Student Disunion
Recently the National Union of Students (NUS) released their pre-general election campaign for 2015, a tradition that is supposed to mobilise the youth vote and champion student politics on a national...
View ArticleLabour Candidate 'Paying Young Interns £4 A Day To Campaign For Him'
A Labour election candidate has denied claims he is paying young workers £4 a day to campaign for him. The Sun reported a leaked email suggesting young people working for Toby Perkins in the...
View ArticleGraduate Doctors Landed With £82k Of Debt They Can't Pay Back
Doctors who graduated last year will have amassed debts of more than £82,000 and are unlikely to be able to pay back their student loans, according to research. Annual tuition fees cost £9,000 for...
View ArticleFemale Teens Increasingly At Risk From Emotional Problems, Reveals Study
Schoolgirls in England are increasingly at risk from emotional problems, according to a new study. Researchers from University College London and the Anna Freud Centre compared questionnaires filled in...
View ArticleGeneral Election 2015: What To Do Now You've Registered To Vote
Well done- you've registered to vote! You've taken your first steps to having a say in how you're governed from May 7th. But for the 3 million first-time young voters in the UK, the election process...
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British Politics: Devolved Parliament And Assemblies - Here's How It All Works
It can all get a bit confusing with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland having varying degrees of independence. That's why we've teamed up with British Politics for Dummies to bring you this handy...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Most Dangerous University Cities
It seems some university cities are more dangerous than others. In a report covering the period between February 2014 and January 2015, the student accommodation portal StuRents analysed more than...
View ArticleWhy I Won't Be Voting Tactically
I got another email from my Dad yesterday trying to convince me to use my vote at home, vote Lib Dem on the off chance it will keep the Tories out. I must say I considered it. Either way that would be...
View ArticleForget the Past, I Struggle to Trust Labour With the Future
When I was young and I'd done something I regretted, my father would tell me that the past is the past and what matters is what I do from now on. In the same way, this election should be judged upon...
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General Election 2015: Young People Register To Vote In Their Thousands...
Any assumption young people don't care about voting has been blown out of the water after figures released by the government reveal nearly 140,000 youths registered to vote on Monday. The 16 to...
View ArticleMeet Abby, The Girl Who Started #Milifandom: Ed Miliband's Young Fan Club
If you haven't heard already, Ed Miliband has an official fandom, full of teenage girls, and it's taking over Twitter. The #milifandom was started by college student Abby, and so far it's attracted a...
View ArticleWarwick Students Give Us 24 Reasons Why We Should Challenge Islamophobia
A campaign to challenge Islamophobia at Warwick University in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks has been started by education officer Maahwish Mirza - and has even gained approval of the vice...
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Academics Are 'Worried' Rugby Is Too Dangerous To Get Funding Boost In UK...
New Zealand produces some of the most physical rugby players in the world, but the World Cup winning nation has been cited in plans to stop school children from getting injured while playing the sport....
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This Guy Made A Cheese And Bacon Toastie In His Lecture On A George Foreman...
One guy took lecture snacks to the next level and went all out to make a cheese and bacon toastie in his class, even bringing in his very own George Foreman grill. Naturally, Twitter went mad. Y'all...
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General Election 2015: Here's How Students Are Going To Vote
New political research on how students are going to vote in the general election reveals nearly a third intend to back Labour - with the same amount opting for the Conservatives. A mere 1% are UKIP...
View ArticleNUS Announces More Anti-Lib Dem 'Liar Liar' Billboards Despite Student...
The National Union of Students will put up three more anti-Liberal Democrat billboards from Thursday, despite opposition for the campaign from students. The billboards will be located in train stations...
View ArticleQueen's University Belfast's Charlie Hebdo Conference Cancelled Over...
An academic conference focusing on the Charlie Hebdo massacre in January and its legacy has been cancelled by the Vice Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast, on the basis of concerns about security...
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Green Party Accused Of Employing 'Highly Inappropriate' Tactics By...
The Greens have been accused of employing "highly inappropriate" tactics after it emerged the party had been giving out proxy voting forms to students, which had already been filled in with the details...
View ArticleTeach Politics in Schools: Young People Deserve to Have Their Voice Heard, So...
Recently I had lunch with some friends in their early twenties. Predictably, the topic of the imminent General Election came up - I was surprised that one well-educated friend didn't know what a...
View ArticleWho Should LGBT+ People Vote For?
General Election fever is in full-swing. Different areas of society are being urged, swayed and pleaded with to vote a certain way. With that in mind, who should the LGBT+ citizens of the United...
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