Career Advice I Would Give My 21-Year-Old Self
This summer my newsfeed has been gradually filling up with memes, congratulations and 'think pieces' about the lead up to and the receiving of GCSE, A-Level and university results. My favourite of...
View ArticleI'm Not 'Another Myth Put About By Pro-Europeans'
There was an awful lot of conversation about young people and political engagement in the run up to this year's general election. Stereotypes have been perpetuated and anybody below the age of 20 is...
View ArticleHow Ukip and the Greens Could Disappear By 2020
With Labour lurching to the Left and the EU referendum coming up, the Green Party and Ukip could find themselves irrelevant by the 2020 general election. Regardless of the result of the referendum on...
View ArticleBritain Has a Problem With Compassion, Not Immigration
I remember reading Katie Hopkins tweet detailing we 'send the gun boats' out on migrants and thinking little of it, simply because that woman deserves little thought. I brushed her attitude aside as an...
View ArticleWhy I Chose to Play Football With the Boys... And Where It Took Me
Back in 2011, the FA changed its rules regarding mixed football. For the first time ever girls were allowed to compete with boys at under 13s. I didn't know it at the time, but, according to the FA, I...
View ArticleVictoria Beckham Shares Her Joy At Brooklyn's GCSE Results
Victoria Beckham is one very proud mother. Her 16-year-old son Brooklyn Beckham found out he had passed all of his GCSEs at the weekend and in true embarrassing proud mum style she has taken to...
View ArticleMedia Sensationalism Is Stereotyping Mental Health
Images and headlines are the amuse bouche to any article. Too bland and the reader will leave. Inject enough spice and they stay the course. In a saturated market, I can see how competition drives...
View ArticleWe Need to Speak More Openly About Mental Wellbeing and Resilience
Girlguiding's annual report, the Girls' Attitude Survey 2015, has found that the mental wellbeing and resilience of girls in the UK is under threat, and sadly I'm not surprised. This year's survey -...
View ArticleThe Government Need to Listen to Girlguiding's Findings Before the Mental...
A survey of 1,574 girls and young women aged 7-21 has revealed that self - harm, mental health, depression and anorexia are the biggest health concerns facing young women today. And with Child and...
View ArticleExplaining the Exodus From Eritrea- the "North Korea of Africa"
With the many bloody and brutal conflicts engulfing the modern world, it can be easy to forget about peaceful societies in which citizens nonetheless live in fear of terror at the hands of the state....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Building an Inclusive, Engaging and Successful Campaign for Electoral Reform
Great Gathering for Voting Reform outside of parliament - 25th July 2015 The dust from the General Election has settled. We knew that this election would be more disproportionate than the last, but we...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tetraplegic Student Rob Camm Passes First Year And Completes Tough Mudder
A tetraplegic student severely injured in a car crash has overcome physical challenges to pass his first year and even complete a Tough Mudder challenge. Just days before Rob Camm was due to begin a...
View ArticleStudent Luke Bennett's Colostomy Bag Selfie Is Helping Crohn's And Colitis...
Luke Bennett is a 20-year-old student with ulcerative colitis - a form of inflammatory bowl disease - which hospitalised him for days, until he had a "terrifying" colostomy bag fitted. Now, he's hoping...
View ArticleI've Got My Results, Now What Do I Do?
Let me start by saying congratulations, I know through past and current experiences with my own children that this is a very stressful time and if you've recently got your results then you have already...
View ArticleHow the Labour Leadership Contest Went Horribly Wrong
The agonising wait for a new leader of the Labour Party is almost over, but Ed Miliband's successor will now have to fix a broken party. The Labour leadership contest was launched with the intention of...
View Article100 Young People Write Open Letter Pledging Support To Labour MP Sadiq Khan...
One hundred young people have signed an open letter pledging their support to Labour MP Sadiq Khan in his bid to be elected London Mayor. The young Londoners backed the Tooting MP, who is one of the...
View ArticleMale Students In America Are Putting Up Horrible Banners To Welcome Female...
While a fraternity at Virginia's Old Dominion University is being criticized for displaying banners condemned as "offensive" to women, photos circulated online show that male students at many other...
View ArticleWarwick University Rowers Rock The Boat With Their New 2016 Naked Calendar
Members of the Warwick University rowing club have rocked the boat yet again with the release of a brand new naked calendar. Hoping to fund their US tour this December, the boys have released their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Australian Minister Bans Gay Parents Documentary 'Gaybe Baby' In All State...
An Australian education minister has defended himself after banning every public school in his area from screening a film about children with gay parents, prompting a controversy over the documentary....
View ArticleClik here to view.
We Need to Talk About Sexual Harassment
There's been a lot of confusion this morning as various news outlets reported that Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn was calling for the introduction of women-only carriages on trains. So, to...
View Article
