10 Things English Lit Students At University Of Reading Know To Be True
After three years of reading, writing and analysing books, you're never quite the bookworm you were before you began studying English Literature. HuffPost UK took a look into the trial and tribulations...
View ArticleUEA Takes Steps Toward a Sexual Harassment-Free Campus in 2015
The University of East Anglia is taking a powerful step toward making students safer from sexual harassment on campus this year. This Monday, 12th January, they are launching the Never OK campaign, a...
View ArticleWhose University? - My Home or Their Business?
The first time I really realised that my "home" - King's College, Cambridge - was truly a business first and a home second was during last year's Easter holidays. I had stayed in college over the break...
View ArticleFive Things It's Okay for Twenty-Somethings to Not Care About In 2015
So 2015 is here, and like every year, a good majority of us feel utterly compelled to suddenly change our appearance, behaviour or habits (often being the same inclinations as last year that you just...
View ArticleBrothers Build Monster Snow Turtle. Internet Goes Crazy
A trio of brothers have put their town on the map after being a monster 12ft snow turtle in their back yard. Austin, Trevor and Connor Bartz from New Brighton, Minnesota, slaved away in the snow from...
View ArticleLSE Student Daniel Wickham's Epic Tweets Expose Hypocritical World Leaders...
London School of Economics student Daniel Wickham wasn't bought by the show of solidarity of world leaders at the Charlie Hebdo rally in Paris on Monday. Instead, he realised many of the countries...
View ArticleStudent's School ID Picture Airbrushed, Turned Her Into 'A Prettier Twin Sister'
A US student found looks can certainly be deceiving after her school ID picture came out suspiciously well - until she realised her image had been photoshopped. The female, who attends an all-girl high...
View ArticleAn Innovative Delevopment For Education in Sierra Leone
When you think of Sierra Leone, you may think of desperate poverty and now thanks to 2014, the Ebola outbreak, but that isn't what the country has to be defined by in the future. Sam Whitaker, a good...
View ArticleSwedish Sex Ed Song Featuring Cartoon Penises And Vaginas Is Strangely...
A sex education cartoon from a Swedish children's programme featuring dancing penises and vaginas has gone viral. Truly, the mind boggles. The video clip, part of TV show Bacillakuten which airs on...
View ArticleUCAS Offers Last Minute University Application Tips And Advice
You've spent hours planning, writing, re-writing, proof reading and tweaking one of the most important application forms you've had to fill out. Your UCAS university application. This is the first...
View ArticleBrown Faces in Tech Spaces
It's been a fews days since I advertised our first Blackgirl.tech workshop and the tickets are already sold out. It's humbling and amazing, I've received so much positive feedback and support from both...
View ArticleIt's Official: The Green Party Is The Second Most Popular Party For Young People
The Green Party has been enjoying a steady rise in recent months and it looks as if there is no stopping them now. In December 2014, a poll by YouGov showed the party was polling at 22% and tied for...
View ArticleThe Waking Nightmare
My name is Nat Hawley, I am 23 and now in full time employment, living independently in London after years of feeling scared to even leave my room. I was born with autism and dyspraxia, in school I...
View ArticleCan't Leave the House? Can't Get a Job
Many people have days when they don't want to leave the house, but thankfully they are few and far between. But for one in ten of Britain's youth, these feelings of anxiety are overwhelming and they...
View Article'You Wouldn't Be Long Getting Frost But'. Londonderry Teen Has Best Northern...
When we came across this Northern Irish teen from Londonderry being interviewed about his school trip in the snow, we couldn't help but giggle. The endearing lad is fast becoming a YouTube sensation,...
View ArticleTransgender Youth Comes Out During Inspirational University Talk
Just.. wow. Canadian university student Benton Sorensen gave the presentation of his life to his fellow students - whom he had only just met - when he came out as transgender. You Might Also Like.. Has...
View ArticleMore Than A Third Of Female University Students 'Have Been Sexually Assaulted'
More than a third of women students at UK universities say they have been subjected to sexual assaults or harassment, according to a survey. The poll, carried out by YouthSight for the Daily Telegraph,...
View ArticleStudents To Hold Protest After Lesbians Thrown Out Of Vienna Cafe For Kissing
Students in Vienna are holding a kissing protest outside a cafe in the city, after it threw out a lesbian pair who were told their behaviour belonged "in a brothel". Eva Prewein, 26, and Anastasia...
View ArticleWhat To Do After The UCAS Deadline
The UCAS deadline has passed and it is now a matter of just playing the waiting game. Most students hear back from the universities they've applied to by 31 March and make a decision after a few weeks....
View Article10 Neglected Words You Need To Start Using
Look ho, you rapscallion! Begone with your flapdoodle "selfies" and "hashtags" and lay-to proper English. Not a clue what we're on about? Don't blame you. We're only just getting the hang of it...
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