Student Travels 5,000 Miles (To Texas) To Meet A Totally Random Facebook...
A Belgian student travelled more than 5,000 miles to meet a total stranger after Facebook suggested that he should add him as a friend. Victor Van Rossem, 24, was alerted when the social network...
View ArticleUnpaid Internships: The Other Side
Unpaid internships have brought forth a plethora of heated debates over the past few years- cries of 'it's unfair' 'it's slave labour' have been at the forefront of discussion both within the media and...
View Article#WellJel. Staffordshire University Students Will Get To Study At Alton Towers...
Thrill-seeking students will be able to take a course in how to run a theme park after a partnership was struck between Staffordshire University and Alton Towers. From September, 20 students will be...
View ArticleIs Facebook Destroying Our Ability to Be Happy?
Are we wasting away further as we endlessly scroll and refresh? Or do we now need this portal into a manipulated reality to keep up with modern life? The problem with needing Facebook is that it's a...
View ArticleNew English A-Level Will Include Lessons On Russell Brand And Dizzee Rascal
Controversial comedian Russell Brand will join Dizzee Rascal in the new English A-level syllabus to be studied from September 2015. The plans, along with 35 other new specifications, have gained the...
View ArticleCambridge Student Sent Letter From Jailed Murderer Who Tracked Her Down After...
A Cambridge student was left shocked after receiving a letter from a jailed murderer, who tracked her down after she appeared in a carol concert on TV. Johnnie Allan was able to identify the student,...
View ArticleRussell Brand Isn't the Solution, But He Is a Stepping Stone Towards Change
Something odd happened last year. Something... groundbreaking occurred. The "Establishment", as Owen Jones puts it, was disturbed by one of capitalism's success stories. Russell Brand, poor Essex lad...
View ArticlePM Must Do Debates With or Without Greens
The Greens have steam coming out of their ears after Ofcom ruled they are not a 'major' party and therefore will not be included in the televised leader's debates in the run up to the general election....
View ArticleWhy the Feminist Movement Should Take Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting's Statements...
2014 has been a mixed year for feminism. On the one hand, we have seen more and more feminist issues being put on the agenda, ranging from a normal-sized Barbie doll, the publicity surrounding UN...
View ArticleExeter University Hit By Scandal As Puppy Room Puppies Revealed To Be 'Fully...
Exeter students have branded their students' union's puppy room a flop after it was revealed that neither of the two dogs involved were young enough to be classed as puppies. The two canines Odie and...
View ArticleWhy David Cameron Rejecting Election Debates Is a Totally Great Idea
Apparently, it is the prime minister's 'very strong opinion' that TV election debates cannot be held without the Greens. I'd like to express my admiration for him. I'm glad he's come to that view. I...
View ArticleAldi Offering The Highest Starting Salary For Graduates Outside The City With...
Global supermarket discount chain Aldi is offering graduates the highest starting salary outside the City with a whopping £42,000 up for grabs. The astronomical salary gives investment banks a run for...
View ArticleThe Sunday Style Magazine's Advert For Interns Featured A Woman On All Fours...
The Sunday Style, a fashion magazine owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, issued a grovelling apology after advertising an internship position using a picture of a woman on all fours clad in black...
View ArticleThinkTank Civitatis International Charges Interns £300 If They Want A Job...
A thinktank is charging its former interns £300 if they want a job reference, which the company's boss claims is a "fair administrative fee". Civitatis International was named and shamed by Graduate...
View ArticleStudent Debt To Cost Britain Billions Over Next 30 Years
Student debt will cost Britain billions over the next 30 years, figures obtained by a former universities minister reveal. John Denham, a former Labour politician, acquired the figures from the Office...
View Article10 Things English Lit Students At University Of Reading Know To Be True
After three years of reading, writing and analysing books, you're never quite the bookworm you were before you began studying English Literature. HuffPost UK took a look into the trial and tribulations...
View ArticleUEA Takes Steps Toward a Sexual Harassment-Free Campus in 2015
The University of East Anglia is taking a powerful step toward making students safer from sexual harassment on campus this year. This Monday, 12th January, they are launching the Never OK campaign, a...
View ArticleWhose University? - My Home or Their Business?
The first time I really realised that my "home" - King's College, Cambridge - was truly a business first and a home second was during last year's Easter holidays. I had stayed in college over the break...
View ArticleFive Things It's Okay for Twenty-Somethings to Not Care About In 2015
So 2015 is here, and like every year, a good majority of us feel utterly compelled to suddenly change our appearance, behaviour or habits (often being the same inclinations as last year that you just...
View ArticleBrown Faces in Tech Spaces
It's been a fews days since I advertised our first Blackgirl.tech workshop and the tickets are already sold out. It's humbling and amazing, I've received so much positive feedback and support from both...
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