Girls Should 'Run Around Outside And Climb Trees' To Boost Job Prospects,...
The Conservative minister for jobs Esther McVey has told girls they should be climbing trees and making dens if they want to get good jobs. McVey claimed childhood gender roles have an impact on the...
View ArticleUcas To Allow Applications To European Universities, Raising Threat Of A UK...
Ucas, the UK's university admissions body, announced on Monday it is reforming its system to allow UK students to apply to European universities through them, raising concerns of a "brain drain" from...
View ArticleUniversites Unite for Much-Needed Mental Health Day
Mental health charity Student Minds celebrates its third University Mental Health Day on Wednesday, with student bodies in 50 campuses across the country organising fundraisers and events to raise...
View ArticleEx-Twitter Troll Offers to Help End Durham Student River Deaths
An ex-alcoholic previously jailed for drunkenly sending online abuse has offered to help Durham University improve the safety of its students' drinking. Isabella Sorley, who served 12 weeks in prison...
View ArticleFraternities and Sororities are Sexist and Backwards; Our Universities Must...
For the unacquainted, 'Greek Life' is the system of fraternities and sororities that dominates almost every American university. In the United States and Canada it lays claim to over nine million...
View Article7 Lies Every English Lit Student Will Tell...
You probably had Great Expectations for how taking English Lit would turn out, but then realised that the subject is making you read for One Hundred Years, In Solitude. As a result of this pressure to...
View Article'Machete-Wielding' Teen Who Sparked Helicopter Manhunt In Norwich Was...
A machete-wielding teenager who sparked a massive police manhunt including a helicopter, armed police and dogs, was actually just filming for a college project. The 18-year-old student was reported to...
View ArticleI Will Not be Labelled a Lazy Student
As far as some people believe, when students are not studying they are reclining back watching Netflix with a large sharing bag of crisps, which they definitely aren't sharing. You are most probably...
View ArticleBritain's Most Popular Drug
I've never been a big TV fan. At least that's what I thought until recently. My parents were fairly strict about my time in front of the screen - and anyway, it didn't matter as I was always out...
View ArticleTop 10 Things To Do When You Skive Off School
We've all succumbed to a "cold" at some point, and we've all lied about its severity. Here's what you should do when you deceitfully profess an illness so crippling that you have no choice but to stay...
View ArticleSupporting a Friend With Depression
I was ill through most of secondary school with a condition that doesn't relate to mental health. At that time I could not see the concern and love that my friends and family had for me. I lived each...
View ArticleThe Amalfi Coast on an Italian Shoestring
If you have yet to plant your (probably) pale, bare feet in the sandy shores of the Italian coast, 2015 is your year. Situated almost exactly where the shoelaces would be on the boot of Italy, which is...
View ArticleYork Students Who Died Within Days Of Each Other 'Both Suffered From Depression'
Inquests have been launched into the recent deaths of two students at York University who died within days of each other, and of whom both are said to have suffered from depression. Alexander Hurry, a...
View ArticleMeet The Student Bodybuilders Competing To Be Crowned The UK's Fittest At...
While students across the country are slumped in front of Netflix, devouring pot noodles and take-aways, one group is gearing up for the UK's annual student bodybuilder competition. One hundred...
View ArticleCanadian Education Minister Defends Strip-Search of 15-Year Old Girl
The education minister for Quebec, Canada, has spoken in defence of a school principal who ordered a 15-year old female student to remove her clothes as part of a drugs search. Yves Bolduc, a member of...
View ArticleNet Migration: Xenophobia Not Policy
Last month, a cross party Early Day Motion (EDM), tabled by Paul Blomfield (MP), was introduced to Parliament in support of international students and calling for international students to be taken out...
View ArticleCameron Wants to Force Youths to Volunteer. For Once, I Agree With Him
I've always believed making someone do something against their will is never conducive. However, when I heard David Cameron's proposal to make unemployed youths volunteer for 30 hours a week in return...
View ArticleThe 7 Weird Thoughts Everyone Has On The Tube
Like most human inventions, the London Underground is distinctly designed to facilitate laziness. How would your legs cope without it? Whether you're a student in the capital, someone with a job there,...
View ArticleVivienne Westwood To Tour Universities To Promote Green Party To Students
Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood is injecting some much needed glamour into politics after she announced she will be touring universities to promote the Green Party to students. The icon, who is also...
View ArticleSchoolgirl Milena Gagic Dies After Being Hit By Train While She Was 'Chatting...
A schoolgirl has died after being hit by a train while she sat on the tracks having a late night chat with her friend, an inquest has heard. Milena Gagic was with her friend Amelia Hustwick around...
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