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Oxford University Appoints Its First Female Vice Chancellor. Ever.
Oxford University has nominated its first ever female vice-chancellor, 800 years after the role was introduced at the institution. Professor Louise Richardson, who is currently principal at St Andrews...
View ArticleTrans People Answer All Those Questions You Felt Too Awkward To Ask
"Which bathroom do you use? What do you do in bed? Have you had 'the op'?" are just a few of the questions transgender people get asked. That's why Lee Dalloway, social media producer at BBC Free...
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Facing Up to Global Challenges
*Madeline Weeks [2014] is an MPhil student in Geographical Research and Executive of the Global Scholars Action Network (GSAN). She studies the wellbeing of coffee farmers in Mexico and has a deep...
View ArticleMental Health: Shifting Discussion
Finally mental health awareness is receiving the media limelight it deserves but catching our attention is less than half the battle. Headlines attempt to grab our gaze with pseudo statistics; such as...
View ArticleSocial Mobility Does Not Exist
Growing up in Merthyr Tydfil, my family never went to art galleries, never listened to classical music and never hunted foxes or pheasants. Our cultural exploits involved watching Gladiators, reading...
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A Circus School That Brightens Up the Townships
How juggling and acrobatics are helping reconcile the colors of the rainbow nation I took a plane to Cape Town, South Africa last November: I had to do an internship abroad in order to complete my...
View ArticleWill 2015 Be the Year of the U-Turn in Vocational Education?
Last month McDonald's UK launched a new campaign to promote 'soft skills' backed by entrepreneur James Caan. The campaign intends to promote skills such as communication, interpersonal and teamwork...
View ArticleThis Gay Teenager Gets An A* For Her Feminist Yearbook Quote
Far from relying on the usual inspirational quotes which everyone seems to shamelessly regurgitate in their yearbooks, teenager Caitlyn Cannon totally owned hers. The teen, who describes herself as as...
View ArticleBorderline Personality Disorder: The Symptoms, Signs, And What It's Really...
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) does not mean crazy. It's also not solely reserved for psychopathic serial killers in murder dramas. It's a mental health condition which around one in every 150...
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Danish Radio Host Who Beat and Killed Baby Rabbit on Air Should Be Prosecuted
On Monday, Danish radio host Asger Juhl beat this baby rabbit to death with a bicycle pump, live on air. Juhl, along with Jorgen Ramskov, the producer of the show, told the New York Times that the...
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Young Entrepreneur Of The Week: Alessandro Paletta With His 8 Week Old Angel...
Alessandro Paletta is a 16-year-old from Wrexham, and, eight weeks ago, launched his first business. We checked in with the A-level student, who plays football in his spare time and was named the Welsh...
View ArticleOxford University's Debating Society Advertises 'Colonial Cocktail'
Oxford University's debating union has landed itself in hot water after advertising a cocktail called 'The Colonial Comeback', accompanied by a picture of shackled hands. The Oxford Union's posters...
View ArticleStruggling With an Eating Disorder During Ramadan
As a Muslim suffering from an eating disorder, I understand how hard the month of Ramadan can be for others with eating disorders. For the past few years, I have been medically advised not to fast as...
View ArticleWhy It's Time for Tim Farron to Lead the Liberal Democrats
It was a cold afternoon in November when, huddled before my computer screen, I typed out a message to Tim Farron, the then party president of the Liberal Democrats. The message was a call for help. I...
View ArticleShia Laboeuf #Introductions Motivational Speech Is Really Intense
Shia Laboeuf doesn't do things like normal people. Remember that time he turned up at a premiere with a paper bag on his head? Well it turns out he does speeches differently to you a I as well. Take a...
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United Airlines Is Being Boycotted After 'Islamophobic' Treatment Of Muslim...
United Airlines is being boycotted by people who were appalled after a woman was reduced to tears by an alleged 'Islamophobic' incident on a flight. Tahera Ahmad, a Muslim US university chaplain, says...
View ArticleCameron's Cowardice in Not Giving 16 and 17-Year-Olds Their Say on Europe
Over the last week David Cameron has been touring European countries trying to drum up support for - yet to be defined - reform of the UK's relationship with the EU, ahead of a referendum on whether...
View Article'Britain's Hardest Grafter' - Has the Establishment Dropped Its Pretence...
The BBC used to portray people at the bottom of society with sympathy. From the legendary Cathy Come Home through to Growing Up Poor, Auntie like British society more generally saw poverty not as a...
View ArticleStephen Hawking: I Fear Disabled Students With My Kind Of Condition Will Be...
Stephen Hawking has voiced his fears students with conditions similar to his will not receive the support they need to succeed due to funding cuts. The world-famous physicist was speaking at his former...
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60-Year-Old Teacher's Uptown Funk Retirement Dance Is Awesome
When the time came for 60-year-old Shirley Clements to retire, the teacher didn't just have a goodbye speech prepared, she put on a whole damn dance - to Uptown Funk. Clements created an annual dance...
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