The Revolution Will Be Tweeted: The Need for Online Voting in General Elections
"We lived on farms, then we lived in cities, and now we're going to live on the internet!" - The Social Network, 2010 We have a problem in the UK with engaging young people to vote. In the last three...
View Article#standbyme: Students Use Selfies To Protest Against Immigration Policies
A campaign to protest against the government's controversial immigration policies has been launched by Sheffield University - and takes the form of demonstration by selfie. The #standbyme campaign,...
View ArticleRare Diseases Day: 16 Things You Know When Living With a Chronic Illness (or...
Happy Rare Disease Day, everyone! Today is the day when thousands of people across the country (and around the world) are trying to raise awareness for their rare (and often invisible) illnesses. The...
View ArticleGovernment Faces Legal Action After Suspending EU Student Loans
Romanian and Bulgarian students are launching a legal challenge against the government after their student loans and grants were suspended. Out of thousands who have seen their loans disappear around...
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Nick Clegg Gets Middle Finger From Student While Giving Speech At Academy
"Good morning class! We have a special treat today, the Deputy Prime Minister is coming speak to you today. He's a very important, well ok, sort-of important politician." But the very important visitor...
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Proceed With Caution: Student Guide To Tinder
The mobile dating phenomenon that is Tinder has revolutionised dating, making it possible to view eligible partners within a certain distance. It is convenient, easy to use and amusingly voyeuristic....
View ArticleStudents Vote To Save University of London Union In Face Of Closure
Students in London have voted to save their student union after the university threatened to turn it into a management-run services centre in order to save money. The University of London Union (ULU)...
View ArticleWomen Into STEM Careers - Is the UK Missing the Boat?
A recent report by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee expressed concern at the low proportions of women at senior level in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM)...
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A Golden Age of Satire
*Marc Mierowsky [2011] is doing a PhD in English at the University of Cambridge. In 2012, The People's Daily reported that Kim Jong Un had been voted the sexiest man alive. Quoting their source, The...
View ArticleLOOK: Here's Some Of The Most Beautiful Universities In The UK
The United Kingdom is home to some of the most highly accoladed and beautiful universities in the world. From the campus to the spiral staircases that adorn the libraries, it's a treat to be exposed to...
View ArticleUtah College Students Caught Hotboxing In Igloo
A University of Utah Campus Police officer was on patrol and found the makeshift igloo with four U of U students inside, who were allegedly smoking marijuana. The igloo was found in a wooded area on...
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Saucy: Lincoln Student Melissa Ibbitson Eats Her Body Weight In Ketchup EVERY...
Melissa Ibbitson, of Lincoln University, is ketchup's number one fan. The 19 year old consumes almost 75kg kilograms of the condiment EVERY YEAR. Ibbitson's addiction to the sauce began four years ago,...
View ArticleStudent Tianhong Tang 'High On Shaman Drug' Plunged To Death From Balcony
A student who plunged to his death from a balcony in south London is believed to have been high on hallucinogenic drugs used by Mexican shamans, an inquest heard. Tianhong Tang, a medical student at St...
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Tax Evasion: The Main Cause of Global Poverty
The OECD has estimated that developing countries lose an estimated 3 times more to tax havens than they receive in foreign aid each year. It is what Raymond Baker, the Director of Global Financial...
View ArticleStudent Union Elections - The Fights and Farce of Campaigns
I write this as I sit in my London flat, somewhat distant from the thousands of Surrey students in Guildford casting votes in the 2014 Elections for sabbatical and part-time officers to represent...
View ArticleSir Alex Ferguson Keeps Belt Teacher Used To Beat Him With
Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson keeps the belt he was beaten with by his favourite schoolteacher who inspired him to greatness, he has revealed. Ferguson said the "gritty...
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Young Entrepreneurs Of The Week: Two Friends On How They Made Top Shops Go...
Lucy Wright and Anna Mackenzie are two old school friends who teamed up to launch their own muesli brand, driven by a passion for fine food. After demonstrating a range of on-the-go museli pots at a...
View ArticleMaths for Girls? It's as Easy as ABC - So, Why Are Schools Not Doing More to...
I write this as a London-based corporate tax accountant with skills so specialised that they can barely be understood by people outside the profession. But I could easily have been a secretary or cook...
View ArticleA Classroom Culture Clash
Judging from the figures released at the turn of the year by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the UK's creative industries are in fine fettle. Worth more than £70bn last year, the sector...
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A Third Of Strippers Are Students, Lured In By Clubs Targeting Freshers'...
A third of strippers are students, lured into the industry by leaflets targeting freshers' fairs, a shocking study has revealed. Research conducted by Leeds University sociologists revealed the adult...
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