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UCL Students' Union Backs Excluding Men And White People From 'Anti-Racism'...
A students' union at a London university has backed the exclusion of men and white people from anti-racism events, adding it was disappointed "white allies" were being allowed to attend. University...
View ArticleWhy Immigration Should Not Be at the Forefront of the General Election
History kindly teaches us that hard times encourage right wing parties to prosper, sometimes under the guise of being for 'the working man.' I'm not here to compare UKIP to the Nazis, but seeing as...
View ArticleYoung, Gifted and Valid
Quite a few people were strangely hostile to the idea of me writing a novel at 17. Either they were derisive, 'You don't know anything. What do you have to write about?' Or they were dismissive,...
View ArticleFears Growing of a New Labour Threat to Grammar Schools
This week I have written to Ed Miliband, calling on him to guarantee the status of England's existing 164 grammar schools in the event he becomes Prime Minister. Why? Because a new poll conducted by...
View ArticleThe 25 Best Cities For Young People To Live In
New York has been named the best city for young people in 2015, followed by London and Berlin, according to the Youthful Cities index. San Francisco and Paris headed up fourth and fifth respectively,...
View ArticleUniversity Of Central Lancashire Opens Puppy Room For Stressed Students
Puppies are fluffy, podgy bundles of fun, so why wouldn't you open a puppy room for your stressed students? We presume this was the thinking behind the University Of Central Lancashire's latest...
View ArticleTeenager Luke Holland Is Hoping To Be Britain's Youngest Councillor
Luke Holland is 18 and standing as an independent candidate for the ward of Moseley and Kings Heath in Birmingham. Self-identifying as a "proud Brummie", he told HuffPost UK about his policies and...
View ArticleThe Top Five Blogs Of The Week On HuffPost UK Young Voices
There are a couple of re-entries this week, but plenty more talent to feast your beady eyes on!
View ArticleIf We Want the Young to Vote We Need to Offer Some Inspiration
On March 28th hundreds of activists walked through the centre of Leeds to demonstrate against the creeping privatisation of the NHS. Among them was Leeds MP Hilary Benn, who was part of the last Labour...
View Article6 Ways To Celebrate Cinco De Mayo
Cinco de Mayo (fifth of May in Spanish) is a holiday commemorating the victory of Mexican's army in 1962 during the Franco-Mexican War. While it's not widely celebrated in Mexico, it's become a...
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20 Reasons Why UK Private Renters Are Getting A Seriously Bad Deal
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...
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House Prices Have Become A Ridiculous Game - Even For People Who Can Actually...
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 freedom,...
View ArticleMillions of Our Votes Won't Count - Democracy Is a Sham, and It's Time to...
There's just one week until polling day. It's almost here, that one day where the British population get a real say over who runs the country. We get to directly influence what happens in Westminster...
View ArticleMusic Is For Everyone
As a 22-year-old musician, my story up to this point is pretty typical amongst my contemporaries in the classical music world. Aged seven, I began piano lessons with Mrs Davies, who lived locally. Two...
View ArticlePwC Is Scrapping UCAS Points As Entry Criteria For Graduate Jobs
In an unprecedented move, one of the UK's largest graduate employers is to scrap using UCAS points as entry criteria for its graduate scheme, something which could lead to a huge shake-up in the...
View ArticleSuicide Is NOT Selfish
Sometimes I think we are doing well with educating others about mental health, raising awareness and reducing stigma and then a suicide happens and I realise we have so very far to go. I like to think...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Voice of the Election - The Young People of Wales
A lot has been made of young people in this election. The disengagement here, the disenfranchisement there, so what really is the mood in young people across the UK? The Electoral Reform Society stated...
View ArticleDon't Believe What You Hear About Students and Zero-Hours Contracts
When Jeremy Paxman pressed a very hesitant David Cameron to admit that he wouldn't be able to live on a zero-hours contract, the Prime Minister managed to turn his faltering babble into an enthusiastic...
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History in Film
History has been part of school curriculums for as long as anyone can remember. It conjures up images of people pouring over books and manuscripts in dimly lit rooms. However, in recent years this...
View ArticleThe Realities of Politics and the SNP
Being away at university lends perspective to every trip home - the siblings are a little bit taller, the dog a bit fatter, and my bed a whole lot more comfortable. However Scotland itself does not...
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