In Celebration of World Home Economics Day
Last Saturday 21st March 2014 we celebrated World Home Economics Day 2014: "Empowering Individuals, Families and Communities - Through Home Economics." Before you get turned off by these seemingly old...
View Article10 Ways To Get A Cheaper Phone Contract
If you are considering buying a shiny new generation iPhone (or indeed any other phone), the first thing you have to deal with is the dreaded contract. Our friends at Student Beans have put together a...
View ArticleMedical Student Manvir Singh Missing, Hadn't Told Family He'd Failed Exams
Concerns are mounting over a medic student at Glasgow University after it was revealed he hadn't told his family he had recently failed his recent exams. 21-year-old Manvir Singh has been missing since...
View ArticleHow To Do Mother's Day On A Student Budget
It's that time of the year again. Mother's Day. The one day of the year where you get to show your Mum just how much she means to you, even though you should really be doing that all the time anyway....
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Cara Delevingne Backs Student Yashika Bageerathi's Deportation Battle To Stay...
Supermodel Cara Delevingne has lent her support to a student who is battling deportation to her home country and will be sent back alone while her family stays in the UK. Yashika Bageerathi, from...
View ArticleWATCH: The Top 10 Fictional Schools - From The Breakfast Club To Hogwarts
30 years and one day ago, one of the most iconic moments in movie history took place: The Breakfast Club detention. It's truly one of the all time favourite teen movies from the 80s, and, in honour of...
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Teacher Punishes Students With Game Of Thrones Spoilers If They Don't Behave
There can be no doubt teachers have always struggled to maintain control of their students. However, one teacher from Belgium has come up with an ingenious way of making sure that the children in his...
View ArticleThe Third Year Crisis and How to Haul Yourself Out Of It
I'm sure you've all experienced it: that sudden stomach churning moment when everything looks so hopeless. It usually comes in the middle of March, when work stacks up, that dissertation deadline...
View ArticleOur Fight to Save Our Friend Yashika
Hello. Let me tell you a few things about my friend, Yashika Bageerathi. Yashika is a young woman, newly 18 years of age, who I've studied alongside for many years at Oasis Academy Hadley. She has a...
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WIN £150 Worth Of House Of Fraser Vouchers
Looking to inject some colour into your wardrobe this spring? Or perhaps your home is crying out for a spring clean and a bit of interior-design TLC? Put yourself in with the chance of winning £150...
View ArticleUniversity Bucket List: 30 Things Every Student MUST Do
University: 'the best years of your life'. At least that's what everyone seems to say! Students are always hearing adults banging on about how their time at university passed by in the blink of an eye,...
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The Best Cities To Live In After You Graduate
For all the final-year students around the country, graduation is now only a stone's throw away. For the last few months you've almost certainly heard the question "so what are you doing next year?"a...
View ArticleTen Big News Stories Flight MH370 'Overshadowed'
An exciting story, and a poignant one in equal measure: a clear blue day, a reliable Boeing 777, and an experienced crew. Then, nothing. You've thought about the paradoxical nature of the story for...
View ArticleHaven Middle School, US, Bans Girls From Wearing Leggings - As They Distract...
A school in the US has banned its female pupils from wearing leggings or yoga pants as they prove too distracting to boys, and the decision has sparked protests among students and parents alike. Haven...
View ArticleIs University Really 'The Best Years of Your Life'?
From my own experiences of being a student, it seems as though nowadays we are constantly reminded by our parents and other adults how lucky we are to be at university. They always seem to be going on...
View ArticleWhat Universities Really Think About Gap Years
Many students worry that universities don't look favourably upon gap years. Whilst this may have been true some time ago, these days, breaks from education are actually welcomed by institutions if...
View ArticleGeorge Galloway, Rape Culture, and Our Students' Unions
George Galloway; a man lauded by some, laughed at by many more and offensive to almost everyone. Despite being a fairly idle politician - 10.9% voting attendance and a suspicious tendency to switch...
View ArticleStudents' Unions Are Political, Whether You Like It or Not
In my two years as a sabbatical officer I've spent lots of time debating issues and ideas. One that keeps arising time and time again (particularly around election time I might add) is that of the...
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Award Winning Student Newspaper in Funding Crisis
Leeds Student newspaper went to print on Thursday night in the knowledge that it could not afford to do so. Voluntary student staff were forced to make the tough decision to pay for its printing costs...
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Abbot Kinney: LA's Coolest Neighbourhood?
After convincing myself that Spring had sprung, and then despairing for days on end about the horrendous British weather we've had of late, I decided enough was enough. I contacted LA blogger, Tommy...
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