Apprenticeships - How to Be a Responsible Employer
As an article in The Independent noted last week "There may be little political consensus on education, but one thing all parties seem to agree on is that more apprenticeships should be available to...
View ArticleWhy Clare Carson's 'Orkney Twilight' Is Set to Be Summer's Hottest Thriller...
I read books. I review books. I talk to people about books. Books take up an immense proportion of my life. However, being a teenager, sometimes it is way too easy to slip into the sociocultural safety...
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Meet The SNP's Mhairi Black, The 20-Year-Old Student Who Just Unseated...
This time last year, few would have heard of Mhairi Black. On Thursday, the 20-year-old student made history - and headlines - by becoming Britain's youngest MP since 1667, and unseating Douglas...
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The 37 Political Casualties From The Lib Dems' 'Cruel Night', From Vince...
The Liberal Democrats were shocked with the exit poll which predicted they'd only retain 10 seats, but nothing could have prepared them for the carnage which involved the loss of a number key figures....
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This Election Was All About Young People Voting. So What Do They Have To Say...
The campaign for the 2015 general election focused on one demographic in particular: the youth vote. As politicians swiftly realised the importance in galvanising the nation's 18 to 25 year olds to...
View ArticleSt Albans Headmistress Jenny Brown Says Teen Girls 'Need Year Off Exams To...
Imagine not having any exams for a year…well according to a headmistress of a top girls' school, teenage girls “need a year off to make mistakes and fall in love”. With the pressures of school...
View ArticleUK Festival Dos and Don'ts
The festival season is looming, and the coming months will be jam-packed, from Glastonbury and the Isle of Wight festival in June to Wireless, V and Reading and Leeds later this summer. So if you have...
View ArticleA Letter to Journalists
Dear journalists, I understand that you want an interesting story and that you want to grip your readers and keep them reading on. I get that okay but when it comes to reporting on mental health please...
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Imperial College London Student Jailed For 30,000 Child Abuse Images
A third year maths student from Imperial College London has been handed a nine month jail term after police caught him with 30,000 pornographic images of children on his laptop, some of which he had...
View ArticleDon't Wait Until 2020: Make the Tories Tremble Today
Can you remember the last time you felt inspired by a political leader, the last time you felt hopeful about the future of your country, or the last time you used the word 'politics' without it leaving...
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Teen Left In Tears After Superdrug Staff 'Mock Him For Wanting Cheryl...
A teenage boy was reportedly left in tears after being laughed at by staff at his local Superdrug store when he asked to get his eyebrows "shaped like Cheryl Cole's". The college student, who didn't...
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San Diego University Students Have To Strip Naked And Perform Erotic Act By...
Students at a university in California have to strip naked and perform a "nude gesture" by candlelight if they want to pass their performance art class, it has emerged. Ricardo Dominguez, a professor...
View ArticleFor Wheelchair Users Like Me, Getting on a Bus Isn't So Simple
Last month, it was reported that wheelchair user and Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Brinton had been denied access to a London bus after a father refused to move his buggy out of the wheelchair...
View ArticleCampaigners Win Fight Against Tampon Tax At Exeter University
Student campaigners have won their fight against tampon tax, meaning the sanitary items will now be sold tax free at Exeter University. The institution and the students' union will cover the five...
View ArticleWill The Conservative Party Help Young People?
For many young people, this was their first time voting in a General Election. Last week’s emphatic result of David Cameron and the Conservatives returning for another five years in government has...
View ArticleReclaiming Exam Term: Revising Resistance
The Tories are in. First of all, I want to share love and solidarity with all of those people who woke up to a scarier world on Friday morning. To a world in which vital services we depend upon are...
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Porn And Gaming Is Causing A 'Crisis Of Masculinity', Says Psychologist - But...
A leading psychologist has warned that young men are facing a "crisis of masculinity" due to an increased use of video games and pornography, but not everyone is as convinced. In an interview on BBC...
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What Is Body Dysmorphic Disorder? And What's It Like If You Have It?
Body Dysmorphic Disorder, also known as BDD, is a commonly misunderstood mental health condition. Its sufferers are often branded narcissistic and self-obsessed, even though they are struggling with...
View ArticleGenerally Confusing Election
Last Thursday, when my oldest friend Emily and I went to vote for the first time in the gym at my primary school, I felt nervously excitable, but also like I was looking at an old photo of how politics...
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Just an Ordinary Teenager Running a Global Youth Charity
Me, Kieran Goodwin So, I thought I should tell the world more about me and what I am currently doing with my crazy life. The World Youth Organization (formally known as the Extreme Sport Challenges...
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