The Worst Of The Student Housing Horror Stories
When flying the nest, you don't expect the transition from home to university to be smooth. Let's face it, everyone's heard about the hovels student live in. As you cry about damp and mould your...
View ArticleSave Leeds Student: Paper Can't Afford To Print Following Funding Cuts
Award-winning student paper the Leeds Student is fighting for survival following funding cuts which mean it can no longer afford to run in print, and has been backed by numerous famous journalists....
View ArticleDurham Student Union Votes To Campaign Against 'Blacking Up'
A student union has voted to campaign for students to actively stop "blacking up" in fancy dress parties and at other university events. Following harsh criticism of this practice at other...
View ArticleYoung Entrepreneur Of The Week: Ashley Tate Of Fit Property And Split The Bills
Ashley Tate left school at 16, never completing his A-levels or attending university. Nevertheless, now aged 25, he owns and manages two companies based in Sheffield. One, Fit Property, he started in...
View ArticleGetting Saucy at the Museum of London
"I tried to read it to myself in the mirror this morning but I couldn't quite get the words out," whispers Linda, a volunteer tour guide at the Museum of London's Archeological Archive and Research...
View ArticleJordanians Split Over the War in Syria
In February 2014, Syrian state media accused Jordan of supporting rebels in southern Syria, aided by the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Israel. Indeed, the Jordanian government has allegedly played a...
View ArticleOsborne's Political Budget a Pitch for a Post-2015 Promotion
The headline on the front page of Thursday's edition of the Sun was particularly impressive, as that paper goes. It was 'WIN-GO!', which doesn't sound like much, until you realise that it was stylised...
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45% Of Student Loans Will Never Be Paid Back, Risks Tuition Fee Benefits
A Government prediction that around 45% of student loans will never be paid back has raised concerns about the benefits of raising tuition fees. The coalition originally estimated that 28% of...
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The Controversy Surrounding the 'No Makeup Selfie' Gave It Depth - Without...
I already feel completely worn out from discussing this but I wanted to put something down with more reflexivity than just a Facebook comment. When I saw a couple of the "no makeup selfies" come up on...
View ArticleTalented Teen Yashika Bageerathi Facing Deportation ALONE And 'Fearing For...
A bright student who has been offered places at Russell Group universities faces being deported to her native Mauritius without her family, despite fearing for her life. Yashika Bageerathi, 19, fled...
View ArticleUN Week: What Was Trending on Social Media?
I was live on AlHurra TV-MBN on the 25th of September 2013 discussing the role of the Middle East in UN week. Alhurra is a United States-based Arabic-language satellite TV channel funded by the U.S....
View ArticleIgnorance Is Playing Down the Seriousness of the Crimean Crisis
As the political explosion in the Ukraine continues to rumble on for what feels like its fifth year, the time has come to stamp out the ignorance that has developed because of a lazy interpretation of...
View Article#NoMakeUpSelfie Update
The latest social media craze of uploading a bare faced 'selfie' has recently taken over the internet. Women all over the world are uploading a bare face photo of themselves and donating £3 to cancer...
View ArticleGirls on Film: Where Are They?
By most accounts 2013 was a good year for women with silver screen ambitions. Even a brief glimpse at any of the extensive Oscars coverage offers up Jennifer Lawrence and Lupita Nyong'o fighting for...
View ArticleThe Legacy of Fukushima
In an adjacent office building to the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, newspapers from March 11, 2011 are stacked high with the headline of the day reading "Magnitude 8.8, largest in country." Since...
View ArticleSwansea Students' Union Meltdown?
Several things have happened in my students' union at Swansea University within the last few weeks, leading up to the Full Time Officer Elections, which are starting this week (24th March). It's been...
View ArticleHow Ghost-Writers Are Killing University Degrees
I am feeling very much in demand these days. In fact, I am positively inundated with requests for my services. In these difficult economic times, when other people are desperately hunting for work, the...
View ArticleWhy Geography Is The Best Subject To Study At University.. Ever
If you study geography at university then you'll already know that it is the best subject you could possibly be doing. There is no doubt in your mind about it. If you do not, then it has to be said...
View ArticleStudent Loans Are A 'Catastrophic Time Bomb', Warns Labour
The student loans repayment system could be a catastrophic time bomb for the Liberal Democrats, Labour has warned, after it emerged nearly half of graduates would never earn enough to repay loans....
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Rackets Player Ben Cawston Excluded By Public Schools From Tournament As He's...
A talented rackets-playing teen champion is being forced to watch his teammates compete in a public school tournament from the sidelines as he has been barred from playing - because he attends a state...
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