Students Have Made Clear That the Current System Simply Cannot Continue: Why...
Apathy is often used to describe students - the notion that we no longer care shuts down debate, silences our voices and contributes to nationwide passivity. If we aren't apathetic, we are dreamers....
View ArticleFashion Internship Guide: Getting the Experience
Welcome to the first post in a series I'm going to be doing about how to get a fashion internship. When I first started looking into how to get internships in fashion I struggled to find many articles...
View ArticleDon't Let Young People Down: Listen to Our Views on Trident
A recent argument made by nuclear weapons supporters has been that the increase of terrorism means we need nuclear weapons. Personally I believe the opposite is true - an increase in acts of terrorism...
View ArticleSwedish Blonde Advertises For 'Good Looking As Hell' Flatmate, Gets Inundated...
A blonde teenager who advertised for 'good looking as hell' flatmate has been inundated with responses. Alicia Hansson, 19 who advertised for a "good looking as hell" flatmate on Facebook, also...
View ArticleTeenager Sarah Sobka Crowned UK Young Scientist of the Year
A young female has been named UK Young Scientist of the Year after winning the nation’s prestigious National Science & Engineering Competition. Sarah Sobka, 17, from Sheffield High School has been...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne's 2015 Budget: What Does It Mean For Young People?
George Osborne announced his budget for 2015 on Wednesday, and as usual, it took a while to decipher what exactly was in it for young people. There will be a 20% pay increase for apprentices, which...
View ArticleIf Politics Is Some So Important, Why Can't Our Youth Engage or Understand?
Growing up in a working class family in South Staffordshire and attending a bog-standard secondary school, politics never really felt relevant to me, they didn't play a particularly large part in my...
View ArticleYouth Centres Are Being Treated as an Alternative to Mental Health Care
Imagine the outrage if a cancer patient was referred to a cancer charity and then all NHS support was removed, it would leave the patient in a dangerous place. There would be people around that...
View ArticleStudent Holidays: Two Very Different Kinds of Culture
So, university has begun and you are past the Fresher love for your new town or city. You reminisce about your Gap Year or wish you had taken a year to really "find yourself". Easter and summer breaks...
View ArticleThings Not to Say to Cancer Patients
Cancer is a hell of a journey no matter how you fight it. Going it alone seems like an impossible task and if you have the option to have your load lightened with the support of friends and family,...
View ArticleThe Daily Struggles And Problems Of Being A Short Girl
Did I hear short girl problems? Never have I ever felt sad about my height unless I am unable to reach things that are kept above 5ft. The day-to-day struggles of a short girl. Welcome to the club...
View Article#MySelfHarmNightmare: Was Channel 4's 'Graphic' Documentary Triggering And...
WARNING: Contains language and descriptions which may be triggering for self-harm and anorexia sufferers. Channel 4 has been accused of being sensationalist and triggering mental health issues after it...
View ArticleP&O Ferries Ban Cardiff Uni Rugby Team After Student 'Urinated On Family's...
A rugby team at Cardiff University has been banned from P&O Ferries after one of its members reportedly urinated on a family's table while they were eating. The club, comprised of medical students,...
View Article'Follower, I Married Him': Our Modern Marriage Obsession
Little girls are known to dress up in their mother's shoes, smear make-up on their faces in comic, clownish imitations of everyday feminine facial masks, and play make believe marriage. The cutie-pie...
View Article21st Century Mughals
Words can't describe the horrific and inhuman acts taking place in the name of religion by Islamic State, also known as ISIS. The brutal beheadings, the tortured deaths, the horrific treatment of...
View Article'You've Got Your Whole Life Ahead of You' - Now What?
How do you feel when someone tells you "you've got your whole life ahead of you?" I hope I'm not alone with this - I feel absolutely terrified. There is an internal howl of panic and my subconscious...
View ArticleHow To Be A 'Bad Girl' In India... It's Simple
Are you a girl with breasts? Do you go to Goa for a holiday? Do you have male friends? You pass for being bad girl in India. A tongue-in-cheek poster has been widely shared on Reddit, Twitter and...
View ArticleThese New Awkward Prom Pictures Are, Well, Deliciously Awkward
Primping, preening, pestering the fairer half for a date.. there's a lot of work involved in going to prom, and it's certainly no light-hearted matter. That's why posing for pictures is literally *the*...
View ArticlePictures Can Be Just as Damaging as Words When It Comes to Mental Health...
This week, Time to Change launched a campaign, called Get the Picture, to change the way mental health stories in the media are illustrated. We know pictures can be just as damaging as words when it...
View Article#GiveBenAJob: I Had No Idea the Country, Never Mind the World, Would Engage...
Ben has had a series of work placements, none of which have resulted in a paid job. The first was through an employment support agency, and we accepted it as a temporary, unpaid opportunity for Ben to...
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