, Sheffield, Southampton, Warwick, York, Exeter, Cardiff, Durham, King's, Lancaster, Lincoln, Sussex, St Andrews, Belfast, Bournemouth, Brookes, Coventry, and University of East Anglia.

That university list is the clearest signal of its scope: it is built around campus communities rather than a single national audience.

What kind of content you will find

The Tab mixes serious campus news with lighter entertainment and viral stories. From the site's own homepage and section labels, the main areas include:

• News – campus and student-related breaking stories.
• Entertainment – TV, Netflix, reality shows, and celebrity coverage.
• Viral – trending internet stories and personalities.
• Love Island, MAFS, Netflix – dedicated reality and streaming coverage.
• Trends, Gaming, Politics, Opinion – commentary and analysis.
• Guides – practical student-oriented articles.
• Reality Shrine and Film Shrine – focused entertainment sub-sections.
• Universities – campus-specific pages for each listed university.

A concrete example of the mix: one homepage headline covers UK university staff planning strikes over job cuts in the 2026/2027 academic year, while other headlines cover reality TV cast members, Netflix true-crime shows, and viral OnlyFans personalities. That range is typical of the site.

What it is good for, and what it is not

Use The Tab if you want:

• Student-written coverage of UK campus news.
• Fast, informal takes on viral and entertainment stories.
• University-specific content for the institutions listed above.

Do not rely on it as a primary source for national policy, academic research, or professional advice. Its strength is student perspective and speed, not institutional authority. The site does not publish pricing information in the material available, so there is no basis to describe it as free or paid; treat access terms as something to check on the site itself.

The Tab publishes stories, guides, reviews, and commentary written by students at top universities, and students can contribute by pitching or submitting tips through the site's contact and tips channels. The site describes itself as "written by students at top Universities," so the dominant byline voice is student-authored rather than a fully professional newsroom. If you want to write for it, treat it as a student-facing outlet where you pitch an idea or send a tip, not a formal open-submission portal with a public editorial workflow.

Who writes for The Tab

The Tab's own description states its content is "written by students at top Universities." Its coverage spans breaking stories, fashion, nightlife, guides, reviews, sports, and comment, and it organizes university-specific sections for institutions including Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Brookes, Cambridge, Cardiff, Coventry, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, King's, Lancaster, Leeds, Lincoln, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, Southampton, St Andrews, Sussex, University of East Anglia, Warwick, and York.

That structure tells you two things about authorship:

• Student perspective is the point. The tone and subject matter — campus life, nightlife, viral trends, reality TV, student politics — are framed around what students at those universities are talking about.
• It is not a single-campus paper. Because it lists many universities, contributors are distributed across those institutions rather than concentrated in one newsroom.

The site's navigation also separates hard campus news ("UNIS," "News," "Politics," "Opinion") from entertainment and lifestyle verticals ("Entertainment," "Viral," "Netflix," "Reality Shrine," "Film Shrine," "Guides"). A student contributor's beat usually falls into one of these lanes.

Can students contribute?

Yes — the site provides a "Tips" channel in its main navigation, alongside "Contact" and "Advertise." That is the practical route for a student who wants to:

• Pitch a story idea they think fits a campus or trending vertical.
• Send a tip about something happening at their university.
• Flag a correction or follow-up on an existing story.

The evidence supports that these channels exist and are part of the site's public structure. It does not specify a formal application form, a paid contributor program, or a guaranteed response time, so do not assume any of those. If you pitch, describe the story, why it matters to that university's students, and what you can uniquely provide (access, first-hand account, documents).

Is there an editorial review process?

The site presents itself as a publication with named verticals, a contact structure, and a tips line, which implies editorial handling of what gets published — but the available evidence does not detail a specific review workflow, fact-checking standard, or editorial hierarchy. What you can reasonably infer:

• Tips and pitches are screened before becoming articles, because the site publishes edited stories rather than raw submissions.
• Student authors are not the final gatekeepers of everything on the site; the presence of contact, advertising, and tips infrastructure points to an operating editorial layer.
• Reliability varies by story type. Campus news and reported pieces will typically carry more verification than viral or opinion content, which is standard for this kind of outlet.

For a reader judging reliability: check whether a piece is labeled as news, opinion, or viral/entertainment, and whether it cites named sources or first-hand student accounts. For a contributor: expect your draft to be edited, and expect the outlet to decide framing and headline.

How to approach contributing

1. Pick your vertical. Match your idea to a section — campus news for your university, or a lifestyle/entertainment angle if it fits Trends, Viral, or a shrine vertical.
2. Use the Tips or Contact channel. These are the site's stated entry points; there is no documented public submission form beyond them.
3. Lead with the student angle. The outlet's identity is student-written coverage of student-relevant topics, so explain why your university's students would care.
4. Offer something specific. First-hand experience, a document, a quote from a named source, or access to a campus event is stronger than a general opinion pitch.
5. Expect editing. Your submission is a pitch or tip, not a finished guaranteed article.

Quick reference

If your goal is to write for a student audience and you have a campus-specific story, The Tab's tips channel is the place to start. If your goal is to judge whether a specific article is trustworthy, look at its section label and its sourcing rather than assuming all student-written content carries the same weight.