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Life as a FAD finalist
I'm a final year fashion design student at UCA (University for the Creative Arts) and I've just found out that I've been shortlisted for the 2014 Fashion Awareness Direct (FAD) awards! It's a dream...
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Ten Things I Wish I Knew as a Teenager
If I could go back in time, there's so many things I'd tell my teenage self. Those kids you think everyone loves, actually everyone hates them, white foundation is not a good look (yes, I was a goth)...
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Paris on a Budget
Once the reality of living in Paris hit home, the cost of doing so brought such excitement to a brief halt. It turns out, your year abroad differs greatly from your holiday; euros are not Monopoly...
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Student Mohammed Islam Who Claimed To Make Millions Trading On Stock Market...
The student who claimed to have made millions trading stocks in his lunch break "made it all up" and says he is sorry to his parents for lying. Mohammed Islam hit headlines across the world after the...
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All Too Often, Decisions on Young People's Lives Are Made on Perception, Not...
Last week I visited a school in North London with Cllr Catherine West and Vera Baird QC, following the launch of Labour's Women's Safety Commission report. We held the first of a new series of girls'...
View ArticleStudent Raises Thousands For Homeless Man Who Offered Her His Last £3 So She...
A student is living on the streets for 24 hours in order to raise money for a homeless man who offered her his last £3 so she could get home safely in a taxi. Dominique Harrison-Bentzen, a student at...
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Students Who Plunged To Death From Balcony Were Making Out On The Railings,...
Two students who plunged 60ft to their deaths were making out on the balcony of a luxury apartment, an inquest heard on Monday. Anastasia Tutik and Miguel Ramos, were kissing and embracing at a house...
View Article8 Things to Consider Before Organising Your Year Abroad
The Christmas holidays is the period when most second year students will begin to organise their year abroad. Whether you want to be studying in Sweden or boogying in Bolivia, here are eight things to...
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Plymouth University Student Suffers Horrible Burns After Falling Asleep Drunk...
A student who fell asleep drunk on a radiator was left with a rather painful reminder of the incident after finding himself on an IV drip in hospital with severe burns on his arm. The 21-year-old...
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The Cheapest Ways To Get Home From University This Christmas
If you’re looking forward to a long-overdue visit home at Christmas then you’ll no doubt already have started searching for deals on UK travel. We've paired up with On Stride Financial to bring you the...
View ArticleHow Not to Approach Gay Advocacy
At some point over the past week I was miraculously rescued from my post-ironic obsession with Christina Aguilera and placed instead among the ranks of fanboys agog for British singer-songwriter Sam...
View ArticleThe Vote at 16 Is Coming - Will the UK Be Ready?
Ed Miliband's pledge to support the Vote at 16 may help address young marginalization, but will need to be part of broader reforms for bringing young people into our political system. The causes of...
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King's College London To Drop The C-Word - At The Rumoured Cost Of £300k
From February, Russell Group university King's College London will be known as 'King's London', with the c-word dropped as part of an estimated £300,000 rebranding project. According to KCL's Principal...
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Four Fifths Of Students Don't Think Their Degree Is Worth The Money
More than four fifths of students don't think their degree is worth the £8,000 or more they are paying for it, despite nearly 70% believing their degree has improved their employment prospects. Student...
View ArticleChristmas Break: A Wide Smile
Christmas is coming. Exciting time, isn't it? And as simple as this might be, the question, "what are you planning to do? Are you going back home?" are the most occurring questions at this time of...
View ArticleYoung Entrepreneur Of The Week: Firefly's Simon Hay
Joe Mathewson and Simon Hay had their business idea when they were still at studying for their GCSEs, working out a way to access their homework handouts online, which caught the attention of their...
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Let's Send the Right Message to Young People
As someone who spent seven years in the hands of youth services and the committed youth workers who shape them, I feel obliged to shout out and remind everyone why they're so important. I've seen what...
View ArticleWhen Education Meets Catastrophe
In his Outline of History, H.G. Wells claimed, "human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe." In making this delineation, he overlooked the tragedy that occurs when a...
View ArticleOxbridge Students Earn £7,600 More Than Other Graduates
Students who went to Oxford or Cambridge earn thousands of pounds more than those who graduated from a newer university, research shows. It reveals a significant earnings premium for Oxbridge...
View ArticleLondon Uni Beats Cambridge In REF Research Rankings
London universities are threatening to break Oxbridge's domination of the research industry, as new rankings reveal University College London has overtaken Cambridge. The 2014 Research Excellence...
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