Third Of Graduate Interns Work For Nothing To Get On Career Ladder
Almost a third of university graduate interns are working for nothing in a bid to kick-start their career, even though it can cost them hundreds of pounds a month, research suggests. At any one time,...
View ArticleFive Top Tips for Starting Your Year Abroad in Paris
As my Eurostar train was pulling into Paris, the reality of what I was doing and where I was going had not really hit. I didn't know where my flat was, how to get there, or what I was going to do about...
View ArticleWhy Plumbing and History Are Not Created Equal
You're at school and thinking about your next step, but what should you choose? Student loan debt is scary, but you also worry about finding a job without a degree. Then you have to factor in your...
View ArticleLiberal Tyranny Over the Working Class - From Catcalling to Dapper Laughs
2014 has ripped off the thin, translucent veil to lay bare the dynamics of power play between different social classes in the English-speaking West. We have seen, specifically, the consolidation and...
View ArticleMan Charged With Murder Of Staffordshire Student Eni Mevish Stabbed To Death...
Police have charged a man with the murder of a 20-year-old student who was stabbed in her own home and staggered to a nearby shop in a bid for help. David Marshall was arrested and charged with the...
View ArticleLiverpool University Investigates Students For "Unacceptable" Play Parodying...
Students are under investigation from their university after writing an "unacceptable" play which parodied rape. The musical James Bondage in Hymens are Forever was one of three options written by...
View ArticleMeet The 16 Year Old Entrepreneur Who Already Has 500 Clients
Ben Towers began his business career at the age of 11, starting out as a young freelance web designer. By the age of 12, he had already built a profitable web design business. And now, at the age of...
View ArticleHow To Find A Career: Tips From Expert And CEO Of Find A Future, Ross Maloney
With so many new and exciting careers now available, how do you know that you are selecting one that is right for you? And how can you be certain that you are not missing out on your dream role, simply...
View ArticleThe NUS Has Pulled Its Support From the Free Education Demo - Good Riddance
My first bitter taste of the NUS was on a damp day in 2012, filming the creatively-titled '#demo2012' for my student television station. Like most students, I had only previously been able to identify...
View ArticleJews and Muslims of Britain Unite!
In a globalised world, the events that took place this summer, have been and will continue to be of consequence for every person, no matter of what background, no matter where they are in the world....
View ArticleHarvard Students Sit Notorious 1964 Louisiana Exam. ALL Of Them Failed
A group of Harvard students were recently asked to sit the notorious 1964 Louisiana Literacy Test, implemented at the time to stop black people from voting, and ALL of them failed. In the sixties,...
View ArticleIn Praise of Clicktivism: Dapper Laughs and People Power
The past fortnight has been a whirlwind of events in the life of Daniel O'Reilly, the man now formerly known as Dapper Laughs. The supposed comedian's brand of 'comedy' had focused around a propagation...
View ArticleSouth Korea Grounds Planes So Their Students Can Take Exams In Silence
Well, you can't accuse South Korea of not being dedicated to their younger generation's future. The country went so far as to ground planes so its students could sit their exams in total silence....
View ArticleChed Evans and the Double-Edged Sword of Restorative Justice
Sheffield United recently announced that Ched Evans has returned to training after serving a jail sentence for raping a 19-year-old woman at a hotel in Rhyl. There are hundreds of interesting questions...
View ArticleBelfast Student Ordered To Cover Up Poppy As It 'Could Cause Offence'
A Belfast student has made a formal complaint against his college after he was told by a teacher to cover up his poppy as it might "cause offence". Andrew Gallaher said a tutor at Belfast Metropolitan...
View ArticleCambridge Student Bidding For Miss World Crown
The incumbent Miss England, student Carina Tyrrell, has just launched her bid to win the 2014 Miss World contest. In the video, the Cambridge University medic talks us through her credentials and...
View ArticleThe KKK - Khloe, Kourtney and Kim?
Photo - gossipmagazines.net Khloe Kardashian has been facing a huge Twitter backlash after posting a meme which reads; 'The only KKK to ever let black men in' with a photograph of herself, her sisters...
View ArticleFracking: Water Concerns
The following is an adapted extract from a research piece entitled 'The future of UK shale gas' and is the first of a series on environmental concerns related to fracking. The water intensive nature of...
View ArticleYour Voice Matters - An Open Note to All MPs on Reaching Our Young People
There's already a lot of buzz around Parliament about the upcoming election. On 7 May , over three million young people will have the chance to vote in Britain for the first time. Here's the bad: only...
View ArticleWoohoo! Nearly 2M Apprenticeships Created Since Last General Election
Twice as many apprenticeships have been created since the last general election, with the total in England nearing two million, the Government has announced. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said the...
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