Barts and The London is home to over 3,000 students studying the healthcare sciences in the heart of the East End. Although it is privilege to study in this unique and diverse community, the east end has gained a reputation of being one of the ‘rougher’ parts of London.

The Metropolitan Police have ranked Tower Hamlets as the fifth most dangerous borough in the capital. As a result, safety is an inevitable topic that surfaces within our Barts community. With continual growth year on year, our community is expanding at an incredible rate, of-course our safety is given, or is it?

Is the university upregulating security to meet the demands of this increasing cohort? How safe do you feel? Especially after recent reports of knife crimes being seen in all parts of London, especially right at our door step.

This issue explores the theme of safety within Barts and The London, shedding some light on the community’s attitude to safety with exclusive interviews with trusts that are heavily active in this area. Of course, it’s not all doom and gloom. We also bring you up to date on current affairs within our university as well as analysing the prominent national issues.

We are really excited about the future of Circadian, despite being only our second issue, (third if you include the Freshers special!), we have received tremendous support from the student body as well as external organisations. With this support, we hope that circadian will continue to expand and become a fully integrated and integral part of our Barts and The London community.