Teen Joshua Harrison-Jones Dies In Freak Onesie Weight Lifting Accident
A teenage died in a freak accident after he was strangled by his oneise while trying to lift weights in his bedroom, an inquest has heard. Joshua Harrison-Jones, from Stretford in Manchester, had tied...
View ArticleCoventry University's New App Allows Teens To Get Anonymous Advice About FGM
The first app designed to tackle the problem of FGM in Britain has been launched by Coventry University, allowing users to seek help anonymously. Free to download, the web app, named "Petals", looks to...
View ArticleTen Top Tips for Students to Make the Most Out of Their Summer
With summer fast approaching for students, they are planning what to do, where to go and who to see. For teachers it's really important that students are also preparing for their next school, college...
View Article10 Things I Learned From My First Music Festival
At the age of 12, I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis (U.C). I don't talk about it very often, because a) I find it difficult to effectively explain the condition to people, and b) I feel...
View ArticleBudget 2015: Are British Young People the New Illegal Immigrants
If you are rich and over 25 you really are living the dream thanks to Mr Osborne and his little red box. It's absolutely excellent to see restrictions being lifted on inheritance tax and your banker...
View ArticleWarwick University Has Vowed To Stop Investing In Fossil Fuels
Students and staff at the University of Warwick are celebrating after the institution vowed to stop investing in fossil fuels - following a two year campaign. The university announced its divestment in...
View ArticleWhy Are We Ignoring the Student Living Costs Struggle?
One of the biggest stories of the recent General Election was the backlash towards Nick Clegg for raising tuition fees. After pledging to cut tuition fees altogether, he actually voted in favour of...
View ArticleTsipras: A Trail-Blazer for the Next Generation
I have no opinion on the Greek crisis. In fact, all us lay people should stop spouting our under-qualified explanations and inaccurate predictions. Because, well, it's simply more complicated than...
View ArticleObese And Overweight Teens Think Their Weight Is 'About Right', Finds Study
One in four overweight or obese teenagers don't see themselves as out of shape, and think their weight is "about right", research has revealed. Conducted by Cancer Research UK, a survey of 5,000 13 to...
View Article'Study Here And Then Leave', Sajid Javid Tells International Students
Business secretary Sajid Javid has told overseas students he wants them to study in the UK - and then leave - in a bid to "break the link" between them attending university and staying on to work...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Mr George Osborne
Dear Mr George Osborne, I graduate next week (with an immense amount of debt already) and I'm currently job seeking. I've signed up to JSA (Job Seekers Allowance) and signed up for Housing Benefit...
View Article10 Books To Read If You Want To Know More About Politics
In the recent General Election only 43% of under 25s turned out to vote. That's compared with 78% of over 65s. With students and young people bearing the brunt of George Osborne's recent Budget...
View ArticleDurham University Law Graduate And Miss World Hopeful Laura Collins Doesn't...
Laura Collins, a Durham University law graduate and Miss World hopeful, has said she "agrees entirely" with beauty pageants' values. Laura, a 22-year-old from Greater Manchester, won the title of Miss...
View ArticleStudent Maintenance Funding: 'I Owe My Life, Everything I Have, To State Grants'
George Osborne's announcement that maintenance grants for some for the country's poorest university students would be cut and replaced with loans has brought shock and outrage. Shelly Asquith, Vice...
View ArticleTeenager With Alopecia Embraces Life Wearing Wigs: 'I Get To Change My Colour...
Sian Pennant-Jones had always dreamed of being on the stage, but just before taking her final exams at a performing arts college, she began losing her hair. Eventually, doctors diagnosed the...
View ArticleReasons Why You Should Go To Greece On Holiday
Yes, Greece is in economic turmoil, financial crisis, political chaos. But should that stop you going on holiday? Absolutely not. Stop worrying about the Grexit and channel your inner Mamma Mia. Here...
View ArticleAfter That Budget, Labour Needs a Kick up the Arse
A measure designed to "kick British businesses up their lazy arses". That was the humorous remark made by an unnamed Cabinet member to The Times this week, following George Osborne's announcement that...
View ArticleTheresa May Will Ban Foreign Students From Working While Studying, And Force...
International students in the UK will be banned from working while they are studying, and will be forced to leave when their degree finishes in an attempt to crack down on visa fraud, the Home Office...
View ArticleAre We Helping ISIS By Broadcasting Their Atrocities?
A few weeks ago ISIS or at least ISIS inspired individuals reached a new stage in their development as an extreme radical Islamist group. They have crossed the rubicon and left the main stream of...
View ArticleLess Than a 100 Days In
We have spent less than 100 days under a Tory-majority government, and already they've done the expected. Well, for me it was the expected. Allow me to elaborate further before scourging me with...
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