Don't Believe What You Hear About Students and Zero-Hours Contracts
When Jeremy Paxman pressed a very hesitant David Cameron to admit that he wouldn't be able to live on a zero-hours contract, the Prime Minister managed to turn his faltering babble into an enthusiastic...
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History in Film
History has been part of school curriculums for as long as anyone can remember. It conjures up images of people pouring over books and manuscripts in dimly lit rooms. However, in recent years this...
View ArticleThe Realities of Politics and the SNP
Being away at university lends perspective to every trip home - the siblings are a little bit taller, the dog a bit fatter, and my bed a whole lot more comfortable. However Scotland itself does not...
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Do Young People Hold the Key to the Future?
Young people are the leaders of the next generation, the young minds of the future. Yet it appears that with every election, the number of young people registering to vote is consistently declining....
View ArticleFor Once I Agree With Russell Brand, Young People Need to Vote Labour
With stagnated job growth, low levels of house-building, soaring levels of student debt and a failing NHS, it's fair to say that my future doesn't look as prosperous as my 'baby boomer' grandparent's...
View ArticleThe Green Party Is Right to Question Growth - It's the Problem, not the Cure
Neoliberalism, the consensus much of the developed (and increasingly the developing) world operates under, is a four pronged ideology: perpetual growth, aided by biting austerity, resulting in rampant...
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Young Women in the UK Defy Stereotypes of Political Apathy Through Social Media
I'm tired of waking up to claims that young people can't be bothered to vote and therefore the lack of policies in our interest is our fault. Our collective weariness with an environment that does not...
View ArticleLosing Hope for the Future
You don't have to search far to find out that I have no hope in the future regards politics and everything that politicians and spin doctors claim to 'do for the ordinary people' (such banter). But...
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Hidden Cameras Catch Student Spitting In Housemates' Food, Trying To Poison...
There are housemates from hell, and then there is this woman - who was caught by hidden cameras spitting in her roommates' food and seemingly trying to poison them with window cleaner. Hayley King, a...
View ArticleHardly Worth a Rumble - Mayweather v Pacquiao
Boxing is sport in its rawest, most primitive form - two men, in a cage, trying to beat each into next Christmas, until one of them falls down and can't get up. It is a mind numbingly simple equation....
View Article9 Problems All Postgrad Students Can Relate To
Being a postgrad isn't easy. Your friends are having their gap yahs, you're even more broke than you ever could have imagined, and you finally know what the medics were moaning about when they couldn't...
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When Made In Chelsea's Ollie Locke Met The Green Party's Natalie Bennett
In the vein of celebrities interviewing politicians, the Green Party's Natalie Bennett subjected herself to Made in Chelsea's reality TV star Ollie Locke. As part of the Use Your Voice campaign,...
View ArticleGuarded: Taylor Yocom's Project Show The Lengths Young Women Go To So They...
Following a conversation about how she and her fellow classmates kept themselves safe on campus, Taylor Yocom decided to use the experience to highlight the sheer numbers of women who are sexually...
View ArticleDon't Waste It: Why Young People Should Vote
It's the week of E Day. Thursday marks the first time 3.3 million of us are eligible to vote. By us, I mean 'young people' or 'millennials' or 'Generation Y' as politicians and the world's media like...
View ArticleThe Importance of Mentoring in Business
I recently had the pleasure of attending the Mosaic Enterprise Challenge Grand Finals in London. As Chair of the judging panel what I saw on the day proved to be hugely encouraging. Five schools, each...
View ArticleGeneral Election 2015: Where Do The Political Parties Stand On Employment?
We've paired up with Scenes of Reason to bring you the lowdown on where the political parties stand on employment. Stay up to date with Scenes of Reason's latest content here and follow...
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Election Night 2015: Here Is How Much Power Your Vote Has
It's easy to get cynical about voting, particularly if you live in a constituency where there already appears to be a clear winner. But it's imperative to vote, particularly when it looks as if we may...
View ArticleVote for Real Change
Voting should be an opportunity. May 7th should be your chance to have a say in how your country is run - how your children will be educated, what your community will look like, what path your career...
View ArticleTop 10 Universities In The UK For Job Prospects
A recent study by The Complete University Guide shows which UK universities are ranked the best for job prospects. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is...
View ArticleComing Out
It has taken a lot to get here, the heartbreak and confusion, a crisis in my being. However, I finally feel as if society is at a point to accept me for who I am, that I can look myself in the eye and...
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