Acceptance of Chronic Illness
It is known that acceptance of long-term chronic illness is seen as a substantial problem in patients with chronic illnesses. Absence of acceptance can lead to clinical improvements being delayed...
View Article60 Firefighters Tackle Huge Blaze At Nottingham University
A landmark chemistry building has been severely damaged by a huge fire at a university campus. The wreckage of the fire-blackened multi-million pound laboratory on the University of Nottingham's city...
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Growing Up With a Volkswagen Campervan
As far back as I can remember, my dad has been obsessed with Volkswagen Campervans. But, in 2009 amid what I like to call his midlife crisis, he decided to buy one. It was a small listing on Ebay that...
View ArticleWhat Makes A University "World Class"? The Secret Is Revealed
It appears that universities across the world have been obsessed with becoming "world class" over the past few years. The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2014-2015 are due to be...
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Why Do So Many Students At Royal Holloway Fear Edwin Landseer's Eerie Painting?
Edwin Landseer was an English painter who died in 1873. So why is one of his paintings, depicting a doomed Arctic expedition, still haunting students at a London university more than 140 years later?...
View ArticleToo Little, Too Late - If Scotland Goes, Westminster Is to Blame
In just under a week, historians of modern Britain may be licking their lips at the greatest geopolitical shake-up in recent UK history. They'll probably start with the underlying, necessary causes. In...
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Four Students Died At Kent State Shootings. This Is Urban Outfitter's Latest...
Forget tribal tassels and animal prints - death and the killings of innocent youths are the latest trends for Autumn/Winter '14, if Urban Outfitters' latest creation is anything to go by. Not satisfied...
View ArticleNYU Welcome Week Day 1
Despite being freshmen, there is no freshers. In its place lies its politer transatlantic cousin "Welcome Week". This five day festival of school pride contains over five hundred events ultimately...
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More Needs to Be Done to Help UK Businesses Beat the Language Learning Crisis
(Image via Wikipedia/Creative Commons) In July this year, an All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) report on modern languages announced that without a 'step change' in the nation's ability in foreign...
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Oxford University: Just for the Rich?
A recent study conducted by the social mobility commission concluded that elitism is so embedded in British society that it could be called social engineering. The 'government report' showed that...
View ArticleTowards Peace and Justice: The Transformative Potential of Empathy - Part 1
The psychological state of empathy and its ongoing practice - in which we imagine ourselves in the position of someone else or of another group of people - is often difficult to summon. This is...
View ArticleThe Independence Referendum Has Brought Out the Worst of the SNP
Had you asked me four years ago, I would not have had a particularly strong opinion on the SNP. They were popular among the Scots after all, having won an overall majority in a system designed to stop...
View ArticleFour Of The Best Universities In The World Are In The UK, QS World University...
Four of the best universities in the world are in the UK, new international rankings show. It reveals that Oxbridge and London continue to dominate, with Imperial College London leaping into joint...
View ArticleWho'd Be Dumb Enough To Sign A Petition To SUPPORT Isis? Yep, Students Really...
Who'd be dumb enough to support Isis? Wait... Oh.
View ArticleOh Plymouth Uni. You Know The Sh*t's Hit The Fan When Even The Neighbouring...
When we were at university (quiet at the back there - it wasn't that long ago), there was always pride in hating the university closest to you, the next-door student neighbours, so to speak. But when...
View ArticleThe Place of Fear in the Scottish Referendum
Change and hope and the promise of a better future. These have been the mantras of the SNP's referendum campaign. It's a campaign style that in recent times achieved ultimate legitimation in 2008...
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Portuguese Professor João Magueijo, Who Teaches At London Uni, Writes Book...
One professor is sure to be met with stony silence from his students when he returns to university after penning a book describing English people as "disgusting wild beasts". João Magueijo, who teaches...
View Article14 Ways To Know You're A Cambridge Student
The University of Cambridge is supposed to be one of the most prestigious Universities in the world. After all, the most recent rankings put it in second place worldwide. Even if you have passed the...
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The Graduate's Guide To Landing A Job
Research reveals on average only 20% of graduates applying for their first job get an interview. Luckily credit card provider Capital One has pulled together this infographic to provide students with...
View ArticleCollege Boys Perform A One-Take Lip Dub Of Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off'
Ah, one-take lip dubs! We've missed you! So hurrah for the members of the Delta Sigma Phi – Beta Mu fraternity at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Because we might have to revise our...
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