China's Clampdown On Uighurs Will Breed Further Extremism
While many of us are fortunate to reside in countries that permit a degree of religious freedom, one that allows us to practice our faith, for the Uighur Muslim minority in China's far western Xinjiang...
View ArticleWhy I'm Backing Tom Watson for Deputy Leader
As someone who had worked for the Labour Party as a campaign organiser in the run up to the General election, the early hours of the morning of May 8th were difficult. News from all over the country...
View ArticleStudents' Expectations of Higher Education Are Changing - It's Time That...
This summer the first set of students paying £9,000 fees will enter the world of work. The BBC surveyed them and found that 40% don't believe their course was worth the money, while similar numbers...
View ArticleThe Radical Response to Pride in London and Equal Marriage Betrays Misguided...
Co-authored by Anastasia Tropsha, Second Year Law with German Law student at Oxford University The coinciding of Pride 2015 with the landmark equal marriage ruling by the US Supreme Court is a cause of...
View ArticleMy Life Living With Cancer...
Hello everybody. I have now uploaded a trio of 'Cancer and...' videos to my YouTube channel. I am ecstatic in announcing that, so far, I have had an incredible response. I have received great feedback...
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Does Jennifer Aniston's Cake Really Show Life With Chronic Pain?
Chronic pain and illness is a difficult topic to tackle. The symptoms are incredibly difficult to understand if you are not a sufferer, often invisible to others and vary hugely in how they affect...
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Students Turn To Gambling, Medical Trials And Selling Their Bodies To Meet...
One in five students gamble or sell their body for extra cash in order to meet spiralling university costs, a survey has revealed. Young people are also become guinea pigs for medical trials in a...
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Nicky Morgan's Anti-Radicalisation Plans Could See Pupils Who Make Homophobic...
Children who make homophobic comments at school could be reported under new anti-radicalisation plans, Nicky Morgan announced today. Asked about new guidance being issued to teachers to spot children...
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Everything You Need To Know About The Dire State Of Student Finance In One...
Research conducted by Save the Student has revealed one in five students gamble or sell their body for extra cash in order to meet spiralling university costs. If that information isn't discouraging...
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Dead Cool. Teenager Simon May Arrives At His Prom In A Coffin
Simon May certainly chose a rather unusual way to arrive for his high school prom, shunning limousines, carriages and a lift with the parents in favour for a coffin. "I had told my friends I was going...
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Architecture Graduate Li Rongjun Makes His Own Office - Using Beer Bottles
An architecture graduate decided to take matters into his own hands and put his learning into practice, by making his own office - out of beer bottles. Li Rongjun, from China, had just finished his...
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Labour's Chuka Umunna Warns Cuts Will Spell 'End Of Further Education As We...
Labour has warned of the "end of further eduction as we know it" as a result of more Government cuts. Chuka Umunna, Labour's Shadow Business Secretary, cited fears of "insolvency" expressed by the head...
View ArticleSix Alcoholic Ice Lolly Recipes For The Summer Heatwave. You're Welcome
Uni's over and summer's finally arrived with a bang, and we can't think of any better way to spend it than slurping on a G&T and sucking on a lolly pop. Unless, that is, you could do both at once.....
View ArticleHow To Get Noticed At Graduation
Ditch the bright clothes, natty tie and cray cray weave and get to work on your mortarboard - it's the only way the proud rents are actually going to spot you. Why not take a leaf out of these...
View ArticleYouTube and Vlogging: The Future of Fame and Fortune
Being a teenager I am a member of the so-called "vlogging generation". The youth of today that has spent its teenage years glued to the screens of popular video-sharing website YouTube watching the...
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Teen Pulls Out Four Inch Centipede From His EAR After Suffering Horrible Pain
A teenager was left horrified when he pulled out a live four inch-long centipede from his ear after suffering excruciating pain. Grant Botti, a 14-year-old from Arkansas in the US, has no idea how the...
View ArticleMy Newsquest Journey
It was near the start of my second academic year and I'd decided to pull my socks up and get my act together. Regardless of living in Croydon for just a few months I decided to take the leap and get in...
View ArticleBritish School Leavers Are The Worst In Europe For 'Essential Job Skills'
School leavers in Britain are the worst in Europe for having the essential skills needed in entry-level business jobs, a survey has revealed. Two in five companies in the UK questioned in the research...
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Greece: Drama In Overtime
And so it happened. Greece. Default. Greeks are living rough and historic moments. Moments that their ancestors prayed for them not to live. As masks fall, and this intriguing game is coming to an end,...
View ArticleCancer: An Organised Person's Worst Nightmare
It's that time of year again when everyone seems to be planning something. Plans for summer, post-graduation, jobs and housing... plans of moving away, plans of coming back; talk about travel to...
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