Theo Paphitis Slams 'Nonsense' That Migrants Take Native Britons' Jobs
Former Dragons' Den star Theo Paphitis has issued a robust defence of immigrants' contribution to the UK, rubbishing claims that they take native Britons' jobs as "nonsense'. Speaking to the Huffington...
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Search For 24 Students Swept Away By Wall Of Water In Himachal Pradesh, India...
A desperate search for 24 students swept away on a riverside in India by a wall of water which was released unexpectedly from a dam upstream has resumed. Around 50 students from the VNR Vignan Jyothi...
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Uganda Christian University Forces Female Students To Have Random Pregnancy...
A university in Uganda is forcing its female students to take random pregnancy tests, and expelling those who are pregnant. Bishop Barham College in Kabale district, which is affiliated to the Uganda...
View ArticleAlternative für Großbritannien? What European Politicians Can Get Away With...
Last week, as not so widely reported on in British mainstream media, the German party at the forefront of euroscepticism, Alternative für Deutschland, applied to join the ECR, the group within the...
View ArticleA Little List: Rare Book Trade Thoughts in Gilbert-and-Sullivan Mode
I am getting ready to travel to Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. As a faculty member I teach a summer course there each year. Preparing for this course I end up pondering rare books,...
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The Humble Cuppa Has Had a Makeover
It's no surprise when I say, that those of us Britons love a cup of tea. We are renowned for it, and often get mocked in a fake (and usually poor) cockney accent 'Do-ya-wanna-nother-brew-mayte'....
View ArticleTeachers: Burnt Out or Burning Brightly?
Who do you want in front of your kids for over 500 hours of their formative years - a stressed, intolerant screeching banshee or a calm, compassionate and flexible human being with a sense of humour?...
View ArticleUK Postgraduates Must Not Become an Endangered Species
If there are lies, damned lies and statistics then the recently announced fact that only 26% of postgraduate places in UK universities are held by UK students can be spun as both a failure and a...
View ArticleAre We Loosing Pride in Our 'Pride's'?
Pride events. Many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people will attend one during their life-time. But one question seems to enter my mind at certain times, have we started to lose pride in our...
View ArticleComment - Is the 'Rainbow Crossing' the Symbol of Solidarity?
As recent news stories have declared, Brighton, best known for beaches and the pier, is now becoming known as the City with a 'rainbow crossing.' The crossing, which was officially unveiled yesterday,...
View ArticleTeaching Children About War: Mum's Not the Word
The 70th anniversity of D-Day the centenary of the First World War pinpoint 2014 as a year of wartime nostalgia. Amongst fabulous stories of rebel veterans absconding from their care homes to Normandy...
View ArticleWhy to Enter the Movies Alone
There is a first time for everything, but most have probably been to a cinema with your boyfriend/girlfriend or a bunch of mates several times. I just went to watch Transcendence, and for once, I...
View Article'Hermit' Birmingham Student Lived in Library for Six Weeks - In Exchange For...
In an extreme attempt to save his degree, a failing University of Birmingham student, known as the “UoB Library Hermit”, lived in the library for six weeks after striking a deal with his top lawyer...
View ArticleTackling Our Youth Democracy Crisis
Last week, I was encouraged to see more political parties coming around to the (long-held Liberal Democrat) view that we need to make voter registration easier, accessible and engaging, and allow young...
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Brainy MENSA Student Owen Cheshire Has Nose Job To Improve His Employment...
A student who is a member of the intellectually elite MENSA club had plastic surgery as he was afraid his nose would ruin his chances of getting a job. Owen Cheshire, who has since graduated from...
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Le Mans: Teenager Alessandro Latif Must Combine Le Mans Debut With 'A' Level...
Because of its gruelling nature, the Le Mans 24 Hours is a race that demands a driver's complete focus, so to sit down and complete school exams could be the last thing on anyone's mind. But that is...
View Article10 Problems Only London Students Will Understand
Before you arrived at a London university, you knew the streets weren't paved with gold, but you probably thought London was an amazing city, if not a little expensive. And yes, it is an amazing city,...
View ArticleFacing Up to the Reality of Eating Disorders and Social Media
The body. An anatomical term for the unified clumps of matter that signify our existence. We feed it, we breathe from it, and we give further life from it. It's our most valuable possession, so why do...
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Two Teens 'Were Having Sex' When They Fell To Their Deaths From Balcony
Two teenagers died after falling from a block of flats while having sex on a balcony, witnesses say. The 18-year-old man and 19-year-old woman died after what Scotland Yard said was a "tragic accident"...
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Fury As ITV Pay Student To Drink 48 Units Of Alcohol For Binge Drinking...
ITV has been slammed after paying for students to get so drunk one had the blood alcohol level of an A&E patient with blood poisoning. The television network picked up the bar tab for four...
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