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Seven Things You Need to Know About Living With Students
Unless you intend on squatting in disused houses after you graduate, student life at university is the first and last time you'll enjoy such a carefree lifestyle. Your second and third year is usually...
View ArticleThis Article Will Make You Hate Articles That Tell You How to Feel
There's something strange about the way we treat emotions; they have become products to be bought and sold. It was a visit to an American Pentecostal church that first got me thinking about this. The...
View ArticleCritiquing Islam or Islamophobia?
For nine years in a row a controversial resolution on, "Combating Defamation of Religions," described by some as an, "international blasphemy law," has been consistently losing support in the United...
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No Make Up Nomination - The Latest Craze
The latest craze to bare its face on social media sites is one with good intentions. This rarity of positive campaigning is wiping the face of social media. Women are baring their faces without make up...
View ArticleMuslim and LGBTQ Students Unite Against 'Student Rights' in Run Up to NUS...
It's sometimes said that attack is the best form of defence. Some of those think tanks and agitators who seem intent on marginalising Muslims appear to have worked out that the reverse is also true:...
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Why University Sports So Aren't Worth It
University sports teams are everywhere. A firm believer in the healthy body, healthy mind mantra, I turned up at the sports freshers push with open arms only to be confronted by almost comical...
View Article#yourenothelpinganyone: Are "#nomakeup" Selfie's Really Helping Raise Cancer...
For those troubled souls who still do not engage with any social media, I will attempt to provide context on my confusing and/or unreadable title. "#nomakeup" has existed almost since the birth of the...
View ArticleThe Rise of Insular Politics
Does anyone else wonder how on earth UKIP's agenda has so powerfully contaminated mainstream political conversation? The puzzle can be solved by taking a step back and observing the separatist impulse...
View ArticleThe REAL Breaking Bad: Teacher Macphallen Kuwale Had £900k Cocaine Lab In His...
A teacher turned drug dealer had a cocaine laboratory in his home worth around £900,000, a police officer has told a disciplinary hearing. Father-of-two Macphallen Kuwale was handed a three-and-a-half...
View ArticleThis Is Surely The Worst Student Accommodation In The World
Goce Delcey houses more than 1200 students a year and is the biggest student dormitory in Macedonia - and the conditions are horrendous. This "home" is located in Skopje, and although student housing...
View ArticleHow Not To Jump Over Mud (VIDEO)
Proof that the Duke of Edinburgh Award isn't all fun and games... well, unless you're behind a camera, watching your mates. Bless you, Briony (for that is your name), for providing us with a genuine...
View Article10 Classy and Simple Three-Ingredient Student Cocktail Recipes for Two
Impressing a date or having a sophisticated evening can be a difficult mission on a student budget. If you want good cocktails - and none of those watered down pitchers - you'd usually have to spend...
View ArticleWhy Unpaid Internships Represent a System for the Few Not the Many
As final year students across the country begin to accept that the days of Countdown and that all-important 10% discount are about to come to a shuddering halt, the next logical step is to plan for the...
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What State Is Student Housing In? Quarter Of Accommodation Infested With...
Recent research by the NUS revealed a dire state of student housing; 25% of homes infested with vermin, while nearly a third had damp, mould or condensation. SEE ALSO: Accommod8 Housing Agency Named...
View ArticleStudent Housing: Quarter Infested With Vermin; Nearly Two Thirds Riddled With...
A quarter of students' homes are infested with rats, mice or slugs, while nearly a third are riddled with damp, condensation and mould, research has revealed. The shocking figures show only 87% of...
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Daily Mail Slammed For 'Profoundly Insulting' Column On Female Scientists...
University College London has slammed the "profoundly insulting" portrayal of two of its scientists in a Daily Mail column, where it was suggested the two female academics were chosen to appear on a...
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How 'Atheist' Should Sunday Assemblies Be?
In a recent twitter exchange had between myself, @dimacdonald, @alomshaha, @AlexGabriel and Sanderson Jones, co-founder of Sunday Assembly movement, we discussed the difficult question of just how...
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'This House Regrets the 1967 Abortion Act'
This was the title of a debate hosted by Oxford Students for Life on Monday 10th March. Caroline Farrow - a journalist, pro-life campaigner and UK Catholic Voice - spoke on behalf of the proposition,...
View ArticleBridging the Divide Between School and the Workplace
During a recent speech to manufacturing industry executives, Business Secretary Vince Cable cited teachers' lack of workplace knowledge as the 'underlying problem' in careers advice and guidance....
View ArticleYou Say Tomato, I Say Tomato - One Brit's Love Affair with American Culture
Readers of my very first blog will remember I couldn't have been more excited when preparing for my inaugural trip across the Atlantic Ocean back in the early stages of 2012. There I sat, carving out...
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