My Dad is Gay and So Am I. Questions?
I think I was about 16 when my dad came out as gay. Following a series of hospitalisations relating to his mental health, the time had come for him to start talking about his sexuality. In the years...
View ArticleA Star in the Making
I read with delight recently about a young man who had apparently created nuclear fusion in a classroom in Lancashire. I've written several times about the benefits of allowing school pupils access to...
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Why Do Both Male And Female Students Lie About How Many People They've Slept...
Both male and female students lie about the number of sexual partners they have had in order to fit in at university, or avoid being called a "slut", it has emerged. Students will either lower their...
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Malaysia Airlines Plane Missing: Hull Uni Student Yue Wenchao 'Was On MH370...
A Hull University student was on the Malaysian Airlines MH370 flight which went missing 10 days ago on 8 March and has left the world mystified. Business student Yue Wenchao was one of 239 passengers...
View ArticleWhy Distance Learning is a Viable Option
If you are thinking of making a change to your career, online distance learning could be the viable option you are looking for. With the price of university fees in the UK greatly increasing in 2012,...
View ArticleWho Needs to Be a Millionaire?
In a recent interview in the Observer, Vince Cable admitted that he '[doesn't] understand why people need a million quid a year'. He isn't the first to question the growing divide between rich and...
View ArticleHappiest Thing EVER! Watch Adorable Elementary School Kids Cover Pharrell's...
We thought we couldn't love Pharrell Williams' Happy song any more, but then we heard a group of adorable elementary school kids cover it - and we fell in love with it all over again. The talented...
View ArticleStudents Must Stand Up to Racism and Ukip's Scapegoating
Austerity era politics is being increasingly scarred by racist scapegoating. Students are not immune from this trend. The European election campaign is already being dominated by a race to the bottom...
View ArticleCambridge University Cancels 'Racist' Gone With The Wind Summer Ball
A Gone With The Wind-themed summer ball at Cambridge University has been cancelled after accusations the film is racist and hides the horrors of slavery. The Oscar-winning film, made in 1939 and...
View Article20 Things Only History Students Will Understand
History students are an interesting breed. Toeing the line between art and social science, these budding academics go crazy for anything which can be seen as the past - which is pretty much everything....
View ArticleWorst Selfie Ever? Student Breaks 19th Century Greek Statue While Snapping...
Most museums have pretty strict rules when it comes to taking pictures and touching valuable, breakable objects. So you'd think actually climbing up and sitting on a statue wouldn't even cross your...
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#NoMakeupNominations: Why Are Students So Reluctant To Ditch The Slap?
Selfies of women without make-up have recently flooded social media outlets, reigniting the debate around whether make-up is empowering or demeaning. On one hand, these self-portraits can be said to...
View ArticleOsborne's Budget 2014: Chancellor Promises More Apprenticeships For Young People
George Osborne has promised more apprenticeships for young people to help solve the country's youth unemployment problem, in his 2014 budget. Speaking to the House of Commons on Wednesday, the...
View ArticleUnfair and Not Lovely: The Global Skin Bleaching Epidemic Hasn't Gone Away
In the trailer for Dark Girls, a documentary directed by Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry, a young women confesses: "I can remember being in the bathtub asking my Mom to put bleach in the water so that...
View ArticleYour Makeup Free Breast Cancer Selfie Is a Big Patriarchal Problem
Breasts are at the centre of our society. From day dot, they provide our only source of sustenance. They are what nurtures and strengthens us. Breast milk fed babies are deemed to be smarter and fitter...
View ArticleSelfies 'for Cancer': Your Face Won't Change the World
This week a new 'nomination' craze has hit Facebook: the 'no makeup selfie for cancer'. Ostensibly a good thing, right? False. The 'no makeup selfie for cancer' requires (mainly) women to remove their...
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Is Controversial Tequila Club Night Leeds Pro-Rape UK 'Reopening Under A New...
A new club night is denying links to an events company which used a pro-rape video to advertise its events, but has admitted it is "filling a gap" after Tequila UK was shut down. Despite the new night,...
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Seven Things You Need to Know About Living With Students
Unless you intend on squatting in disused houses after you graduate, student life at university is the first and last time you'll enjoy such a carefree lifestyle. Your second and third year is usually...
View ArticleThis Article Will Make You Hate Articles That Tell You How to Feel
There's something strange about the way we treat emotions; they have become products to be bought and sold. It was a visit to an American Pentecostal church that first got me thinking about this. The...
View ArticleCritiquing Islam or Islamophobia?
For nine years in a row a controversial resolution on, "Combating Defamation of Religions," described by some as an, "international blasphemy law," has been consistently losing support in the United...
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