Apathy - Don't Blame the Kids
Last Friday Sadiq Khan raised the issue of lowering the voting age to 16 - saying it would help "the public's malaise towards all things political". He could be right, and it certainly makes sense to...
View ArticleThese College Students Are Totally Clueless About World War II (VIDEO)
When college students' knowledge of World War II is put to the test, many are in the dark. Actually, some are entirely clueless. You might think it wouldn't be too hard to answer questions like, "What...
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800 Canterbury Students Drink 5,000 Jagerbombs In ONE Night
A group of students were probably feeling the worst for wear after knocking back almost five THOUSAND Jägerbombs in a single night. Around 800 students from Canterbury, Kent, downed the huge quantities...
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The Gloval Learning Crisis Is Costing $129Billion a Year
Worldwide, millions of children are failing to learn the basics. Children who already face disadvantage - girls, the poor, the disabled those in rural areas, are being hit the hardest. We reveal the...
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Meet The Student 'Sugar Baby': She Gets Paid £3,000 A Month To Date Wealthy...
Meet Nicole*, a 20-year-old student studying at the University of Westminster. She's also a "Sugar Baby", meaning wealthy men pay up to £3,000 a month plus "other benefits" to date her. Like hundreds...
View ArticleTeachers Told To Search Students' Phones For Sexual 'Sexting' Pictures
Teachers should search through their students' phones for sexual images, a Home Office Minister has said. Speaking in the house of Commons on Tuesday, Liberal Democrat Crime Minister Norman Baker...
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Megan Roberts Missing: York Student 'Fell Into The River While Drunk', Police...
Missing student Megan Roberts probably fell into the river while she was "affected by alcohol", police have said, as underwater divers continue searching for the 20-year-old. The York St John...
View ArticleThe Statistics Don't Match the Truth
American author Mark Twain once said that there are "three types of lies. Lies, damn lies and statistics". This nifty little phrase certainly comes to mind today, when you see that the Institute of...
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Musician of the Week: Meet Alternative Band 'Voy Eur'
| 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: Voy Eur. Members: Aged between 21 and 24, they're Jake...
View ArticleEight Ways to Survive Your First Year in Teaching
My first year in teaching was like a rollercoaster - there were twists, there were turns and if I hadn't had my seatbelt on, I would have just fallen off. And I learnt a lot. I learnt more than I have...
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'Babe, Someone's Been Sick on the Sofa': The Trials and Tribulations of...
Wednesday nights are the worst. Five-deep at the bar, legions of fancy-dress clad sports teams jostle for space with purple-tinged, Snakebite drool dripping down chins defouled with Sharpie-d...
View ArticleThe 'Denmark Dolphin Slaughter'
I've seen various articles on the so-called 'Denmark dolphin slaughter' posted all day on social media. See an example here. I know the pictures look shocking but there's surely more to it? The more I...
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One Third Of Students Have Rebound Sex At University
Students who have been dumped are likely to have sex motivated by revenge or "rebound sex", a new study has found. One third of students had sex with another partner within the first four weeks of the...
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14 Students Arrested Following 'Violent' Birmingham University Protests
Fourteen students were arrested during a protest at Birmingham University which saw smoke bombs and fireworks thrown and members of staff injured. According to the institution, doors were smashed down,...
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Why Reproductive Fertility Technology Is Not the Solution to Age-Related...
*Katie Hammond [2011] is doing a PhD in Sociology at the University of Cambridge, having completed an MPhil in Multi-Disciplinary Gender Studies. Her research looks at assistive reproductive...
View ArticleInternational-Based Education Can Offset Rise in Tuition Fees
Is 2014 the year when tuition fees rise yet again for struggling UK students? According to the BBC, UK universities are already dissatisfied with a tuition cap of £9000, a price that remains...
View ArticleThe Second Coming of Letter Writing Is Upon Us
On my return to my family home in the festively green hills of West Yorkshire this Christmas I found myself listening for a few hours to my mother reading through a bale of letters she had dug out that...
View ArticleWhen Did We Consent to a 'Rape Culture'?
'Culture' is a liberally used term. We read about a 'culture of greed' in the City, or a 'culture of secrecy' in Parliament. When you turn on Radio 1, or read about Miley Cyrus's latest controversy,...
View ArticleThe Limits of Free Speech on Campus
Last week, I wrote a very controversial blog which received quite a bit of attention - much more so than my previous writings. In calling for University students to avoid inviting George Galloway to...
View ArticleExams and Your Wellbeing
Keep calm and breath. It is a new year, new term and exams. How do you prepare? Failing to plan is a plan to fail, rule number one. In your new term are you preparing for exams and looking forward to...
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