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Why We Set Out to Create a Platform to Celebrate Femininity and Creativity

My best friend, Claire and I began BabyFace last April and like all good things, the project was largely born out of frustration. We're both young women fighting for a voice in the din of creative...

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Why Should You Vote? Here's Rick Edwards With The Answer

"When people don't vote, they get marginalised and forgotten about," BBC Three's Rick Edwards told us last week. The former T4 frontman is on a mission to motivate the country into voting in May's...

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I May Be an IVF Baby, but There Is Nothing Synthetic About Me

What do rubber, nylon stockings and me have in common? According to Dolce and Gabbana, we all neatly fit under the title of "synthetic": 'a substance made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a...

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Why We're Occupying Our Art School

On the 16 March, news was spread amongst University of the Arts London (UAL) students that management had decided to cut over 800 places on their Foundation courses. Three days later, students and...

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Apprenticeships You Probably Didn't Know Existed

Ever thought of doing an apprenticeship but don't know where or when? Check out the list below of possible apprenticeships you probably didn't know existed.

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General Election 2015: Paloma Faith On Why Russell Brand Is Wrong About Voting

Celebrities are more often than not reluctant to get involved in the politics sphere, bar, of course, the vociferous Russell Brand. Singer Paloma Faith, however, sat down for an interview with Channel...

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Student Paul Millgate Fell To His Death From 10th Floor Window After Breaking...

A student fell to his death from a 10th floor window after splitting from his girlfriend, and bombarding her with texts saying is life was no longer living, an inquest heard on Thursday. Bournemouth...

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Texas Set To Allow Students To Carry Concealed Guns On Campus

Texas looks set to pass measures which would allow students to carry concealed guns on college campuses, mere days after passing proposals allowing the open carrying of guns in public. Despite various...

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Why Hyper-connectivity Can Enhance Feelings of Isolation and Depression

I love social media. I really do, and I'm not ashamed to admit the fact that I spend most of my spare time, whether I'm at home or out and about, flicking through my Facebook and Twitter feeds, instant...

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A Miserable Time for British Politics

The General Election has snuck up on us like an elephant clothed in luminous pink underwear, and with it, a sad emphasis on the highly negative nature of current UK politics. It has been seven years...

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Young Entrepreneurs Of The Week: Two Students Design an App to Help Mental...

Time is money and when it comes to finding a treatment and care guidance for patients, doctors have to be precise and helpful. The digital natives are taking over the digital immigrant world with...

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A Student Ran Seven Half Marathons With An Infected Foot And A Broken Hand

A Cardiff University student ran for 140km in a week with a broken hand and an infected foot to raise money for his paralysed brother. Chris Priestley, 21, joined Cardiff University’s triathlon club...

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Investing in Our Youth Is the Ticket to Prosperity

UK universities have for many years been an important gateway into the world of work for young people, providing them with the transferable skills, knowledge and competences sought by employers as...

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Indian Student Pradnya Mandhare Drags Would-Be Sex Attacker By Hair To Police...

An Indian student has been hailed as a role model for other women after she dragged a sex attacker to a police station by his hair - as a large crowd looked on and did nothing. Pradnya Mandhare was...

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LSE Occupy Interviews Owen Jones

The room was packed. Students, workers and staff humbly gathered together to listen to tales of resistance from Ray Goodspeed, founder of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, and Owen Jones, author of...

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Khaliah Shaw Lost 90% Of Her Skin After Doctor Prescribed Her Routine Bipolar...

A 24-year-old student is starting the long road to recovery after losing 90% of her skin as a result of a rare allergic reaction to a common prescription drug she was prescribed for bipolar. Khaliah...

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Legal Tips for Bloggers

As a law student I often get asked by friends and friends of friends who have online blogs such as this, small online stores or who use Wordpress or similar website development programs, how they can...

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'House of Cards' Meets 'The West Wing': The Moment When Frank Underwood Tried...

There was one scene which particularly stood out for me in the latest season of House of Cards. In episode four, President Frank Underwood goes to church and admits to the priest that he doesn't...

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Bringing Entrepreneurial Thinking to the UAE

A chance meeting with a visiting government minister of Kenya last week outlined to me just how much of a global meeting point the United Arab Emirates really is. I was sitting in the offices of the...

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The 2015 Woman

Woman. A term I struggle to compress to a singular word because across generations society has perpetually attempted to redefine the nature of my gender. Whether it is in our private lives or in the...

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