National Apprenticeship Week: 'I Had To Educate My Careers Advisor About...
Students are being left to educate their own career advisors about apprenticeships and are being handed detentions if they don't attend UCAS tutorials - even if they don't want to go to university, it...
View ArticleREVEALED: The Greenest Universities In The World
When it comes to going green, some universities are taking on the world. In its annual report, UI GreenMetric, a worldwide university ranking system, listed 215 of the world's most sustainable and...
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Iranian Student Sentenced To Seven Years In Jail By The 'Judge Of Death'
An Iranian student and political activist, Maryam Shafipour, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by the "judge of death" for crimes against the government. Abolghasem Salavati, a judge at...
View ArticleKashmiri Students 'Suspended' For Supporting Pakistan In Cricket Match
Nearly 70 Kashmiri students have been suspended by their university in northern India for celebrating Pakistan's victory over their country, it has emerged. The vice chancellor of the Swami Vivekanand...
View ArticleLawyers Brand Sussex University 'Unlawful And Devious' Over Student...
Human rights lawyers have accused a university of being "unlawful", "devious" and guilty of abusing disciplinary proceedings by refusing its students the right to legal representation. The claim has...
View ArticleDoes Dyslexia Exist?
One in ten people in the U.K have dyslexia, current reports show, which is around six million people. If this is the case, then first of all what is Dyslexia? Dyslexia is characterised by difficultly...
View ArticleStudent Rights Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine as Fifth SU Publicly Condemns...
Another students union has officially condemned the 'anti-extremism' organisation 'Student Rights'. On Thursday Kingston university became the fifth campus (following motions at LSE, Birkbeck,...
View ArticleThe Student Bucket List
Every student heads off to university with a list of things they want to do before they graduate. They're not all great ideas, most of them come with a health warning- not to mention a potential...
View ArticleThe Modern Apprentice - A New Business Opportunity
As a professional consultancy advising and working with developers, contractors and architects we are directly impacted by skills and resource shortages within the environmental, construction and...
View ArticleParental Appreciation and Existentialism
I inherently dislike my own birthdays as they serve primarily as a gentle reminder that I will at some point not exist. This fact scares me no-end despite the many hours a day I put aside to...
View ArticleLondon Is Best City In The WORLD For Universities, Reveals World Top 100...
There was mixed news for British universities as 10 were named in the top 100 universities in the world, while others slipped off the chart, according to new league tables released on Wednesday. Six of...
View ArticleStudents Campaign For 'Proper Education' On Israel Borders By Using Green...
A group of British students have started a grassroots campaign calling for better recognition of the borders of Israel amongst Jewish communities. The 'Sign on the Green Line' group, started by 16...
View ArticleHeadphone 'Hype'
Many of you may have noticed the unbounded rise in under 25s cat-walking their way across Britain's high streets, colleges and public transport in large, salient and often flamboyant headphones....
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Breast Cancer Business Challenge
*Grecia Gonzalez [2012] is doing a PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge. On February 10, 2013, my mother passed away after a three-year battle with breast cancer. Walking beside her on...
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The Death of Student Activism and The Rise of Lad Culture and Political...
What every happened to the heroes? Student activism was once a force to be reckoned with. It changed the world, visibly and profoundly. It was the catalysts that lead to the end of the Vietnam War, it...
View ArticleOfsted: Who Inspects the Inspectors?
From the moment you attend that first job interview, you can often find yourself participating in an elaborate and bizarre form of performance art. 'Why do you want the job?' - they ask. For most...
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Meet New Neo-Nazi Group National Action Which Just Wants To 'Piss People Off'
"We want to piss people off," says Tom, a member of a new neo-Nazi youth group which has recently emerged from the murky undergrowth of the far right and firmly believes "Britain should be for British...
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Mark International Women's Day by Getting Girls in School
Much of the focus for International Women's Day 2014 is on girls' education. Increasingly the attention on girls and women at the heart of social and economic development means that how girls are...
View ArticleWorld's Best Universities For Communications And Media Studies
Here, in ascending order, are the world's top 20 universities for communications and media studies, according to the 2013 QS rankings. SEE ALSO: Which Are The Best Universities In The World? LOOK: 15...
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