The Ukraine Crisis Raises Uncomfortable Questions About Territorial Legitimacy
This month, the political situation of the Balkans apparently travelled back in time by 50 years. The rejection of a pro-Russian government in a former satellite state was followed by swift military...
View ArticleIt Is a Misconception That a Living Wage Will Help Workers
Election time is looming and it is time for the parties to start offering their giveaways in an attempt to win votes and persuade much needed 'floating' voters that their party will deliver for...
View ArticleDo More 24 - Celebrating Student Volunteering Week with Warwick Volunteers
Volunteering is something I have been heavily involved in whilst at University and now in my final year, I am on the Student Executive Committee for Warwick Volunteers. Throughout the year we do plenty...
View ArticleAs Young Workers' Month Ends: It's Time to Get Organised
It's been a bad couple of weeks for trade unionism. Two of its greatest champions - Tony Benn and Bob Crow - have both passed away. But beneath the sadness, something interesting has been happening....
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Facebook Philanthropists
I've had it. I refuse to sponsor one more person to go skydiving, travel across South America collecting pictures of themselves patting wretched children on the head or drive a car across Europe in the...
View ArticleInstitutionalising Gender Segregation: The Role of Universities and Students'...
This 10 March marked the anniversary of the first publicised case of forced gender segregation at a British university. At the event at University College London, several students, including myself,...
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Conservation Is Necessary for Food Security
*Libby Blanchard [2012] is doing a PhD in Geography focusing on climate change. Picture credit: pupunkkop and http://www.freedigitalphotos.net. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) predicts...
View ArticleDivert Jobseeker Benefits to Fund Apprenticeships
The continuing fall in unemployment that we saw last week is very welcome news, but in London alone, there are still 33,200 young people claiming Job Seekers Allowance (JSA). Almost 5,000 of these have...
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Teenager Stian Ytterdahl Gets McDonald's Receipt Tattooed On Arm. As You Do.
A Norwegian teenager is seemingly proud of having a McDonald's receipt tattooed on his forearm, after being "a little too active with the ladies". Stian Ytterdahl, an 18-year-old from Skårer, says his...
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Michael Gove Did A Selfie.. Five Months After Everyone Else
Oh Michael Gove. Will you ever be cool, on trend, down with the kidz? Not content with getting quirky glasses, the education secretary posed with a couple of students while filming with BBC School...
View ArticleThe Best MA Talent in One Place
For many people these days a 'masters' is the automatic next step after a three-year undergraduate degree. It deepens the knowledge gained during a first course of study and, in theory, sets you up...
View ArticleOh No! Not Climate Change Again!
Do university students actually care about climate change? And are they doing anything to stop it? Concerned by apparent contradiction in the behavior of my student colleagues, I took the initiative to...
View Article#nomakeupselfies - Who Are They Really Benefitting?
You've pretty much got to have been living under a rock for the past week or so (unless you're one of those rare people with a life outside of Facebook and Twitter) to not have seen the latest social...
View ArticleThere's Nothing Queer About Being Bisexual
For gay people living in Britain there's never been a better time to be out and proud, with well-known faces such Tom Daley and Ellen Page pinning their ribbons to the rainbow flag. This weekend will...
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Girl Makes Amazing CV Out Of Lego - If She Doesn't Get A Job We'll Eat Our Hats
Well, that's one way to get an employer's attention. Hungry for a internship and rather nifty on the old computer, Leah Bowman set out to create a CV with a difference... using Lego. The 20-year-old...
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Young Entrepreneur Of The Week: Mansoor Hamayun On Bringing Power To The...
Mansoor Hamayun founded the firm BBOXX with two university friends from Imperial College London, aiming to give millions in sub-Saharan Africa access to reliable, clean energy by developing and...
View ArticleDoes Your Degree Matter?
We've all been there, wondering whether or not our degree is worth it, does spending three or more years at university really make you more employable than someone who has not? Does it really matter...
View ArticleWarning: Do Not Be Young
More than 30 years ago, the soon-to-be Labour party leader Neil Kinnock warned voters not to fall ill, and not to grow old, if Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative party were returned to power in the...
View ArticleYashika Bageerathi Deportation Protested By Teachers And Students In...
More than 40 people gathered in London today to protest against the deportation of Mauritian student Yashika Bageerathi. The demonstrators, mainly sixth form students and teachers from Yashika's school...
View ArticleYashika Bageerathi Deportation: Student Told She Won't Be On Scheduled Flight...
Mauritian student Yashika Bageerathi, who was due to be deported from Britain today, will no longer be on a flight scheduled to leave the country, said a spokesman for her school. Yashika, 19, has been...
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