Zimbabwe University Bans Students From Kissing
The University of Zimbabwe has banned kissing or hugging on campus and anyone found engaging in such activities would be immediately evicted from their halls of residence. Students are in uproar at the...
View ArticleDoes the UK University System Help Our Future Artists?
On starting a fine art degree five years ago, my head of course gave an introductory speech. She told us about her experience of art college, twenty five years previously. About passionate tutors...
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Get Lucky
We were told we could do anything. We were told to follow our dreams. And here we are: grown up, qualified and utterly confused. Recently, I popped into my old school to do some casual interviews...
View ArticleThe Fashionable Student: What You Need to Know About Winter Clothes Shopping
As the days get colder, we certainly don't need Game of Thrones to tell us winter is coming. So, add the start of winter and wind tunnel like treks across campus and you'll undoubtedly get that mini...
View ArticleFootball Culture Trivialises Sexual Violence
This week Chedwyn Evans, the former Sheffield United striker, was released from prison after serving half of a five-year sentence for rape. Sheffield United have made no public demonstration of...
View ArticleTeachers - It's Time to Sharpen Your Digital Skills
Another September, another school year.... But 2014 brought something new: coding as part of the school curriculum in the UK. This is great news for students, of course - but should we do even more to...
View ArticleHome Office Student Visa System Slammed, Politicians Accused Of 'Cheap,...
The government's refusal to exclude international students from net migration figures took another battering on Thursday as politicians were accused of catering to public opinion with "cheap, pathetic...
View ArticleMan Left Behind: Mohamed Soltan
Liberty and justice exist in a society only so far as each individual defends and safeguards the liberty and justice of his neighbor, his colleague, and his countrymen. His fate is inexorably tied with...
View ArticleThe War In Syria Has Destroyed These Students' Dreams
Aleppo's University has been a target in the Syrian war - more than 80 people were killed when the campus was bombed last year. Now, the institution's students feel there is no future for them, and...
View ArticleWhy Is It So Hard for the Prime Minister to Call Himself a Feminist?
When I was 17, I was studying a piece of literature about suffragettes and women's rights. During the lesson my teacher asked if anyone in the room was a feminist. Everyone shuffled around, nervously...
View ArticleJealous Much? Three Oxford Students Help Thom Yorke Release New Album...
Forget young enterprise or setting up your own blog, three students from Oxford University helped Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke release his album as part of their course project. Ryan Kroening, Phil...
View ArticleNo Apology: Islam and ISIS, a Contradiction
Since 9/11, and the purported responsibility of Islam as the driving ideology, it could have been predicted that there would be anti-Muslim sentiments. However, one could have never guessed that 13...
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An Alternative Results Day
This blog post as originally writter on the 13th of August preceding A level results day, but still makes a good read on cancer changing perceptions and interrupting studies. A change in focus. A...
View ArticleMind the Skills Gap
Business and education. They should be perfect partners, with businesses relying on educational institutions to deliver individuals with the qualifications and skills they need to flourish, and...
View ArticleMental Illness Does Not Define Who I Am
When I posted a blog about mental health discrimination and stigma about six months back, I'll admit that my experience with it was pretty limited. I'd experienced the odd sideways glance, some people...
View ArticleStudent Ju Peng Travels China, Funds Trip With 'Temporary, Rich Boyfriends'
A student has come up with a rather novel, and certainly controversial, method of funding her travels across China - by advertising for rich, young men to pay her way. Ju Peng has raised some eyebrows...
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Searching For an Affordable Safari in Africa
If you yearn to see some of the most majestic animals on the planet in an incredible part of the world, you have probably already started considering going on safari. Whether you want to see lions,...
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Manchester Student Dragged Into Alley And Raped As She Walked Home From A...
A student in Manchester was dragged into an alley and raped in a "harrowing and distressing" attack on her way home from a night out, prompting police to step up patrols in the area. Greater Manchester...
View Article7 Signs That You're A Language Student
With the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) giving statistics which prove languages are ever-increasing in popularity as a degree choice, we thought it was necessary to prepare language students...
View ArticleYork University Hockey Team Investigated Over Vile Tweets On Rape, Racism And...
A university's hockey team is under investigation after tweets on a private account were exposed revealing racist, sexist and xenophobic messages - including one which expressed the love of stabbing...
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