Snooze That Alarm Clock, It Looks Like A Lie-In Can Help Boost Your Grades
So it turns out your parents may have been wrong to drag you out of bed; a new study is to look at whether starting lessons later, and educating students about the benefits of sleep, boosts GCSE marks....
View ArticleWatch As Nottingham Students Taught Graphic Necrophiliac Chant By University...
Video footage of students at Nottingham University chanting an obscene and graphic song about necrophilia has emerged, and even appears to show university representatives instigating the chant....
View ArticleUCL Emails Are Hacked; #BelloGate Is Born
Students at UCL woke up to a rather large surprise in their inbox this morning after their university's email system was hacked and 3,136 emails were sent out. No-one's quite sure why the university's...
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Cardiff University Builds 'Anti-Homeless' Cage On Campus
Students have reacted with outrage after Cardiff University built a stainless steel cage to deter homeless people from sleeping next to hot air vents outside a campus building. The cage was spotted by...
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A Wee Proposal: Students Want You To Urinate In The Shower To Save Water
Two students have come up with an unusual, if not effective, way of saving water - by weeing in the shower. And they want you to do it too. The campaign, called gowiththeflow, has been dreamt up by...
View ArticleStudent Killed By Meningitis After Moving To The UK Just A Few Weeks Ago
A student has died from meningitis after only arriving in the UK a few weeks ago after moving to the country to study law at Northumbria University. Malaysian-born Rebecca Edward was found unconscious...
View ArticleTeens Break Land Speed Record TWICE With Model Car Which Reaches More Than...
Teenagers from a school in Nottinghamshire have broken the land speed record for a rocket-powered car not once, but twice, with their model car which can reach speeds of more than 550mph. The members...
View ArticleA New Workforce of the Lowest Paid
Did anyone spot the commitment in both the main parties' conference speeches to create a new workforce of thousands of young people - millions even - paid just £2.73 an hour? Actually the initiative...
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Discovering LA's Hidden Gems
It's difficult to imagine LA without immediately thinking of all the old tourist traps; Disneyland, Beverly Hills, the Hollywood strip. It's easy to stick the norm and what you know. But it's such a...
View ArticleCould Your Child's Teachers Be Struggling?
With the new academic year now well underway, children across England will be getting used to a revamped national curriculum, which the government has described as "rigorous, engaging and tough". Many...
View ArticleVince Cable Warns 'Ugly' Tory Immigration Stance Putting Off Indian Students
The Tories and Ukip's "rather ugly noises" about immigrants are putting off Indian students from coming to Britain, Vince Cable has warned. In his latest coalition row, the Liberal Democrat business...
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Warwick's Rowing Girls Are Back For Another Naked Calendar, Shrugging Off...
A group of female students who were banned from Facebook last year for creating a "pornographic" naked charity calendar are back for another year - saying they haven't been deterred by criticism. The...
View ArticleLSE Offers Counselling To Students After Rugby Team's 'Sexist, Homophobic'...
The London School of Economics is offering counselling to its students after its rugby team handed out flyers describing women as "slags," "trollops" and "mingers". The leaflets, which were distributed...
View ArticleWhy I'm Giving Out Free Tampons
Periods are bloody expensive. If it isn't the price of towels and tampons; it's the extra supply of pants, pyjamas and bed sheets we get through. Anyone with a uterus will also be familiar with the...
View ArticleHarvard Students Say America Is A Bigger Threat To World Peace Than ISIS
America is a bigger threat to world peace than ISIS, according to a group of Harvard students. During a series of interviews, conducted by college news site Campus Reform, the students explained their...
View ArticleOxford Student Heads Mock Anti-Rape Classes: 'Consent Is A Thing Now....
Students at Oxford University were left shocked and appalled after a newsletter was distributed seemingly mocking the anti-rape courses designed to teach freshers about consent. According to the Oxford...
View ArticleThe Girl Generation: Together To End FGM
The Girl Generation: Together To End FGM from The Girl Generation on Vimeo. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the partial or total removal of the...
View ArticleScotland Independence Referendum - The Aftermath
On Thursday 18 September 2014 the people of Scotland were asked to voice our opinions on whether or not our nation should become an independent country. Regardless of the outcome, this day will be...
View ArticleMind the Gap
"Mind the gap" is an age-old saying that is synonymous with the London Underground as it repeatedly helps to remind the weary eyed commuters among us that there is indeed a gap between the train and...
View ArticleSeven Things About University
So after three years of university, and now embarking on my fourth and final year, I'd like to think I've learned a few things in my time here. As it's round about the start of the new semester, I...
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