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Hope Is a Special but Fragile Thing
I actively avoid thinking about the future most of the time. Part of this is because it sends me into a blinding panic of attempting to work out how I will ever get a job and afford a house and a cat...
View ArticleTeens Most At Risk From New Lethal Form of Meningitis
A new strain of meningitis – meningitis W – is spreading fast, and teenagers will be the first to be vaccinated. Less well-known than the B and C strains, meningitis W is more deadly largely because it...
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Budget 2015: Young People To Bear Brunt Of George Osborne's £12bn Welfare Cuts
Young people are set to be hit hardest by George Osborne's Summer cuts, in a financial statement hailed by one Tory minister as "the boldest Budget in more than a decade". UPDATE: George Osborne...
View ArticleBaylor University In America Just Lifted Its Ban On Homosexual Acts
A university in America has announced it has lifted its ban on homosexual acts - which were previously categorised alongside incest, sexual abuse and sexual assault. Baylor University in Waco, Texas,...
View Article'University Is A Complete Waste Of Time For Entrepreneurs', Says Dragons' Den...
Dragons' Den star Peter Jones thinks university is a waste of time for entrepreneurs. The 6ft7in-tall telecommunication tycoon is intent that his rather sizeable footsteps should be followed - he...
View ArticleYouths And The EU: What Millenials Want For The Future Of Europe
The future of the EU has never been less certain; Greece recently voted to refuse billions of euros in exchange for more cuts, while David Cameron has promised Britain a referendum vote of its own in...
View ArticleWomen In Business: These Baking-Mad Sisters Are Taking Over The North, One...
Jane and Lucy Batham haven't got time for sibling rivalry, they're far too busy baking. The sisters, from York, have been selling brownies to the masses since launching their business Tarte & Berry...
View ArticleHow I Grew to Love Women's Football
I've just finished reporting the Women's World Cup and England having the most successful world cup in a generation (I wasn't born in 1990 so it is at least a generation to me). During the whole...
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Budget 2015: George Osborne Cuts Maintenance Grants For Students From Low...
George Osborne has announced he will slash maintenance grants and convert them into loans for some of the country's poorest students in his Budget address on Wednesday. The Chancellor confirmed rumours...
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Egyptian Students Are Spending Ramadan Behind Bars For Speaking Out Against...
Hundreds of Egyptian students are spending Ramadan in prison for "expressing their opinions". Egyptian media reports suggest that students have been arrested or have disappeared suspiciously under a...
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Budget 2015: George Osborne Forces Brunt Of Cuts On Young
George Osborne has announced plans to slash university maintenance grants and convert them into loans, exclude under 25s from the new, "national living wage", and make it compulsory for 18 to...
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Summer Budget: Students' Mixed Reactions To Osborne Cutting Maintenance...
On Wednesday, George Osborne announced maintenance grants for the country's poorest students would be cut and replaced with loans. Students have reacted with shock, understanding and nonchalance to the...
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Young Entrepreneur Of The Week: Tom Cridland, Who's Making Sustainability...
Tom Cridland isn't afraid of a challenge. The 24-year-old founded his eponymous menswear brand last year and set himself the mammoth task of making, quite literally, the perfect pair of pants. Now, the...
View ArticleA Typical Tory Transaction: Tax Cuts for the Rich, Grants Cut for the Poorest...
George Osborne has presented us today with a typical Tory transaction: tax cuts for the rich and grants cut for the poorest students. The Chancellor boasted that he will "lower the national debt" in...
View Article#BeautyInAllChallenge Takes Off As Teens Flaunt Flaws In Response To...
Teens are fighting against a perfection obsessed society by flaunting their 'flaws' online. Using the hashtag #BeautyInAllChallenge, spots, stretch marks and scars are being revealed in retaliation...
View Article#BeautyInAllChallenge Takes Off As Teens Flaunt Flaws In Response To...
Teens are fighting against a perfection obsessed society by flaunting their 'flaws' online. Using the hashtag #BeautyInAllChallenge, spots, stretch marks and scars are being revealed in retaliation...
View ArticleA Two Generations Budget, Cementing the Divide Between Young and Old
What is George Osborne's problem with young people? In the last Parliament, he made them bear the brunt of the early cuts and today he's done the same. This was not a One Nation Budget, but the Two...
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Alton Towers Crash Victim Joe Pugh Says 'I'm Not Angry At The Park', As He...
One of the victims of the Alton Towers crash has said he will not blame the theme park until he fully knows what happened, despite losing the use of a finger and being left with two shattered knees....
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Irish Student Aoife Beary Wakes From Coma After Berkeley Balcony Collapse
Aoife Beary, a victim of the tragic Berkeley balcony collapse, has woken from her coma. Six students died last month when they fell five floors from an apartment complex in Berkeley, California. They...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne's Budget Cuts Will Suffocate the Rights of Young Adults...
The axe has been wielded, the cuts have been announced and George Osborne has predictably chosen to target vulnerable young people. The removal of automatic entitlement to housing benefit for 18-21s is...
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