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Concern Over Statins Advice
*Jerry Lee [2013] received an MPhil in Epidemiology as a Gates Cambridge Scholar and is now a second year medical student at Duke University. He is currently funded by the American Heart Association...
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Magic Beans
We were sitting inside the staffroom of a school about twenty minutes away from the Rosie May Home. Spending my mornings here, I had been preparing them, and myself, for the influx of volunteers I...
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An Astounding Defeat for Public Health
*Jerry Lee [2013] received an MPhil in Epidemiology as a Gates Cambridge Scholar and is now a second year medical student at Duke University. He is currently funded by the American Heart Association...
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Labour's Supporter Witch-Hunt
You may have seen the utter panic expressed by the Labour Party in recent days at the rate of registered supporter sign-ups. You would have thought that Labour MPs might have been pleased to have...
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Why Young People Should Travel
I am writing this piece in a rental car as I leave the Grand Canyon National Park for a night in Death Valley, having travelled Europe for three weeks a few days prior and Cambodia the previous summer....
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I've sat down to write this a thousand times. At least in my head I have. For the past few months I have been struggling with, for want of a better expression, writer's block. I have been drowning in...
View ArticleHeavy Social Media Use Linked With Mental Health Issues In Teens
Most members of Generation Z can't imagine life without Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter. Nearly one in four teens reports being online "almost constantly," with much of that online time...
View ArticleThere Is Nothing Sociable About My Media
"The man in front of me at the ALDI checkout tried to bag his items as they were scanned, quite clearly an amateur". This is just one of my many Facebook statuses that I ponder, produce and publish for...
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Young Driver Launches Petition To Have Driving Lessons Included On School...
A petition has been launched asking the government to "save lives" by introducing driving lessons and road safety into the school curriculum. The petition was started by the Young Driver organisation,...
View Article#MyUselessResumeSkills Shows Pointless Traits We All Have But Can't Put On A CV
We all have a few totally useless "skills" that we can't really put on our CVs. The little things we pick up throughout life that have no real-world application whatsoever. Some would even be useful...
View ArticleStudents, Academics and Professional Staff Need to Stand Together to End Lad...
On Monday, NUS launched a report examining lad culture in UK universities an issue we've been looking with growing concern for some time. Since the launch of Hidden Marks in 2010 (a study of women...
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Newcastle Teen Liam Lyburd Found Guilty Of Planning Mass Murder At His Former...
A 19-year-old from Newcastle has been convicted of planning a mass murder at his former college, who he blamed for his "miserable life". Following a trial at Newcastle Crown Court, Liam Lyburd was...
View ArticleShooting Themselves in the Foot: The Long-Term Damaging Effects of the...
The government's hesitancy to firmly support campaigns to increase PSHE in schools is having alarming consequences. Reducing increasingly necessary conversations about the variety of challenges...
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Grants Raid Puts Money Where It's Needed - In Students' Pockets
Changes to student finance could make it easier to manage the daily costs of higher education. Photo supplied by www.gotcredit.com The 2015 budget shocker wasn't the shotgun end to Grants money...
View ArticleMental Health Diagnoses Should Not be Social Buzzwords
Mental health is a subject very close to my heart. So, naturally, the recent upsurge in awareness and support for those dealing with mental health issues has made me, and many others, both proud and...
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Brilliant News For Body Image
It's one small step for the high street, one giant leap for body image! (Well... Sort of!) After I posted a photo of a Topshop mannequin - which went viral - in October of last year, Topshop have never...
View ArticleWhy the Labour Leadership Contest Should Have Been an All Female Shortlist
When the Labour Party talk of their greatest achievements, the NHS, establishment of the minimum wage and the creation of Sure Start springs to mind. People rarely discuss its decision in 1989 to...
View ArticleHow Justin Bieber Inspired My Transgender Journey
Ever since I was little I've always known I was different. Born a girl called Hannah, I didn't want to play with dolls or wear dresses. I wanted to play with action men or join the boys for a game of...
View ArticleThe House of Lords Is Bigger Than Lord Sewell - Which Is Why It Shouldn't Be...
Probably the least surprising thing to come out of the Lord Sewell scandal has been calls, as usual, to abolish the House of Lords. Such calls are firstly overreactions, and secondly they are...
View ArticleBehind the Smile, Behind the Mask
Sometimes speaking out about mental illness can be difficult. I find it easy to talk about recovery and when things are going well but it's not so easy to say that actually things aren't okay and I...
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