The Young Vote: Why the Youth Are Politically Expolited
Politics for me had been a negative subject from a very young age and this was true for most of my peers. I ran for the local election because I'd realised there was a political void that needed...
View ArticleWhy George Galloway Should Not Be Allowed to Speak on Any University Campus
In October, I caused a bit of a stir (which went viral) by confronting the notorious (and rather disgraceful) MP, George Galloway. As I explained my actions previously, "by looking him in the eye and...
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Burns Night 2014: Best Events In London For Homesick Scots
Burns Night is a time to celebrate the life and work of the great poet Robert Burns. It also, incidentally, falls on a Saturday. Any excuse to have a tipple in the name of honouring a Scottish legend!...
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Josh: Against the Grain (Hunger in District 131)
I often get asked what Pakistan is like. There's a lot of interest in this country, for obvious reasons: Taliban terrorizing, drones blasting, Osama lurking, law and order dissipating, Malala...
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A Fashion Intern's Diary: The Highs and Lows of Unpaid Life in London
As my time at Hand & Lock comes to an end I've been thinking a lot about the pros and cons of being an intern. Of course I've questioned the morality of interning, how can any company get away with...
View ArticleUniversity of Birmingham Spends £30,000 on Injunction Against Students
The court injunction issued by the University of Birmingham against student occupiers has been found to have cost the university £27,457 plus VAT. The last few months have seen a bout of student...
View ArticleBenefits Street: Where Poverty Becomes Entertaining
"It's our money," said one clipped voice in the back row, "so we should have the right to scrutinise what they do with it." He may have been a single audience member in Sunday's episode of The Big...
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Truth and Reconciliation for Canada's Aborigines
*Tara Cookson is a Gates Cambridge Scholar and is doing a PhD in Geography at the University of Cambridge. She is critically exploring the effects of the more recent post-neoliberal policy shifts on...
View ArticleApprentice Of The Week: It's A Myth We Don't Get Paid Much. You Can Earn Loads
Visit our new dedicated apprenticeship section, featuring a live jobs feed. Introducing this week’s apprentice.. Name: Georgia Cosma Job Title: Process Analyst Company: Neopost Ltd. Apprenticeship NVQ...
View ArticleLessons In Love: US Lecturer Makes Students Find A Date For Their Homework
Does the idea of having to score a date within two weeks fill you with fear? Try being told to do so by your lecturer. This is the radical new incentive that Boston College academic, Kerry Cronin, is...
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Musician of the Week: George Taylor, Oxford Brookes Student, On Playing At...
| Are you a student musician or in a student band? Fancy appearing in our Student Musician of the Week series? Click here to find out more | Meet: George Taylor. A second-year student at Oxford Brookes...
View ArticleGodfrey Bloom, Ex Ukip MEP, Compares Disabled Oxford Student To Richard III
Controversial MEP Godfrey Bloom reportedly shocked attendees at an Oxford Union debate, calling a disabled student 'Richard III', after the monarch who famously had a defomity. Bloom, who lost the Ukip...
View ArticleWould You Send Your Kids to Private School?
The Cambridge Union Society's Press Officer, Oliver Jackson, as the product of a succession of British private schools, discourses on the arguments around the system that educated him. The Cambridge...
View ArticleYou Can Take A College Course About Jay-Z And Kanye West At Mizzou
Some University of Missouri students will need to have a copy of the "Watch the Throne" album if they sign up for English 2169. That's because the English class is primarily devoted to studying two of...
View ArticleA-Levels To Be Phased Out? Call To Reform Outdated System
The A-level system should be replaced with a wider "baccalaureate" scheme that allows teenagers to study more subjects, a report suggests. It says focusing just on A-levels - seen by many as the "gold...
View ArticleLearning and Remembering the Holocaust Is Relevant to Us All, No Matter Our Age
My personal journey with the Holocaust Educational Trust began when I was invited to represent my school at a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau as part of the Lessons from Auschwitz Project. This one-day...
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'Cocaine Traces' Found In Oxford University Library
Traces of cocaine have been found in six locations at Oxford University, including the library, a student investigation has found, prompting a probe by the institution. The Class A drug was found in...
View ArticleWatch: Brooke Magnanti, Belle De Jour, On Students Doing Sex Work
Brooke Magnanti, better known by her call girl pen name Belle De Jour, spoke to Oxford Union about students becoming sex workers - and said if her daughter was to enter the industry, she'd be fine with...
View ArticleOn Working With Chronic Illness(es)
Four months ago I thought I'd never be able to work again. I have had one chronic illness my whole life, but last year became even more of a challenge when I was diagnosed with two more. The oldie,...
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