Student Resigns from His PhD In Protest Against UCL's Handling Of Tim Hunt...
A postgraduate student at University College London (UCL) has resigned from his PhD following the university’s handling of the Tim Hunt sexism row. Tim Hunt, a Nobel prize-winning scientist, was forced...
View ArticleMindful of the Evidence Base
Half of mental health disorders have their onset before age 15, and there is growing evidence that the teenage brain undergoes significant change. This time of heightened brain plasticity offers a...
View ArticleBirmingham Bullying Video Teen Forced To Flee As Her House Is Vandalised By...
The 16-year-old who was filmed forcing two schoolgirls to their knees and assaulting them has had to flee her home after it was vandalised by an angry mob. The Birmingham teen, who cannot be named for...
View ArticleTeenagers Are Snubbing Alcohol For Social Media, Study Finds
Two thirds of British teenagers are snubbing alcohol, saying it does not play an important role in their social lives, with nearly a fifth saying they are completely tee-total, according to new...
View ArticleGovernment Refuses To Make Decision On Introducing PSHE, And Sex And...
A Tory education committee chairman has slammed the government for its refusal to make a decision on whether to introduce compulsory sex and relationship lessons in schools, dubbing ministers'...
View ArticleHomeless Youth Gets Job Offers After Student Posted His Handwritten CV On...
A handwritten CV, with no address, scribbled on a crumpled piece of paper. It's not exactly professional, but it's the lengths one desperate homeless man was driven to to try and get a job. Jordan...
View ArticleInspired By Mhairi Black's Parliament Speech? Then Check Out These 10 MPs'...
On the back of a phenomenal maiden speech delivered earlier this week, Mhairi Black is showing youths up and down the country how to do politics. Back in last May, the 20-year-old became the youngest...
View ArticleTheresa May Proposes Even Tougher Rules For Student Visas - They'll Now Need...
Theresa May is considering even tougher restrictions for international students, following the Home Office's decision to give overseas graduates the boot. The home secretary is floating plans to...
View Article11-Year-Old Boy From One Of Britain's Most Deprived Areas Has Won A...
After applying for the place himself, a boy from one of Britain’s most deprived areas has won a scholarship to Eton. Tyrese George, an 11-year-old from Byker, Newcastle, will join the world famous...
View ArticleThis 23-Year-Old's Video About Being Sectioned Is Incredibly Powerful
A 23-year-old has made a video about her experience of being sectioned in a mental health hospital after becoming concerned young people think anorexia is fashionable. Claire Greaves from Pontypool,...
View ArticleOne Baby in Four Is Born to Migrants and That Is Good for Britain
Yesterday, once again, we witnessed an attack on migrants as a Daily Express article reading 'One baby in four is born to migrants: Boom in foreign mums puts pressure on services' went viral on social...
View ArticleA Jobless Teenager Wins £6,000 In Talent Show And Then Donates It To The...
After winning a talent show, Christian Hudson, 19, donated the show’s $10,000 (£6,400) prize to a homeless Drop-In and Rehab Centre in his hometown of Calgary, Canada. The 19-year-old’s unorthodox...
View ArticleA British Medic Has Recruited 16 UK Students To Join Isis
A British Palestinian studying at university in Sudan is alleged to have radicalised 16 fellow UK students and encouraged them to join the group calling itself Islamic State (IS). The University of...
View ArticleChattanooga Gunman, Who Killed Four Marines, Wrote Chilling Message In Yearbook
The 24-year-old who shot and killed four marines in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Thursday wrote a chilling message in his school yearbook, it has emerged. Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez wrote in his...
View ArticleGiving Thanks to Student Support Staff
It's almost exactly five years since I graduated. When I look back, despite some excellent lectures, the university faces I remember most are not academics, but support staff. I'm sure that for a...
View ArticleMeet The 20-Somethings Helping Women Wave The 'Quarter-Life Crisis' Goodbye
Once you hit your mid-twenties, most people fit into one of two camps. You're either unemployed and doing interminable internships trying to land your dream job or you're already on the career ladder...
View ArticleToo Many People Are Not Registered to Vote - And It's About to Get Worse
Too many people are not registered to vote. The reasons for this vary - they don't have the time, they are disillusioned with party politics, they don't see how voting will make any difference to their...
View ArticleThe Politics of Fear: Why I'm Getting Sick of the Labour Leadership Contest
There is no doubt about it: The Labour leadership race has turned ugly. The politics of fear that was so ruthlessly utilised by the Conservative campaign during the general election is now being used...
View ArticleProfessor Gives Students Fiendishly Cruel Ethics Question To Test Their Morals
University of Maryland students were faced with a rather cruel dilemma at the hands of their social psychology professor, who set them a fiendish question designed to test their morals. WHAT KIND OF...
View ArticleWaiter Receives $1,000 Tip For $20 Bill In 'Random Act Of Kindness'
A 19-year-old waiter has been left in shock after a kind-hearted customer left him a tip of $1,000 (£640). Brendan Motill had only just started his job at Smokey Barque BBQ in Frankfort, Illinois when...
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