The Ultimate Study Playlist
With reading week finally here and essay deadlines looming, we're sure a lot of you are looking for something to listen to while you're studying. Well, look no further, as we've created the ultimate...
View ArticleStudents At University of Pennsylvania Can Study 'Wasting Time On The Internet'
Students at the University of Pennsylvania will be able to study "wasting time on the internet" as a degree level course from 2015 onwards. For many years, the internet has been a fountain of all the...
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10 Apps Every Traveller Needs
Travelling isn't about pull-out maps and carrying around a dozen guide books anymore. It's much simpler. Just pack your smartphone and you'll have everything you need at your fingertips. Here are the...
View ArticleMarcus Sedgwick's 'Non-Tip' Tips for Young Writers
Award-winning author Marcus Sedgwick is widely renowned throughout the literary world for his enthralling characters, spiralling plot twists and adventurous ideas he incorporates within every single...
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In Defence of Sexy Costumes
I think it was Voltaire who once said "Halloween is the one day a year when a girl can dress up like a total slut and no other girls can say anything else about it." Or maybe it was a Mean Girls quote....
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Young Entrepreneur Of The Week: Bejay Mulenga
Bejay Mulenga, 20, went down a storm when he spoke about his journey as an entrepreneur at the Tory party conference in Birmingham this year. The young entrepreneur spoke of how he changed from being...
View ArticleHow Can You Be Successful In The Music Industry? Wretch 32 Shares His Secrets
Jermaine Scott, better known as Wretch 32, is a successful rapper whose music has regularly topped the charts. However his life hasn't always been so glamorous; Wretch was homeless at 16 - and went to...
View Article9 Weird And Wonderful Halloween Parties In London
If you're like us and you leave everything to the last minute, then you may be having a minor panic on where to be seen for Halloween. Well, never fear as we've rounded up the quirkiest, weirdest, and...
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Why Kenya's Public Transport System Is Fighting Cashless Payment
*Marlen de la Chaux [2013] is a Gates Scholar at Cambridge University's Judge Business School, pursuing a PhD in Management Studies. She is currently a visiting research fellow with iHub in Nairobi,...
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Ukip Victory Is a False Dawn for British Democracy
Wikimedia Commons, Eurorealist Newsletter It cannot be denied that UKIP have had a good month. Not only has Nigel Farage been invited to take part in the party leader's TV debate in 2015, but Tory...
View ArticleHalloween Was Better in the (Not So) Old Days
Ah, how Halloween seems to have changed. If you were born in the 90s, you may remember suiting up as the Red Ranger in a troupe of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Yellow if you were the least favourite...
View ArticleThe Crying Shame of Denying LGBT Teachers Their Authenticity
Imagine A new term, you're starting to feel that you have established yourself with parents and pupils. You remain instinctively cautious on entering unfamiliar contexts; a side effect of years of...
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#RapeCultureIsWhen This Happens: Sexual Violence, Social Media and Prevention...
Picture this: so here I am, casually scrolling through my Twitter and catching up on whatever may have been going on online that day. We've got some bible quotes, we've got some celeb news and, wait...
View ArticleMan Stabbed To Death In Fight On Middlesex University Campus
A 22-year-old man has been stabbed to death in a fight on a university campus. The victim, who is not believed to be a student, died after a fight at Middlesex University in north London shortly after...
View ArticlePolice Called Into Schools After Teens Make Mean Girls Burn Books On Twitter
Police were called into three high schools after a group of teenagers set up "Burn Book" Twitter accounts - after the name of the gossip diary in Mean Girls. Wyedean School, Caldicot School and...
View ArticleThe Sun Offered Students Thousands For Alan Henning Halloween Costume Photos
Student journalists have expressed disgust at the offer of thousands of pounds from the Sun newspaper, in exchange for pictures of students dressed in 'bad taste' outfits, like costumes of beheaded aid...
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GP Repeatedly Told Student She Had A 'Heavy Cold' - When She Actually Had Cancer
A student who visited her GP three times was repeatedly sent away and told she had a heavy cold - when in fact she had leukaemia. Fiona Codd, 20, was suffering with extreme tiredness, a high...
View ArticleBill Maher Defends Berkley University Talk As Islam Comments Furore Continues
As the fallout from his controversial comments on Islam continues, US TV show host, Bill Maher, has responded to a petition to ban him from talking at a university. And he's not pulling any punches....
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Sheffield SU and NUS Ban on Julie Bindle - An Affront to Free Speech, our...
Last week Julie Bindle, the feminist and journalist, was due to speak at our Student Union - except - at the last minute the student management team stepped in and banned her on our behalf. Bindle...
View ArticleMums and Dads Don't Think Their Kids Are Employable
If I said that parents don't think that schools are preparing young people for work, would you be surprised? After thirteen years of compulsory education, you'd think there would be plenty of time to...
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