Clik here to view.
#InMyShoes: Immigration - A Boom to the Economy or a Curse to Society?
Immigration is one of UK's hot topics today. Many politicians especially "You-Know-Who" have created a negative image of immigration and migrants. The key questions to ask are: "Does migrants have a...
View ArticleLabour's Apprenticeships Ambassador Hasn't Actually EVER Had Any Contact With...
In the Labour party's September conference, Ed Miliband announced Elizabeth Shepherd would become the party's apprenticeships ambassador. But, since then, the 21-year-old hasn't actually had *any*...
View ArticleSexual Assault Survivor Strips Nearly Naked Outside Library To Show Her Body...
A student from Texas stripped nearly naked and sat outside her college library for 45 minutes in order to demonstrate her body isn't a sex object. Monika Rostvold, a sexual assault survivor, performed...
View ArticleFrench Muslim Teenager Banned From School For Wearing A Skirt
A Muslim teenager wearing a black skirt was sent home from her school in France after being told she was violating the country's policy on secular clothing. The 15-year-old girl, known only as Sarah,...
View Article#InMyShoes: Is a Young Person's Future Worth £30 a Week?
When I was 14, I had a plan. I was going to get all A* and A grades at GCSE level, progress to a great sixth form and eventually end up at Oxbridge studying English Literature. It seemed like it was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Walking Ghosts: The Politics of Modern Britain
Beyond The Ballot is The Huffington Post UK's alternative take on the General Election, taking on the issues too awkward for Westminster. It focuses on the unanswered questions around internet...
View ArticleWhy Ed Miliband Will Win the General Election - And What Happens Next
With the general election fast approaching, the two major parties grapple with each other over the 34% mark in the polls, neither apparently able to spring ahead to a lead. It is looking to be an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
General Election 2015: 60% Of Youths Intend To Vote, As Labour Wins Support
As many as 60% of 18 to 24-year-olds say they are certain to vote in the General Election, a new poll has found - but their choice of party appears to be shifting. The age group made up nearly a third...
View ArticleGeneral Election 2015: 70% Young People Registered To Vote, Thanks To...
Nearly three quarters of the 6.8m young people in the UK have registered to vote in the upcoming general election - 14% more than in 2010, The Huffington Post UK can reveal. The election could have the...
View ArticleThe Myth of Immigration as an Election Issue
The movement of a native of one country to another is not a new phenomenon, often referred to as immigration. Settling into new areas has been practised by people of early civilizations such as the...
View ArticleOxford Students Demand Better Mental Health Support
Oxford University Student Union is calling for increased support and respect for mentally ill students. The Union is proposing a "mental health charter" which would set minimum standards of respect,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Switching Off E4 on Election Day Will Not Help Engage Young Voters
E4 is being switched off on 7th May. With election turnout among younger voters significantly below older generations, and falling, Channel 4 executives have decided that removing repeats of The Big...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Was A High School Prom Poster - And It Shames Young Women
This was a poster put up around Lincoln High School in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, to warn its students about the dangers of engaging in sexual activity on prom night. Not because they might contract an STI,...
View ArticleBlair, Blair - What the NUS Forgot to Tell You About Tuition Fees
You probably missed it, but the National Union of Students made the news. Not for an increase in the maintenance grant, something students struggle everyday with, nor to challenge the renting market,...
View ArticleGlimpses of Life
Lying in bed in the psychiatric ward last weekend I felt both exhausted and frustrated with my illness. If you were to compare my mental illness to a broken leg then it would be like that bone...
View ArticleLabour Can't Quite Kick the Habit - Miliband's Drug Policy Offers a Microcosm...
Last September, it appeared that the Labour Party had chosen to send a message with its choice of international guest speaker at the annual party conference. As Labour have longed used the American...
View ArticleHackney Students Win National Enterprise Award
Students from Hackney's Skinners' Academy have come out on top after winning the Mosaic Enterprise Challenge 2015, a national competition that develops entrepreneurial skills in schools. The successful...
View ArticleThis Teen Is Calling All Guys To Bring Tampons Into School To Help Out Their...
This teenager is quite simply our new hero. In an Instagram post which has quite rightly since gone viral, Jose Garcia from Miami asked all his fellow male classmates to bring a sanitary pad or tampon...
View ArticleOur Schools Have Become Exam Factories - Which Is Bad for Children, Bad for...
We are at the start of the exam season - a period of maximum stress for families across the country. Is this desirable? No. Is it damaging? Yes. Today's children are relentlessly examined, a practice...
View ArticleBionic Women: Electronic Music's Most Underrated Female Artists
Parklife, Creamfields, Outbreak, Wildlife. This summer, Britain hosts a stellar line-up of electronic music festivals. Defying the 'decline of the UK music festival', 2015 sees several dance fiestas...
View Article