Helping Your Children Avoid the 'Summer Dip'
We all know that schoolchildren go through a "summer dip", where learning falls back over the long summer holiday. From 2015, state schools will even be allowed to set their own term times, which may...
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Obesity Crisis Is Not Just a Lifestyle Issue
*Annalijn Conklin [2011] has completed her PhD in Medical Science at the MRC Epidemiology Unit. Picture credit: http://www.freedigitalphotos.net and Stuart Miles. The "obesity crisis" has been given...
View ArticleA Message to the Left
A Message to the Left As the referendum debate enters its final stages, it is becoming more and more clear that we are dealing with a struggle between left and right. Next months's referendum presents...
View ArticleA Note to Freshers
Toddling off to university can be a fairly daunting operation. Firstly, there's all of the preparation work to undergo; then there's choosing your halls and worrying about your flatmates (just how...
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If Your Exams Are Good, Would You Mind a Gap Year?
An old-fashion envelope left under the door or a more modern online communication - whether on paper or screen, the results are there: you did it. Your grades are as good as expected or even better....
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Britain's Oldest Teen, '100-Year-Old' Progeria Sufferer Hayley Okines, Gets...
She’s Britain’s oldest teenager – but today "100-year-old" Hayley Okines was awarded six GCSE exams. Hayley, who is one of just a few people in the world suffering from ageing disease Progeria, was...
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Make Your Relationship Work Long Distance At University This September
Freshers week is looming and, for many, so is the thought of a boyfriend or girlfriend necking Jägerbombs with new friends hundreds of miles away. Long distance relationships can be tough, but it...
View ArticleYoung Entrepreneur Of The Week: 26-Year Old Tom Webster
Tom Webster was bit by the entrepreneurial bug early on, starting his first venture at the age of nine, a line of comic books which he would sneak into school to sell. With two successful entrepreneurs...
View ArticleStudents Sue University of Derby After Botched Blood Tests Put Them At Risk...
Students are suing their university for re-using syringe components during their blood tests and vaccinations, putting them at risk of contracting hepatitis or HIV. More than 600 students and graduates...
View ArticleCharitable Status for Private Schools Is Wrong
In 2011, Fettes College, a selective private school, saw its tax liability reduced from £209,139 to £41,828, a taxpayer funded subsidy of £167, 311. George Watson's, another fee-paying Edinburgh...
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Michael Gove Mercilessly Trolled On Twitter After Pupils Don't Get The GCSE...
Michael Gove has faced a barrage of online abuse as teenagers turned on the former education secretary after collecting their GCSE results. To the shock of many pupils, the proportion getting at least...
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Roehampton University Rents Out Thorpe Park For Lucky Freshers
What have your uni got lined up for freshers week? Whatever it is, the University of Roehampton have trumped it by swapping sticky floors and disappointment for a trip to Thorpe Park. Roehampton SU are...
View ArticleStudent Facing Jail After Taking EIGHT Explosive Flares Onto Plane - And...
A Cypriot student is facing possible jail after admitting taking eight explosive flares on to a plane at a major UK airport and possessing a terrorist manual. Andreas Pierides, 22, was stopped on the...
View ArticleA Gap Year Is a Waste of Time, and You Don't Deserve it
Taking a gap year before University was one of the most self-indulgent, unproductive and unoriginal things I've ever done. After five years having the time of my life with all my mates at school, a...
View ArticleThe British Public Definitely Don't Want The Government To Target...
The British public does not see international students as immigrants and are opposed to attempts to reduce their number in a bid to lower net immigration, according to a new study. The report suggests...
View ArticleAyatollah al-Nimr - Saudi Arabia's Imprisoned Revolutionary
"From the moment you are born, you are surrounded by fear, intimidation, persecution and abuse... I am 55 years old, more than half a century. From the day I was born and to this day, I've never felt...
View ArticleRetaining Top-Level Talent: Do Our Young People Have the Industry Support...
A report out this summer revealed that only 19.5% of Welsh applications to Oxford and Cambridge were successful during the 2011-12 admissions cycle, compared to a success rate of 25% for England and...
View ArticleWill the Missouri Riots Make a Difference?
Just last week I was wittering on about the youth of today; how the majority of young adults contribute positively to society, how this majority are turned into the minority by the media and are rarely...
View ArticleTwin Students Drop Out Of University After Soccer Initiation Leaves One In...
Female soccer player twins have left the University of Mexico after an initiation left one of them in hospital. Eighteen-year-old Devin Scelsi was hospitalised after a night of heavy drinking when her...
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Student Cameron Lancaster's Death Is The First To Be Linked To Ice Bucket...
The death of a teenager who drowned in a quarry is being linked to the "ice bucket challenge" craze. Cameron Lancaster, 18, died after disappearing under the water at Prestonhill Quarry in...
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