Embracing Individuality
This world is home to millions of human beings. And the truly amazing thing is that not one of us is exactly like any other. Every single one of us is unique in our own ways, and this is something that...
View ArticleDas Praktikum vs. the Internship: Lessons From Germany
My first exposure to the phrase "the sick man of Europe" was not in a history lesson on the ailing Ottoman Empire in the run-up to the First World War, but at my first career's counselling session in...
View ArticleIt's Stupid to Think You're Too Clever for Apprenticeships
Are some people simply too clever for vocational education? Nearly a quarter of young people were told that exact thing, according to new research from The Edge Foundation. That's not surprising when...
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A Tryst With the West
In an afternoon class one day, a professor was demonstrating a scene from Pakistan and the call for prayer in the early morning. After a failed attempt and garbled speech, he looked at me and politely...
View ArticleWalk In Her Shoes: How YOU Can Make A Difference On International Women's Day...
8 March marks International Women's Day. A day where women, and men, worldwide come together in a bid to work towards equality. To ensure women are given the same opportunities as men, to ensure women...
View ArticleSexual Assault Victims Forced To Take Uni Classes With Attackers In 'Toxic'...
Female students who are victims of sexual assault are being forced to take classes with their attackers because universities are ill-equipped to deal with the "toxic lad culture" invading campuses, it...
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Around the Guardian in 80 Ways
On a recent trip to the Guardian and Observer offices I met a number of International journalists, and was struck by how many different ways there are to get into the industry. As a journalism student...
View ArticleYoung Entrepreneur Of The Week: Marcin Klecynzski Of Malwarebytes, Downloaded...
Marcin Kleczynski started building his Malwarebytes security software at the age of 14, which aims to remove malicious software that is missed out by many anti-virus programmes. Four years later in...
View Article1,000 Bodies Found On University Of Mississippi Land
Officials at the University of Mississippi Medical Centre, US, had plans to build a new parking lot UNTIL they discovered more than 1,000 bodies buried in the proposed site.
View ArticleOn Campus: Tinder At University
College campuses, where students interact in close quarters under the influence of alcohol and hormones, might be the last place where you’d expect online dating to thrive. But this might just prove...
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Cambridge Students Stage Gay Kiss Flashmob For Sochi
Hundreds of students staged and filmed a mass kiss as part of a gay pride flashmob in solidarity with the Russian LGBT community. At midday on Sunday, same-sex couples in Cambridge embraced, kissed and...
View ArticleDiss High School Bans Female Pupils Wearing Skirts To School
A secondary school has banned female pupils wearing skirts after students urged teachers to implement a trouser-only uniform policy. All pupils at Diss High School in Norfolk will now have to wear grey...
View ArticleUEA Football Club Apologises After Member Urinates On Students
A football club has apologised after one of its members urinated over students in a common room during a social - and is punishing the individual by making him down shots. The University of East Anglia...
View ArticleLeeds Metropolitan Students Fight To Save University Name
Students from Leeds Metropolitan University have been fighting to stop their university from changing its name, which would cost the institution up to £250,000. The change would mean the institution...
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Everyone Put Down Your Pitchforks, Immigration Caps Do Not Make the Swiss Racist
The votes are in and the Swiss have decided by a slim margin of 50.3% in support of a referendum proposal that brings back quotas on migrants from EU countries. This does have large implications for...
View ArticleRealiversity
Last night after I got in from work I made my dinner, spoke to my flatmates, watched a BBC iPlayer and went to bed. Tonight I'll get in from work, make my dinner, speak to my flatmates, watch BBC...
View ArticleBBC Coverage of First World War Will Take 2,500 Hours of Breath From Public
Jeremy Paxman, Fiona Bruce, and other prestigious broadcasters have recently been found fronting the BBC's new trailer for their coverage of World War One. The Corporation are due to spend 2,500...
View ArticleDo Students Give a Crap? Does Anyone?
Cynicism and apathy. Something we've come to identify not just with students, but wider society at large. It's growing all the time, so we're told. People care less, look out for themselves more and...
View ArticleForget 'Bromance', It's Time For Some Girl-On-Girl Loving
Set the scene: you are a woman and a man enters a door before you. He saw you behind him, and didn't hold it. You might mutter a sarcastic 'thank you' in response, before shoving the door open...
View ArticleLad Culture Is Harmful For Men Too: Males Peer Pressured Into Becoming Sexual...
Young males are being peer pressured into becoming sexual predators at university by a lad culture which is "rife" in sports teams, according to researchers. New students see lad culture as offering a...
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