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The St Andrews Africa Summit Sees Africa Arrive to St Andrews
On Saturday 28th of February, the St Andrews Africa Summit (SAASUM) opened it's doors to 120 students and 6 prestigious speakers for a day of discussion and debate on the role of modern media in...
View ArticleWhy I Admire Muhammad: A Disability Perspective
Many have spoken about Prophet Muhammad from different perspectives. Some depict him as a warrior, an ideal husband, a good leader while others depict him as a pedophile and a terrorist. In this short...
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I was 19 years old and it was a freezing cold day in January. I was exhausted with my eating disorder, full of self-hatred and crumbling under the pressure of exams and university applications. I was...
View ArticleHow To Open A Beer Bottle With A Piece Of Paper - The Only Life Hack You Ever...
How to open a beer bottle with a piece of paper is the only life hack you actually need to know. Forget cracking bottles open on your teeth, or taking the skin of your fingers trying to use a lighter...
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Ed Miliband Asked By Young Voters About Looking 'Weird' And 'Stabbing' His...
Over the course of the election campaign, BBC Three's Free Speech programme will feature hour-long interviews with each of the party leaders. First up on Thursday evening was Ed Miliband. The Labour...
View ArticleAcademia in Crisis - Liberal Bias Threatens the Integrity of Our Research
Crisis may seem a little alarmist. Maybe it is, but probably not. The Enlightment taught us that there exists no better way for us to accrue knowledge about the world than the dispassionate,...
View ArticleDe-stigmatizing Self-Harm: We Just Need to Talk About It
Sunday, March 1st 2015 was be Self-harm Awareness Day. The one day a year when people spare a moment to pledge their support or share a post on social media. The remaining 364 days of the year are...
View ArticleHow Much Does Mental Illness Cost?
Mental illness costs a lot and not just financially. Don't get me wrong it has cost me financially, the amount of food I had to buy when I was battling bulimia, all the money that went on laxatives and...
View ArticleHow I Went From Watching the News to Being on It
After leaving school at 16, with no notable grades, I fell into a career as an electrician. I spent over a decade working on the tools, but I always knew my heart was not in it and I dreamed of a...
View ArticleBecause My Mum Can...
As Mother's Day approaches, I honestly couldn't feel more proud of my mum and everything she's achieved. You may recognise her from the This Girl Can advert - a bold campaign to inspire women to...
View ArticleSsssshhhhhh! It's a Secret: Why Students Are So Reluctant to Be Open About...
When I was applying for graduate jobs I clearly remember filling in one of the application forms that asked me: do you consider yourself to have a disability? There was a box to tick if you did. I had...
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'The View Young People Are Lazy Is Absolute B*****ks': Rick Edwards Talks...
Rick Edwards used to present T4, which automatically makes him cool. So when the 35-year-old penned a passionate book on politics urging young people to vote, it was a pretty big deal. After all, it's...
View ArticleYoung People Are Drinking Less. Why?
Question: Is the glass half-empty or half-full? Answer: For 27% of teenagers, the glass is neither. It's completely empty. And still in the cupboard. This curveball answer to the age-old question comes...
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General Election 2015: 60% Of Young People Want To Vote Online
Nearly two thirds of young people want to be able to vote online in the general election, while a similar amount feels the current system is failing, new research shows. More than half (57%) of adults...
View ArticleBucks New University Banned From Taking On International Students
Buckinghamshire New University has been barred from accepting foreign students after it exceeded the government's accepted visa refusal rate by 1.16%, or three students. The institution's Tier 4...
View ArticleMore Than 23,000 New Apprenticeships Pledged During National Apprenticeship Week
More than 23,000 new placements have been pledged by firms during National Apprenticeship Week, new figures have shown. Companies including BT, Microsoft, Halfords, Barclays, British Gas and Network...
View ArticleAlthough the Economic Climate Is Slowly Recovering, Too Many Young People Are...
For us, family is everything. We both grew up in loving and supportive families who wanted the best for us and not once did we feel isolated with nowhere to turn. Our families provided comfort,...
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My 'BBC Free Speech' Experience With Ed Miliband
I was lucky enough to be a part of the BBC Free Speech audience yesterday, when Ed Miliband was invited. It was an interesting experience and encompassed questions from the depths of domestic...
View ArticleFive Ways to Get More Girls Into Sport
Sport has been part of my life for as long as I remember. So I find it hard to understand friends and colleagues who say that they never exercise, and have no desire to. But my London Youth colleague...
View ArticleThings You Shouldn't Do Now You're A Grown Up.. But Definitely Still Do
As soon as you're a grown up, you suddenly have money, a tolerance to alcohol, expensive clothes, pride. Right? Wrong. Sorry to break it to you, but things don't change all that much once you reach...
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