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This Really Is New Africa (T.R.I.N.A)
Excitement toward the African continent has experienced many peaks and troughs over the decades. One only has to refer to archives of magazines and academic journals affirming Africa as the world's...
View ArticleThe Truth About Growing Up
Nobody said it was easy. We're all shoved into a momentary oblivion with clouded judgment and unclear future. We're forced to choose between two things we can't let go of, and punished to cry in...
View Article9 Students Get Stuck In A Lift. And Invoke Aerosmith
What do you do if you're stuck in a lift with eight other people? Hold a rendition of Aerosmith, of course! Which is exactly what one group of students did after finding themselves in a sticky...
View ArticleEdinburgh University Student Fraternity DKE-AS 'Discussed Raping Members Of...
Members of a student fraternity at Edinburgh University allegedly joked about raping members of the feminist society, and proposing a "raping trip" abroad. Minutes of a meeting between the university's...
View ArticleFracking: Seismic Activity Concerns
The following is an adapted extract from a research piece entitled 'The future of UK shale gas" and is second in a series on environmental concerns related to fracking. Cuadrilla suspended drilling...
View Article#FreeEducation Demo 2014 Sees Protesters Arrested As They Storm Parliament...
Protesters have been arrested and flares set off as hundreds stormed Parliament Square during a demonstration against tuition fees - despite metal railings which were erected to keep them out....
View Article#FreeEducation 2014 Demo: The Best Protest Placards
The #FreeEducation demonstration may be a chance to air your voices to the world, but it's also a chance to show how witty you can be within the confines of a piece of cardboard.
View ArticleYoung Entrepreneur Of The Week: 26-Year Old Thomas Coppen
Thomas Coppen, 26, saw his business career take off after being one of the first people in the country to win financial backing from ex-Dragon James Caan's Start Up Loans Company. Coppen has gone on to...
View ArticleWhy Are Students Attending The #FreeEducation Protest?
Each of the thousands of students that attended Wednesday’s #FreeEducation demo in central London had different reasons for doing so. And while for some it was a chance to rebel against the government,...
View ArticleForget Myleene's Mansions - Britain's Housing System Is Just a Rigged Lottery...
Let me give you a window into the life of an irregular student journalist writing infrequently for this website. You write a post. You submit it. It goes live. Your friends like it on Facebook (bless...
View ArticleFive Thai Students Arrested For Hunger Games Salute
Five students in Thailand have been arrested by police for displaying the three-fingered salute made famous by The Hunger Games trilogy in front of the country’s prime minister. A lawyer acting for the...
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Five Types of Female Travelling Companions
Travelling on your own can be really fun but there's so much more to enjoy when you feel the warmth and security of a travelling companion, egging you on. Without that friendly face by your side...
View ArticleWinchester University Cracks Down On Students Having 'Sex In Street'
Residents in Winchester say they are being regularly disturbed by students' rampant romps in the street, in full view of their homes. Locals living on the city’s Stanmore area, close to Winchester...
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Manchester Police Put Up 'No Consent, No Sex' Posters After 30 Rape Reports...
Greater Manchester Police are to put "no consent, no sex" posters around universities and bars after 30 rapes on students were reported in just three months. The number has doubled since the same...
View ArticleFootage Emerges Of Terrified Students Cowering In Library In Florida State...
A shooting at a Florida State University campus has left three students injured, and the alleged gunman dead, according to reports. Those injured are being treated at a nearby hospital. The shooting...
View ArticleLibrary Book Saves Student From Bullet Fired During Gunman's Florida State...
A student rented hardback book from his university library expecting it to help him with his studies - not save his life. But the book took the impact of a bullet fired at the student during Thursday’s...
View ArticlePodemos: A Youthful Warning
In 2011, Time magazine chose 'the protestor' as their person of the year. The Arab world had witnessed a wave of protest, sweeping past borders and land. Nearer to home, we too saw protestors take to...
View ArticleWhat I Learned From Welcome Week
Welcome Week is not Freshers. There will not be a schedule of going out, getting wasted, sleeping till three and then doing it all again. Rather, Welcome week is the conservative American cousin....
View ArticleThe Fashionable Student: How to Update Your Look Without Buying Anything
Along with the cold, rain and wind - the halfway mark of first term also brings with it the somber student loan drought we've all come to hate. You might as well say goodbye to the high street, as the...
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The Nail Polish That Detects Date-Rape Drugs
(Photo from thewatershed.com) Back in August of this year, three male students from North Carolina State University created a nail polish that turns a different colour when it comes into contact with...
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