It's A Year Since Stephen Sutton Died. Here's How His Friends Are Remembering...
It's a year since Stephen Sutton, the teenager who raised almost £5m for the Teenage Cancer Trust and touched the world with his fighting spirit, passed away from cancer. The 19-year-old had fought a...
View ArticleStephen Sutton Raised £1m For The Teenage Cancer Trust After His Death
Today marks one year since inspirational teen Stephen Sutton died of cancer. More than £1,000,000 of the £4,500,000 total was raised after his death on 14 May 2014. Stephen's story touched the hearts...
View ArticleWhat's The One Thing You Should Never Wear To An Interview? A Red Tie..
Forget about impressing your interviewer with a faultless curriculum vitae, full of glowing references - more time should be taken on your wardrobe choice, specifically the colour of your tie. That's...
View ArticleSingapore Teenager Convicted Over Image Of Margaret Thatcher In Compromising...
A teenager has been convicted of distributing an image showing Singapore's former prime minister in a compromising position with Margaret Thatcher. Amos Yee was arrested and charged after 30 people...
View Article9 Cool Places To Go In The UK This Summer On A Budget
With exams nearly done, you're going to make it your mission to have the best summer yet. However, if your budget won't stretch far enough to go abroad, here are five cool places you can go in the UK...
View ArticleSo Taking A Gap Year Is Apparently A Good Thing, And Means You'll Have Lower...
Taking a gap year between school and university is good for you - and even lowers stress levels, according to new research. The study revealed going travelling doesn't weaken students' chances of...
View ArticleA Week of Shame for the Left
A week has passed since the day of the General Election, and while we are surely used to bad losers (and winners) after any democratic event in the country, the tone of the Far (and increasingly...
View ArticleChinese Professors Makes Students Walk Over Him To Encourage Them To 'Throw...
A Chinese professor asked his students to walk over him so they would learn to challenge authority - and have the courage to "throw eggs" at Barack Obama. Despite originally being reluctant, more than...
View ArticleWhy We Need Mental Health Awareness Week
Would you believe me if I told you about the time I ended up in hospital after having an asthma attack and, instead of helping me, the nurse I saw simply lectured me about how 'I'd regret this one...
View ArticleSeven Things Teetotal Students Are Tired of Hearing
According to the media, all uni students do is boogie (old people word for getting low) and bolt VKs. However, I am one of those students that the media tends to forget about, in their trend of...
View ArticleChildLine Reports 200% Increase In Young People Suffering From Exam Stress
Young people are increasingly suffering from exam stress, ChildLine has warned. The helpline said it has seen a 200% increase in youths mentioning the issue during counselling sessions. NSPCC chief...
View ArticleStudents, Green and Labour Ain't Your Flavour
The Liberal Democrats, The Greens and Labour are often grouped together in British politics as the three largest country-wide socially progressive parties. Since the tuition fee debacle of 2010, the...
View ArticleThe Blindfold of Mental Illness
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and something I would really like people to be aware of is the blindfold of mental illness. When I look back to the worst times in my mental illness it was...
View ArticlePiers Morgan Excoriates The NRA And The 'Grotesque' Wayne LaPierre At The...
Piers Morgan may no longer be at CNN, but the former tabloid editor hasn't deserted the fight against the perversion of the Second Amendment of the US constitution -- the right to keep and bear arms....
View ArticleEdinburgh Students Stage Sit-In After University's Fossil Fuel Backing
More than 30 students from Edinburgh University staged a sit-in after the university continued its investment in fossil fuels. On Tuesday, students heard of the news that the institution they attend...
View ArticleBritain Needs a Living Wage - @InMyUK
I was recently asked by a very nice radio presenter what the most important issue is for us young people. Being 21 I suppose I fit into this category. My answer was low wages and this is certainly true...
View ArticleWhy Politics Will Always Be Deemed More Important Than Any Human Cost
The Conservative government, whether as an individual you voted for it or not, was a majority, a clean shove for the Torys back into power - without the dilution we got from the Lib Dems - which in...
View Article'The Day I Stop Marvelling At What My Guide Dogs Do Will Be The Day I Will...
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is a UK based charity training dogs that will quite literally lead people with sight loss to the path of freedom. The charity, founded in 1931, thrives as an...
View ArticleWhy I Didn't Vote!
'If you don't vote you can't have an opinion' says propaganda. That's a silly statement, all you have to do is research the situation, ponder the process, open your mouth and look, an opinion is out...
View ArticleWhy We Should Focus on Well-Rounded Young People - Not Exceptional Grades
Earlier this week the headteacher of Lady Eleanor Holles School, Heather Hanbury, launched an attack at the state of the current education system and its focus on the attainment of high grade test...
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