Defining Success
What does it mean to be successful? A high-powered job? Bags of money? A fancy house and expensive sports car? Living up to the expectations others have for you? To me, success is far more personal...
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Person Who Was Once A School Child Becomes Education Secretary
A person who went to school has been put in charge of the country's education policies. The person - who worked as a lawyer before becoming an MP just four years ago - also went to university. Former...
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Matthew Burdette, 14, 'Committed Suicide After Video Of Him Masturbating Went...
A 14-year-old boy killed himself after a video of him masturbating in a school bathroom went viral, his parents claim. Matthew Burdette took his own life in November after a campaign of sustained...
View ArticleLondon Oratory, Where Clegg Sends His Son, Told To Stop Excluding Poor Pupils
The London Oratory, a Roman Catholic school where Nick Clegg sends his son, has been ordered to stop cherry-picking white privileged pupils and excluding the poor. A damning report by the schools...
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Do the Skeleton Shuffle...
The anaesthetizing TV with which I block out the pain during my morning treadmill session was priceless this morning. Much more distracting than the familiar dramas and cliffhangers on the famous...
View ArticleCabinet Reshuffle: What Students Need To Know About New Universities Minister...
Who is he? Clark was born in the South Bank, Middlesborough, which is one of the most deprived areas in the country. His father was a milkman and his mother worked at Sainsbury's. He has been the...
View ArticleFormer Teenage Criminal Natalie Atkinson, Who Has More Than 50 Convictions,...
A 25-year-old woman who racked up more than 50 convictions and lived at 25 different addresses between the ages of 13 and 18 will graduate with a first-class degree in Policing, Investigation and...
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Success Photography Offers To 'Slim Down' And Photoshop Students' Graduation...
A British firm specialising in graduation photography is under heavy fire after offering services to photoshop and "slim down" students in their gowns. Success Photography offers the stand wallet...
View ArticleUnder-Represented: How to Encourage Welsh Students to Oxbridge
This piece was originally published in the Western Mail, which can be found here. The Oxford of today is extraordinarily different from that of the past. As time moves on, institutions change. Yet,...
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Meet 15-Year-Old Jake Shepherd, Juggling Running His Own Clothing Brand...
Most young teenagers have a hard enough time cramming for their GCSEs, but one 15-year-old has a little more on his plate - running a business at the same time. Jake Shepherd is the founder of Filthy...
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Embryonic Knowledge
*Katie Hammond [2011] is doing an MPhil in Multi-Disciplinary Gender Studies. Picture credit: http://www.freedigitalphotos.net and dream designs. How does biology intersect with society? A pioneering...
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Facebook Bans Warwick Female Rowing Club After Branding Nude Charity Calendar...
A female university rowing club have been banned from Facebook after their nude charity calendar was branded as pornography. The students from The University of Warwick Rowing Society ditched their...
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A Day In The Life Of A Muslim Student: University Is A Very Different...
Drinking is embedded in the student culture, so for those who abstain, it's bound to be somewhat of a struggle to integrate, particularly during the alcohol-fuelled freshers' week. Hinna Sheikh is a...
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Student Shannon Harris Left Bloodied And Shocked After Seagull's Swooping Attack
A teenager was left bloodied and "terrified" after a seagull launched an attack on her while she was trying to help a baby gull which had wandered onto a busy road. Shannon Harris, an 18-year-old...
View ArticleTwo Ministers to Replace 'Two Brains'
The universities and science minister, David 'Two Brains' Willetts, has resigned. David Cameron has had to replace him with two ministers. Greg Clark takes over Willetts' old brief, and George Freeman...
View ArticleModern Slavery. It's Time to Act.
'People shouldn't be bought and sold.' Borrowed are the words of anti-human trafficking organisation 'Stop the Traffik'. Six words uttered in a single breath, here is a compelling moral 'mustry' which...
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Getting an Education in the Peruvian Jungle: The Chaskawasi Project
In the lush green of the Peruvian province 'Madre de Dios' ('mother of the gods') lies Manu National Park, a protected area of 20,000 square kilometres, rising into the last strings of Andean...
View ArticleYoung Entrepreneur Of The Week: 26-Year Old Darryl Adie
26-year old Darryl Adie is helping top retailers improve their online stores through his ecommerce agency, Ampersand Commerce, which he set up in 2009. Scraping together the final bit of his student...
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MH17 Flight Crash Victim Sister Philomene Tiernan Was 'Cherished By So Many',...
A nun who died in the MH17 flight crash has had a touching tribute paid to her after she spent her life inspiring students at a boarding school in Australia. Sister Philomene Tiernan was on board the...
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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17: Leeds University Student Richard Mayne...
Distraught friends are mourning a Leeds University student who is believed to have been on board flight MH17 which was shot down near the Ukraine-Russia border. Richard Mayne, a British national from...
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