Parliament Week: How to Engage With the Disillusioned Youth
Parliament Week (14-20 November) and its organisers are striving to reach out to society's most disengaged. There's no shying away from the gargantuan task at hand; if the research is to be taken...
View ArticleTo Be or Not to Be... An Intern
For me, the most crucial point about last week's news on internships is this: "Internships commonly represent a first step on the ladder towards a professional career in the most competitive sectors,...
View ArticlePolice Hunt 'Vile' Man Who's Asking Female Students If He Can Suck Their Used...
Police are on the hunt for a "vile" man who is reportedly harassing female students around Manchester, asking if he can suck on their used tampons. According to reports, the bearded man has been...
View ArticleOn Dapper Laughs: Toppled From Up High, But Why Was He Allowed to the Top at...
Dapper Laughs, 'Lad comedian' and purveyor of sexually aggressive 'humour', recently appeared on Newsnight in a sombre Spandau Ballet black polo-neck repenting for his sins. To much support he lauded...
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Why I #DoDemocracy
Campaigning has become daily routine for me. I now know that no matter what my job is and where I am in the world it'll always be something I'm proud to be involved in and that motivates me. Often...
View ArticleIsraeli Ambassador's Visit Questions the Debating Culture at Elite Universities
After addressing the students of Cambridge, Oxford and UCL, Israeli Ambassador Daniel Taub continued his tour of British universities with a visit to Durham University this Tuesday. The ambassador's...
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Why the New Band Aid Single Makes Me Feel Uneasy Too
Anything that raises money for charity is great, and I am fully behind sending relief money to help the Ebola crisis that is happening in West Africa. Nevertheless, like many others, aspects of the...
View ArticleWhat Do Young Women Want? Parliament Tries To Find Out..
Thanks to Mel Gibson, the phrase "what women want" has become a bit of a cliche, and one which is often bandied about without much thought. Politics is still heavily dominated by male, middle-class,...
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Second Student Contracts Meningitis At Liverpool Hope University
It has been confirmed that a second Liverpool Hope University student is suffering from meningitis, two weeks after another died from the disease in the same halls of residence. The 18 year-old woman...
View ArticleTen Things You Need to Know Before You Belittle School Sex Education
This week, Yusuf Patel, founder of 'SRE Islamic' warned MPs at the Commons Education Select Committee that sex and relationships education (SRE) should not be taught to schoolchildren. The reasons he...
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Why Uni Sucks (Sometimes)
When you think of university, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Yes, I know... Alcohol. Halls. 24 hour partying. More alcohol. Noodles and beans, accompanied by alcohol. Most people imagine...
View ArticleLEGO Letter To Parents From 1970s: 'Urge To Create Equally Strong In Girls...
A brilliant (and egalitarian) letter to parents included in Lego sets of the 1970s has taken the internet by storm. And despite the scorn and scepticism of every debunker on the web, it looks like it...
View ArticleUniversity's Description Of Beyonce Course Is Slightly Bizarre - And Has...
No-one's really going to bat an eyelid anymore at a university offering a course on Beyonce, but they just might when they read this institution's description of its 'Pretty Hurts' module. The Art...
View ArticleMillions Of Youths Have Taken Part In Campaigning And Volunteering In 2014
Millions of the nation's young people have taken part in campaigning, volunteering and fundraising in the past year, a poll has found. It suggests youngsters are often involved in social action in...
View ArticleStudents Admit They Can Get Away With Doing Little Study, And Still Get Good...
Many students do not find their degree course demanding or stretching according to new research, which warns there are rising concerns over whether going to university is good value. More than one in...
View ArticleThis House Believes That Popularity Is Enough to Justify A Platform
This is an abridged version of a speech that the author delivered on the 20th November 2014 at the Oxford Union in favour of the motion, "This House Believes That Popularity Is Enough To Justify A...
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Boarding Without Borders in Jordan
The skateboarding scene in the Arab world is spreading far and wide. Now, dedicated skaters are close to building Jordan's first crowdfunded skatepark for refugees and local communities. Arriving in...
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Nottingham Hockey Players Strip Off To Play Naked. In The Cold. And Film It....
Stripping naked and posing in front of a camera has almost become a rite of passage for any student belonging to a university sports team. But Nottingham University's men's hockey team went one further...
View ArticleAmerican Students Tweet Sad Pictures Of Lunch To #ThankMichelleObama
Michelle Obama made it her mission to reduce obesity by cracking down on school lunches. The result? Students are NOT happy. Presumably the first lady conjured up images of pomegranate seed salads,...
View ArticleBlind Student Beaten And Forced To Drink Urine
A 14 year old student at a reputable school for the blind in North-Eastern India has come forward after been allegedly tortured, beaten, and forced to drink his own urine by his fellow students earlier...
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