Fancy A Gap Year? North Korea Is Looking For Foreign Volunteer Teachers
In a bid to increase its tourist sector, North Korea is advertising for English-speaking volunteers to come over and teach the country’s tourism students in Pyongyang. The new month-long travel scheme...
View ArticleUKIP Student Society Gets Go Ahead At Nottingham Trent University Despite...
UKIP students have finally been given the go ahead to establish a society at their university after originally being told it was banned. Nottingham Trent University's student union reversed its...
View ArticleA Chinese Student Is Suing His University After He Was Expelled 'For Having...
A journalism student in China who was reportedly expelled earlier this month for having the rare blood disease haemophilia is now planning to sue the university. Zheng Qing, the student's pseudonym,...
View ArticleThe Government's Failure to Tackle Youth Unemployment is Ridiculous
The unemployment figures for the three months to November have been released and it's good news once again: national unemployment is down 58,000, meaning that 30.8 million people are in work. This...
View ArticleInternational Students Need a Financial Safety Net
International students take huge risks when they go abroad to study. I should know - I did this myself when I left Nepal to study at Middlesex University. We leave our own safety nets of friends and...
View ArticleYour CV Has Only Nine Seconds to Impress
Kick-starting your career after graduation in a hugely competitive market can be a daunting and challenging experience. With the sheer volume of applications that recruiters receive it is no surprise...
View ArticlePledge Allegiance to the Flag or Be Against Us: An Helpful Rhetoric
In our current climate of "terror," it has become quite common to "pledge allegiance" to a particular flag, or to ask people to re-affirm the values and identity of that flag. This is done in various...
View ArticleIt's No Joke, Murdoch: Page Three has to Go
Page Three is archaic, tasteless and has no place in a society where we supposedly champion women as the equals of men. In the words of Kevin Bacon, no-brainer. At the time of writing, The Sun appears...
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Michigan University Fraternity Caused $50,000 Damage At Ski Resort
A University of Michigan fraternity has apologised after causing more than $50,000 of damage at a ski resort last week. Treetops Resort manager Barry Owens claims that around 120 Sigma Alpha Mu...
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Who Will Apologise for Anti-Muslim Attacks?
Following the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo offices and kosher supermarket in Paris two weeks ago, I immediately prepared myself for the worst: the inevitable anti-Muslim backlash and the calls for...
View ArticleEd Miliband: Labour 'Will Cut Student Tuition Fees By A Third'
Ed Miliband is to pledge to cut tuition fees by a third, in a move which could cost up to £2.5bn a year and leave new graduates paying higher taxes. According to the BBC, the Labour leader will make...
View ArticleUniversité de Moncton's Promotion Video Has Students Making Out. #OnlyInCanada
Mute the sound (or carry on as you were if you can't speak French) and you could be watching a beer advert. Or a perfume advert. Basically anything bar an advert for a university. Which is, of course,...
View Article8 Ways You Know You're An Oxford University Graduate
Going to Oxford University is like living in a bubble for three years, amassing a library's worth of knowledge but losing a bit of your common sense along the way. You come out at the end well-versed...
View ArticleA Liberal Arts Education
I have always been horrendously indecisive. I find it difficult to choose what to eat for lunch. I'm the kind of person who wants to sample a little of everything. So as you can imagine, the thought of...
View ArticleShiny Eyes - Confessions of a Third Year Student
"I don't know if it's a good idea for me to meet the Deputy Prime Minister. I've been known to berate politicians live on national radio before." Lauren started unpinning badges from the front of her...
View ArticleBook Review: 'Oliver Twist for Kids'
This is another review of an old classic reinvented for the modern generation, by the talented Brendan P. Kelso at Playing with Plays: 'Oliver Twist for Kids'. One of the main struggles of Literature...
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Controversy Over Closure Of Nottingham University Creative Writing Course
Nottingham University students are fuming following the decision to close a popular course with immediate effect - after officials said they couldn't find a replacement for a former lecturer. On...
View ArticleStudent Diversity in the UK - It Shouldn't Be Just About Economics
A few months ago, when reducing international student numbers in the UK was high on the political agenda, some of the measures taken by the government were met with widespread outcry: this is damaging...
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Changes to Postgraduate Study Support Must Not Be an Opportunity Missed
When the Government revealed plans in the 2014 Autumn Statement to introduce a major overhaul of postgraduate funding in England, the news was greeted with cautious optimism by the higher education...
View ArticleIPCC Launches An Investigation After Police Appear To Assault Warwick...
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has launched their own investigation into the accusation police officers used excessive force against Warwick University students during a protest last...
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