'Speak To Your Sexual Assaulter First' - Universities Aren't Addressing Lad...
Almost half of universities don't have a formal policy on sexual harassment, with one institution telling students speaking to their attackers is the "preferred" approach, a damning report has...
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Hope Is All That Remains for Susiya
As the crowd of left-wing Israelis arrived at Susiya, they stopped dumbfounded. What greeted them in the vast South Hebron hills was a mix of ramshackle tents, mattresses and a few grape vines. Is...
View ArticleManchester Student Goes To Dizzying Heights To Get Incredible Selfie Shot...
One student went to rather extreme lengths to get a selfie shot - flying 6,500ft above the earth while on holiday with Turkey, in on the world's second highest paraglide. Lauren Newell, a 20-year-old...
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Students Design Incredible Tidal Barrage For River Mersey, Which Could Power...
Three architecture students have come up with a design for a tidal barrage which could power up to 200,000 homes in Liverpool with green electricity. Josh Thomas, Nathan Foakes and Joe Clayton designed...
View ArticleChicken Rugby & Goldfish Eating: Headteachers Call For End To Dangerous Sport...
Universities across the UK have been accused of turning a blind eye towards "repulsive" initiation ceremonies, by headteachers who are calling for action against the tradition. Bouts of excessive...
View ArticleTeens Hailed As Heroes After Saving Elderly Couple From Sinking Car After It...
Two teenagers from Brussels have been hailed as heroes when a YouTube video was uploaded showing them saving an elderly couple from drowning after they drove their car into a lake. The car had begun to...
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Labour's Complacency Cost Them the Student Vote
Following Labour's resounding election defeat, much has been said about the party's need to regain key voter demographics if the outcome of 2020 is to be any different. Winning back working-class...
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Medic Student Horribly Burned After EE Portable Phone Charger 'Exploded' As...
A medical student who sustained burns after a portable phone charger set fire to her bedroom says the device "exploded like a firework". Katy Emslie, a 26-year-old student from Aberdeen, was injured on...
View ArticleThe Glass Floor: Brighter, Poorer Youths Will Earn Less Money Than Rich,...
Forget the glass ceiling, the "glass floor" is the problem for bright, poor youths in Britain, who will earn less than their unintelligent, rich peers. New research released by the Social Mobility and...
View ArticleWatch An Entire School Performs Haka For New Zealand Teacher Dawson Tamatea's...
A video has been posted on Reddit showing the moment an entire school performed a spine-tingling haka as a tribute to their former teacher, who died in his sleep. The incredibly emotional and powerful...
View ArticleWith Youth Unemployment At An All-Time High, Why Aren't 16-20's Paid The...
When Halloween rolls around later this year it won’t only be the dead that are rising: we’re set to see the minimum wage go up to £6.70. On first glance this is good news all around: regular critics...
View ArticleNew £750,000 University of South Wales Campus Closes After Failing To Attract...
The University of South Wales is being forced to close one of their campuses after a £750,000 development in London Docklands failed to attract any students. The institution employed four people but...
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In A Matter Of Days, 19-Year-Old Tom Davies Will Become The Youngest Person...
You might think your two weeks in Thailand were a life-changing experience, but there's one man out to prove that all gap years aren't created equal. Tom Davies set out on the 17 of January this year...
View ArticleIn Praise of Permanent Budget Deficits
Both this parliament and the last parliament can be characterised as involving an obsessive compulsion to rid the country of the inherent moral evils that are budget deficits. The Conservatives have...
View ArticleGrowing Up Digital
Childhood has been transformed by technology. It has happened swiftly, in a creative but socially and legally disorganised way. Today iRights publish an important report examining these issues. The...
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Scottish Voting Law Will Allow 16 And 17-Year-Olds To Cast Ballots
Sixteen and 17-year-olds in Scotland will soon be able to vote, after a landmark law was passed by MSPs in Holyrood. The key new piece of legislation, formally titled 'The Scottish Elections (Reduction...
View ArticleBisexual, Not Straight - Bisexual, Not Gay
When we think about the issues faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people we rarely separate out the issues that they face as separate entities in the mainstream media. Why would we?...
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Northumbria Student Paralysed From Waist Down After Moped Crash On Thailand...
A Northumbria student who was paralysed from the waist down following a moped crash on holiday in Thailand is hoping to return to university and finish his degree. David Eastham was left with...
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Yoda The Owl Gets His Own Bath University Library Card As A Thank You For...
Yoda is possibly one of the more unusual-looking students at Bath University. No, he's not green, balding and a movie star - he's brown, feathery and a professional seagull-scarer. The seven-year-old...
View ArticleGuidance for the Naive Undergraduate - Part Twelve: There Is No 'I' in Team,...
During your time at university and as is governed by the varying forms of academic assessment, you are likely to find yourself indulging in the 'this could go either way' delights of group work and...
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