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Twins Who Lost A Combined 16 Stone Become YouTube Stars

A set of identical twins have released a brutally honest video chronicling how they lost a combined weight of 16 stone. YouTubers Niki Corr and Sammy Albon Corr, both 22, put on weight in their teenage...

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Students Create Nail Varnish To Detect Date Rape Drugs

A group of students at a US university is creating a nail varnish to detect date rape drugs, which will enable the wearer to detect whether their drink has been spiked just by dipping a finger in it....

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Teen Kieran Goodwin, Founder Of Extreme Sport Challenges, Does the...

A 16-year-old charity fundraiser who swam the English Channel to raise money for cancer and disability sports has jumped back into the water and taken up the ice bucket challenge. Kieran Goodwin,...

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Obama Is Just Too Nice to Be a Good President

Barack Obama's latest batch of criticism comes after his lack lustre approach towards the escalating crisis in Ferguson, Missouri, and rightly so. Throughout his second term the President has...

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The Big Easy

I've been in New Orleans for just under a week and I think it's safe to say that I love it already. In some ways it reminds me of Senegal, because of the friendly, energetic people, the constant...

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How Can the Palestinians Resurrect Their Damaged Enclave?

Israel's attack on the Gaza power plant is likely to render speculation that the enclave's civilian infrastructure is being intentionally targeted during the conflict. The civilian death toll and the...

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Subsidising Social Apartheid

We live in an era of profound and increasing inequality, at the heart of which is inequality in education. For any nation truly committed to creating a fairer and more equal society, private schools...

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A Fresher's Guide To King's College London - Strand Campus

So, you're moving to the big city to study in one of the world's top 20 universities (as you will be consistently reminded during your time as a King's student). Whether you're a street-savvy home...

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Student Applies To Hogwarts University, Gets Rejection Letter From UCAS

Rejection letters suck. Big time. But as far as rejection letters from UCAS go, this one is pretty outstanding. Oh well, maybe next year. pic.twitter.com/zAtlQprfc0— B to A to the R R Y...

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Nick Clegg Calls For International Students To Be Excluded From Immigration...

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called for overseas students to be excluded from immigration figures and claimed his Tory coalition colleagues' target of reducing net migration to the tens of...

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The Top 10 UK Universities For American Studies For 2015

It may be one of the more niche subjects out there, but that doesn't mean American Studies is any less important. Luckily, the Complete University Guide released its league tables for the top...

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Student Mary Brandon Punched In The Face At Notting Hill Carnival After...

A female student was punched in the face at Notting Hill Carnival and spent nine hours in A&E after she told a man not to grope her. Mary Brandon, a student at Leeds University, was enjoying the...

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Two Nutters on a Bike

By Jack Owen and Ben Goldstein Us and the team at Rosary Goats Cheese "Hello is that Juliet Harbutt? Sorry, but I've got a bit of a weird question." Ben was on the phone to the self-proclaimed 'Cheese...

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My Virgin Atlantic Flight With Live Comedy From Richard Herring

Most people think of flights as a necessary evil, especially short haul ones. They take you from A to B, but you end up spending the majority of the journey looking at your watch waiting to land....

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International Students Research Finds Public More Interested in Talent Than...

What do the public think about international students? Do they see them simply as generating revenue for universities or as longer term migrants who can bring new talent to the UK? New research by...

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Personality vs Diploma : Six Things You Should Know

Is it better to have a great diploma or a great personality? We all know it. Having a Degree doesn't mean you are an interesting person, and there are really fascinating people that don't have any...

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Regardless of GCSE Results There's Now a Real Opportunity for Educational Reform

This Thursday thousands of children nationwide will make the nervous journey into school to pick up the GCSE results which to some degree will determine their future. They can open and shut career...

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Everyone's Going to Uni, But It's Not the Only Way Into a Career

Until very recently, university was becoming a staple part of a young person's career in education. University entry levels for the academic year of 2011-12 reached 49% across the UK - 60,000 more...

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NUS Poll Proves Young People Do Care... But Will They Vote?

The old myth that young people are apathetic to politics could soon be proved wrong. According to a poll by the National Union of Students (NUS), a total of 73 per cent of students are now registered...

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Haircuts and Misogyny

Picture this, you're out for a long day of shopping with a male companion, be it your partner or just a friend and he decides to go for a haircut. You are greeted with the request to leave 'women...

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