Students Want Greater Access to Work Experience and Industry Content
Last week the National Centre for Universities and Business published the first findings of a survey of 4,000 undergraduate students from 20 English universities which sought to understand their views...
View ArticleSalmond Dismisses Westminster's 'Scaremongering' Tactics Over Independence As...
NEW YORK –- Alex Salmond took his increasingly buoyant campaign for an independent Scotland across the Atlantic this week, extolling the economic and political virtues of a 'yes' vote in September’s...
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Beauty And The Brains: Cambridge Student Doctor Carina Tyrrell Wins Place In...
A Cambridge University student has evidently been lucky enough to be blessed with both beauty and brains after winning a place in the Miss England final - while she's studying to become a doctor....
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Hacked 3D Printer Can Ink Tattoos If You're Brave Enough To Let It
Three students have hacked a 3D printer to allow it to ink tattoos. What's even better is they've published the instructions online if you want to build one yourself. Pierre Emm came up with the idea...
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The Ultimate Compilation Of Spelling And Grammar Mistakes, And General...
We're all guilty of missing an apostrophe here and there, or perhaps getting our long words mixed up in an attempt to sound cleverer than we really are. But we still can't help giggling away when other...
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40 Things From Your Teenage Years All Students Will Relate To
The definitive list of 40 things from your teenage years every student will relate to: 1. One person bringing a bottle of vodka to the party and everyone cosying up to them in hopes of getting a shot...
View ArticleLGBT Rights Groups Slam Reports Gay Teacher, Andrew Moffat, Was 'Forced To...
LGBT rights groups have revealed their concerns after reports emerged that a gay teacher was forced to resign after parents complained that they did not want their children to “learn that it’s OK to be...
View ArticleDebunking the Decade of Decadence
Why do we assume that our twenties is just an excuse to throw one big decade long party? Perhaps I am not the most qualified person to be speaking on what you should be doing in your twenties as I have...
View ArticleCameron, Farage and the Reality of a University Degree
Nigel Farage has recently criticised the number of young people choosing to go to university to do 'bad' degrees blaming it on an advert from the 1980's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK5-2fPyCjA)....
View ArticleGuidance for The Naïve Undergraduate - Part Two: Love and Relationships
Love is and relationships are an inevitable part of university life. I mean, how many individuals have gone on to meet their future spouse through university? How lovely. Albeit, it doesn't always last...
View ArticleBreaking Away From Expectations
Our society is built around expectations. Expectations as to how we look, how we behave, the type of job we should have, the type of person we should marry, the trajectory our life should take. Often...
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Young Greens Hold Unprecedented National Ballot to Pick NUS Favourites
After a national ballot of all members, the youth branch of the Green Party has voted to back University of London Union Vice President Daniel Cooper by 71% to be the next leader of the NUS. Members...
View ArticleA Winter Weekend in Paris
Montmatre is a great place to start your tour as you can see the city from the heights of the Sacre Coeur Basilica. It's a popular hangout amongst artists and you'll probably be accosted by a keen...
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Yale University 'Sorry' For Threatening To Suspend Student Frances Chan For...
Yale University has admitted it "made a mistake" after accusing a student of having an eating disorder and warning if she didn't put on weight she'd be put on medical leave. Frances Chan, a healthy,...
View ArticleVenezuelan Students Post Naked Pictures On Twitter To Protest Police Brutality
Venezuelans have taken to Twitter to post naked pictures of themselves to protest against police brutality used against studentprotesters last week. The pictures aim to show solidarity with two student...
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Look After Your Mate Campaign Urges Students To Help Friends Suffering From...
A national campaign is urging students across the UK to support their friends who have mental health issues while at university. The campaign follows the publication of Student Minds’ ‘Grand...
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Musician of the Week: Meet Oxford University Student Nick Hampson
Meet Nick Hampson, the 20-year-old singer/songwriter and poet studying for a BA in Musicology at Oxford University. With a self-released album and summer tour, which included stops in New York, London...
View ArticlePupils Defend Santa Monica Teacher Who Had Wild Fight With Student Over 'Drug...
Students have stepped in to defend their teacher who has been suspended after wrestling a pupils to the ground after he allegedly tried to sell drugs in class. Mark Black, a wrestling coach and science...
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Contemporary Lessons Offered in Sculpture at St Paul's Marking Cenentary of...
This August marks 100 years since the beginning of World War One, an event St. Paul's Cathedral has asked Calcutta-born artist Gerry Judah to commemorate. Plastic poppies, renditions of Siegfried...
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The Urgent Need for Affordable Treatment for Sleeping Sickness
*Divya Venkatesh [2011] is a Gates Cambridge Scholar doing a PhD in Pathology. Picture credit: Wiki Commons and Adrian Custer. Last week, Bill Gates called for the world to step up the fight against...
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