It's the Taking Part That Counts
It hasn't been a great summer for British sport. England falling before the quarter finals at the World Cup, Andy Murray crashing out of Wimbledon and Mark Cavendish taking himself out of the Tour De...
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The Bald Truth - Why My Follicle Fixation Could Only Lead to Disappointment
It all started 2 years ago, in June 2012 - I remember it well. I'd just finished my IB exams and was impatiently awaiting my results as exam markers all across the world were deciding my fate. My...
View ArticleFlirting With Freelancing as a Graduate
A sprinkle of souls think that 'freelance' is a synonym for unemployed hippy, graduate in denial or moonlighter at the Bank of Mum & Dad, but it's time to hold those hasty horses. Despite the...
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This Graph Shows Young People's Struggle To Buy Their First Home
Young people's dream of owning their first home looks increasingly distant as a new study has shown how they have "borne the brunt of the recession", with wages and job chances suffering more than...
View ArticlePatrick Stewart Tells Huddersfield Graduates: Come And Say Hi, But Please...
If you're a Huddersfield University student, then you've got a free pass to go and say hi to Patrick Stewart - just as long as you don't wave a camera in his face. The world-renowned actor told...
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We Need Pride
Pride. The torrential rain ran down the rainbow cheeks of the crowd, transforming everyone into a big messy sludge of colour. Every footstep was followed by a squelch in my soggy once white, not...
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Student Catches Bluefin Tuna Fish Worth £1m In Cornwall, Government...
A group of friends who caught a rare fish worth £1m must've thought they had hit the jackpot - until the government's environmental department confiscated it. Sarah Little, Laura Pickervance, Hannah...
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15 Things Going to a Girls' School Taught Me
1. IT'S ACCEPTABLE TO PULL OUT YOUR WEDGIE AT ANY TIME AND IN ANY PLACE Ladies underwear can be a constant dilemma. To lacy, little knickers and tight traumatizing thongs, the wedgie witch is forever...
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If We're Talking 'Value', Then Education is Worth More Than Money
Since, approximately, the beginning of time, politicians, journalists and, if Guardian comments threads are anything to go by, members of the public, have been debating the 'value' of Higher...
View Article10 Ways You Know You're A Journalism Student
The journalism degree. A ticket into the 'dying industry' everyone wants to work in, but nobody seems to get hired in. At times it might feel as if you're not learning anything (like, when you've just...
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This Patch Makes Salad Taste Like Steak: Students' Electrolux Design Lab...
Would you like a patch which makes salad to taste like steak? A machine which lets people allergic to animals keep pets? Or how about a program which scans your body and builds your clothes? These are...
View ArticleTake Note Nicky Morgan: Barrowford School Sends Adorable Letter To Children...
They may only be in primary school, but these children will already have a pretty great attitude to life after their headteacher sent a letter telling them there "are many ways of being smart". The...
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#GoveGone: The Funniest Twitter Reactions To Michael Gove No Longer Being...
There was dancing in the streets! Or at least in the staff rooms. Yes, Michael Gove is no longer the Education Secretary - moved, as he was, to the office of Chief Whip by David Cameron in today's...
View ArticleWomen Engineers Needed - Join a Network for Support
I believe that every woman with the desire, skills and training should be able to enter and succeed in any profession she wishes. So it was shocking, when as Minister for Women and Equalities I learnt...
View ArticleMore Than Just Making the Tea
You might be forgiven for thinking that our economy has fully recovered, especially with unemployment back to pre-recession levels, and the UK showing the strongest growth in Europe, surpassing all...
View ArticleChoosing The Ideal Student House: A Realistic Guide
Choosing your first house as a student is a baffling task. How do estate agents even work? Will they rip you off? (Answer: probably). What makes a good location? Do you need a lounge? Garden? Hot tub?...
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Barrowford Primary School Head 'Amazed' At Reaction To Incredible Pupil Exam...
A headteacher has said she is "amazed" her letter to pupils telling them not to worry about exam results has gone round the world. Rachel Tomlinson wrote to children at Barrowford Primary School in...
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Tony Abbott's Education Guru Keven Donnelly Backs Bringing Back The Cane
Next the dunce hat and the back board? Australian prime minister Tony Abbott's newly appointed 'Education Tsar' has suggested caning children in schools could be "very effective... if it's done...
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Dear Fresher, Enclosed is Some Advice, Love From the Students of Plymouth...
Fresher's week, starting university and leaving all your home comforts behind is all that applicant students will be thinking about this summer. Whilst there is a lot of excited adrenaline coursing...
View ArticleChoosing Choice: Abortion
Everything in our lives is based on a build up of our decisions. Choice - it's the very basis of our humanity. We can't call ourselves free unless we have the freedom to make our own choices, and how...
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