First Lady Michelle Obama Tells Graduates: Go Out There And Make It Happen
In a commencement address at Oberlin College, in Ohio, US, First Lady Michelle Obama urged graduates to, "go out there and make it happen." The First Lady told the Oberlin Class of 2015, "Look at you!...
View ArticleEverybody Loses When Young People Are Out of Work
We see first-hand the impact that unemployment at a young age can have; from reducing the wages a person will go on to earn to increasing the chances of them becoming unemployed again in later life and...
View ArticleOur Democracy Will Benefit From Lowering the Voting Age to Sixteen
So, cards on the table. I'm a big fan of lowering the voting age. I think our democracy will benefit from allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote. That's why, when I was the shadow Cabinet member with...
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Student Captures Seagull Flying Alongside Red Arrow Formation In Best...
If there was a prize for the best photobomb then student Jade Coxon would most certainly be taking the crown. The Chester University first year said she couldn't believe her luck at the perfectly timed...
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Queen's Speech 2015: 'Legal Highs' Banned Under New Bill Covering 'New...
The Queen has announced the government's plan to ban so-called 'legal highs', the new wave of untested recreational drugs springing up in the UK. A new Bill announced by Her Majesty in The Queen's...
View ArticleWhat Does the Queen's Speech Mean for Housing?
We were delighted that housing got such top billing in the recent General Election campaign - with David Cameron citing his desire to build the homes we need on the very steps of Downing Street. After...
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Five Things About Student Life They Never Told You
Student life is the doorsteps of adulthood and some even perceive it as actually being an adult. If you're about to enter this state of life, here are five things no official student brochure...
View ArticleChina: The Bitcoin Capital of the World?
"China has changed more rapidly in the last 40 years than any other civilization in human history," said Duncan Hewitt, a Newsweek journalist, in a talk last week. The adaptability of the Chinese...
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To Gap Year or Not to Gap Year?
After leaving college, young people are suddenly faced with an abundance of expectations and opportunities. It can feel somewhat overwhelming to be abruptly thrown into a world where you have the...
View ArticleQE for the People?
A recent article in the Guardian, written by three economists, proposed that the Bank of England (BoE) "make payments directly to the household sector," referred to as "QE for the people." In order to...
View ArticleYoung People Must Engage With Trade Unions
You said goodbye to your first job long ago. You may have flipped burgers, pulled bricks around a building site, or sat behind a till trying to find the Marlboro Golds. Whatever it was you were doing,...
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Reflections on a Trinity of Referenda
With the 'Trinity of Referenda' now over in Oxford, it is worth considering what the two campaigns, and the results, ultimately showed about the Oxford student politics. Dealing firstly with the...
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How to Survive Grad School
Deciding to do a postgraduate degree is a big decision. There's the financial cost, the social cost of going back into education, the time and the stress. However in today's world you can never have...
View Article'Nothing Short Of Catastrophic'. What The Queen's Speech Means For Britain's...
The removal of housing benefits for under 21s as detailed in the Queen's Speech would be "nothing short of catastrophic" if it forces young people out onto the streets or back into abusive homes, a...
View ArticleGap Between NEETS And Working Peers Is Bigger In UK Than In 'Many Other'...
The literacy gap between young people who are jobless and out of education and their working peers is bigger in the UK than in many other developed nations.Young people who are considered "NEET" - not...
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Goldsmiths' Student Diversity Officer Bahar Mustafa Allowed To Keep Job...
Goldsmiths' student diversity officer has been allowed to keep her job, despite tweeting the hashtag "kill all white men" and referring to people as "white trash". Bahar Mustafa has been embroiled in a...
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BBC2 Is Putting On A Show Pitting Jobless Youths Against Each Other To...
Participants are being recruited for a new BBC2 show which pits jobless youths against each other to compete for cash prizes, while the format has been criticised as having a "distinctly Hunger Games"...
View ArticleNatalie Portman Explains What She Learned Going Through 'Pretty Moments' At...
Natalie Portman, a 2003 graduate of Harvard, was the keynote speaker at Harvard College's Class Day on Wednesday. In high school, she was voted most likely to be a contestant on "Jeopardy," which...
View ArticleThe Fantastic Faces Of America's Spelling Bee Competition
The Scripps National Spelling Bee is back. Held in Oxon Hill, Maryland, its a place where dreams are made and shattered, and where things can get pretty intense.. -- This feed and its contents are the...
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High School Students Give Up Class Trip To Contribute Towards Head Teacher's...
Students in New Hampshire have given up their class trip to donate almost $8,000 to their head teacher, who has been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. After hearing of Principal...
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