How My English Degree Taught Me More About Politics Than My Public Policy Degree
The arts are all about empathy and communicating memories, feelings and perspectives to the viewer, listener or reader. That's why I love the arts, particularly books, and why I took an English degree....
View Article39 Ultimate Funny Exam Answer Fails
There's a fair few funny exam answer fails circulating around the internet, so we thought we'd congregate them all in one place for your ease. Take a break from revision, kick back, and have a giggle....
View ArticleA Clean Sweep
These are tough times in India. The nation faces its lowest GDP growth rate in the last decade. Unemployment rates have jumped to 4.7%, from 3.8% in 2012. Voters are disheartened by failed reforms and...
View ArticleBlog Del Narco (Part I)
When I asked for Blog Del Narco for Christmas this year, I highly doubt my parents were expecting quite the shock they got Christmas morning. One cannot simply flick through the accounts written by the...
View ArticleFrom the Outside Looking In
When it hit international news that "Malaysian Islamic authorities seized more than 300 Bibles from a Christian group in a raid last Thursday", I found myself pegged at the centre of my lunchtime...
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29 Weird Things Banned From School: From Cheese Strings To Hand Grenades
Eton's banned Snapchat because of sexting, one school banned triangular flapjacks over head injuries, while another school banned students from pushing their wheelchair-bound classmate due to 'health...
View ArticleRape: What Can Britain Do About It?
Rape is an issue that has many myths attached. Warnings are given to kids to protect them from strangers, yet rape occurs primarily by an attacker that is known to the victim. Particularly, domestic...
View ArticleSweet 16 at 92
If literary tradition is anything to go by, 21 year old young women are generally expected to have blossomed into physical beauty, adopted open-minds and have an attractive aura of conviction. However,...
View ArticleLecturers 'Forced' To Give Students Red Cards Over Laddish, Rowdy Behaviour
Lecturers are being "forced" to resort to a red and yellow card warning system, often used in primary schools, after being pushed to the limit by "laddish" students. Undergraduates are pushing teachers...
View ArticleA Lacklustre Wedding: A Review of Sherlock 'The Sign of Three'
Assuredly one of the best things a TV show can do is to conjure an element of familiarity with the viewer, giving them a sense of reality and presence within the storyline. From the beginning of last...
View ArticleDoom & Gloom: The Over-Reaction to England's Ashes Defeat
'Dismal', 'chastising', 'humiliating', the 'worst Ashes tour in memory'. From England's current crop of fallen idols, to the cricketing commentators who were singing the formers' praises just months...
View ArticlePrince William The Student: Royal Starts Cambridge University On Agricultural...
Prince William is to return to life as a student on Tuesday by beginning a bespoke course in agricultural management at Cambridge University, amid controversy over his grades. The Duke of Cambridge was...
View ArticleSexting DOES Lead To Sex Among Teens, Study Finds
Teenage students who sext are more likely to engage in other sexual behaviours, a breaking study has found, following a decision by Eton College to ban Snapchat over sexting fears.
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Lol My Thesis: Yes, These Brilliantly Funny Theses Titles Do Actually Exist
For those of you tearing your hair out with the mundaneness of revision or coursework-writing, fear not: creativity can flower from utter boredom. Proof comes from one student named Angie, a senior at...
View ArticleHow to Deal With Heartbreak at University
The brutally honest and real guide to mending a broken heart. Having gone through a pretty horrific break up during my second year at University, I finally got the hang of this 'getting over it'...
View ArticleMissing Teen Nida Ul-Naseer Ran Away As She Could Not Attend University
A teenager who vanished after taking out the rubbish ran away because she could not attend university due to her asylum seeker status, her family said on Tuesday. Nida Ul-Naseer, 18, of Newport, South...
View ArticleAberystwyth University Students Ordered To Evacuate In Midst Of Storm (PICTURES)
Students were evacuated to safety on Monday and have been barred from returning to their seafront homes after hurricane-force winds battered homes and destroyed buildings. Aberystwyth University helped...
View ArticleClimate Change - 'The Ultimate in Boring Conversation'?
German magazine Der Spiegel recently conducted an interview with Randy Olson, a renowned biology professor and producer of documentaries, primarily surrounding the topic of global climate change. He's...
View ArticleHow to Change Your Life: A Guide for the Faint of Heart
Last year I did something very strange and out of character. I left a good, secure job (without even being asked to first) and agreed to give all of my savings to a university in exchange for them...
View ArticleOutdated, Sexist, Unnecessary, Offensive - Why I Support No More Page 3
The Page 3 images of topless women have been a feature of the Sun newspaper for over 40 years, and it is seen by many as a "national institution". The No More Page 3 campaign, started by Lucy Holmes in...
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