Schools Guilty Of Gender Stereotyping, IOP Research Claims
Nearly half of state schools in England are guilty of contributing towards gender stereotyping, with few bothering to tackle the gender bias of subjects such as maths and physics, researchers have...
View ArticleWATCH: Birmingham University Releases Hideously Cringey Music Video (YOUTUBE)
Oh dear. Birmingham evidently didn't learn any lessons from Loughborough University students' heinous promotional video as they've now gone and topped it. The Russell Group institution can wave goodbye...
View ArticleTeen Nicole Hassall Runs Up £1,158 Phone Bill Voting On I'm A Celeb
A teenager ran-up a £1,158 phone bill voting on TV show I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! and has had to forfeit a chunk of her Christmas money to help pay the cost. College student Nicole Hassall...
View ArticleTopless Protest Planned Against Universities UK's Forced Gender Segregation...
Topless protesters will gather together on Tuesday to demonstrate against forced gender segregation at universities, following a controversial report by a leading education organisation. The protest...
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Chuka Umunna: Gender Segregation At University Would Be 'Outlawed' By Labour
Gender segregation at university would be "outlawed" by Labour, according to the party's shadow business secretary, despite a universities leader insisting the practice is not completely "alien to our...
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WATCH: Do Attractive Students Get Better Grades?
Do better looking students get better grades? Apparently so...
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Student Dies On Derby University Campus After 'Falling From A Height'
A man, suspected to be a student, has died after being found injured on a university campus, police have said. The man, who has not yet been named, was discovered at the University of Derby's Kedleston...
View ArticleNew York College Student Dies in Hazing Ritual (VIDEO)
Pennsylvania police are investigating the death of a college student from New York City. Authorities say Michael Deng died after a fraternity hazing ritual.
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Measuring the True Impact of Development Initiatives
*Marlen de la Chaux (2013) is currently pursuing a PhD in Management Studies at the University of Cambridge. Sometimes major international governance schemes begin simply: with a glass of beer, and...
View ArticleSwapping Sweatpants for Suits, Russian for Rush Hour and Being Back at Big Blue
I have temporarily swapped slovenly student life for that of a suited city slicker. With my track record in high heels, "city-stumbler" would be a more accurate description. I identify with this term,...
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Mandela Moments: Lessons in Selflessness
*Zenobia Ismail [2013] is a South African student doing a PhD in Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge. Between 2008 and 2011 she was involved in multi-country research on...
View ArticleWriting a Novel? The Big Lie
It's time. I sit at my laptop and I have nothing to do but write. The house is clean, all commitments have been met; I am free to write. Steam rises from a cup of tea to my left; I pick it up, sip and...
View ArticleDon't Forget Where the Power Lies...
I'm happy to see that students are showing the establishment who really possesses the power. It has been good to see the success of the Cops Off Campus demonstration taking place from London to...
View ArticlePage Three: Porn for All the Family
Growing up with a grandad who bought The Sun undoubtedly had a profound effect on my perceptions of what my adult female body should look like, years before I had even begun to hit puberty. Women's...
View ArticleShould I Be Worried About the Future of ICT Employment
I'm worried. In November I spent five days at two of the biggest skills show events in the UK, chatting to students, teachers, tutors, careers advisors and parents about career opportunities in IBM....
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Elina Desaine, ShagAtUni's UK's Horniest Student, To Be Disciplined By Exeter...
An undergraduate crowned the "UK's horniest student" for boasting about having sex in a computer room and keeping a list of victims will be disciplined by her university - and even faces permanent...
View ArticleCommission Calls for Partnership Between Schools and Businesses to Address...
Without doubt the most worrying OECD study this autumn for the UK wasn't the much discussed PISA study, but the study of adult literacy published in October. This study isolated a massive challenge for...
View ArticleMajor Concerns Over New Special Educational Needs (SEN) Draft Code of Practice
This week both IPSEA, a national charity which offers free legal advice to families with children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Every Disabled Child Matters (EDCM) have strongly voiced their...
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Christopher Bergeron Named As Student Who Died After Falling At Derby...
A "hard-working and dedicated student" who died after reportedly falling from a height at a university campus has been named as Christopher Bergeron. The 19-year-old, originally from Essex, was...
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Michael Gove: Gender Segregation In Universities Is Pandering To Extremism
Gender segregation in universities is pandering to extremism, Michael Gove has said, as he became the latest politician to wade into the divisive row over external speakers. Prime Minister David...
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