Is Teaching Mindfulness in School a Good Idea?
Anyone look back at your tween and teen years and reminisce about how incredibly awkward and uncomfortable you felt in your own skin? Anyone, in conjunction, also realize that those quirks you felt so...
View ArticleWIN A Pair Of Sheepskin Lined Thorn & Field Wellies, Perfect For Festivals
With the festival season underway we all know that the great British weather can be somewhat unpredictable – that’s why Thorn & Field wellington boots are the ideal festival footwear come rain or...
View ArticleFemale Muslim Students Living In Fear After Nahid Almanea Stabbed To Death In...
Female Muslim students who wear hijabs and other traditional dress are living in fear after Essex University student Nahid Almanea was stabbed to death on Tuesday morning. Concerns have been raised the...
View ArticleYoung Entrepreneur Of The Week: Tom Macmichael, Founder Of Taxi Booking App...
Meet Tom Macmichael, second year Computer Science student at the University of Edinburgh and budding entrepreneur, who’s revolutionising the taxi booking system. Four years ago, at the age of just...
View ArticleWhen School Band Recitals Go Wrong (VIDEO)
Bless these kids from Grosse Pointe Music Academy. There they were, performing a fine cover version of Weezer's ‘Undone – The Sweater Song’, and then... (Via Daily Picks And Flicks)
View Article'Go Out There And Have A F***ing Good Life': Watch Rik Mayall's Brilliantly...
He doesn't really need an introduction, in fact, he doesn't need one at all, but for the sake of pleasantries, we'll give him one anyway. The recently deceased Rik Mayall, made famous by The Young Ones...
View ArticleHow to Stay Calm During Exams
After you have revised as much as you can, or even if you haven't, how can you stay calm before and during 'the big exam'? What are you afraid of? The key to staying calm in an exam is to keep your...
View ArticlePupils Failed Again Due to Lack of 'Mental Health' Understanding
When I think back to my life at secondary school, I think of failed friendships, bullying, hatred, confidence issues and the beginning of my Mental Health. I remember not receiving enough support from...
View ArticleGraduate Katerina Christodoulou Spent £10k Student Loan On Liposuction
For most students, taking out the £10,000 loan offered by the government is a huge responsibility, only justified by the opportunity to get a degree to show for it. However for Essex University...
View ArticleTaking Off My Fashion 'L Plates'
When I was choosing my GCSEs at school I remember thinking (very naively... naturally) "what can I choose that will help me get into the best fashion schools in the country?" That seemed to be the...
View ArticleMother Discovers Daughter Is Sleeping With Teacher After Finding Him Under...
A mother discovered her daughter was having sex with a married teacher after she found him hiding under the teenager's bed, a court has heard. Maths teacher Andrew Welsh, 36, was caught when the girl's...
View ArticleOxford Union President Ben Sullivan Calls For Anonymity For Accused Rapists
The Oxford Union president who was recently cleared of rape claims has said accused rapists should have the right to remain anonymous after he was target by "poisonous allegations". Ben Sullivan was...
View ArticleYoung People Outside Full TIme Education Face 'Rapidly' Falling Job...
The job prospects of young people who are not in full time education are deteriorating "rapidly" despite a wider recovery in the jobs market, a report has warned. Research by the TUC found that the job...
View ArticleStudent Gets Trapped In Giant Stone Vagina
An American exchange student had to be rescued after getting trapped in giant stone vagina. Five emergency service vehicles and 22 fireman had to help the unfortunate lad after he got stuck in the...
View ArticleConfessions of a Feminist Beyoncé Fan
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is one of the best-selling musicians of all time. As a solo artist, she has sold over 75 million records; add her success as part of Destiny's Child, and that figure almost...
View ArticleAdolescents Need to Learn About Depression - Before It's Too Late
Picture: !ogan-paig3(: / Flickr Adolescents need to be educated about depression. They need to be educated about depression in school, and they also need to be educated about depression at home - in...
View Article20 Things I Will Always Remember About Greece
Thanks to the fond memories of the beautiful country that continue to excite me & the jet lag, I came up with this list of 20 bullet points at around 3:00 a.m.! Enjoy:) 1. The trip being the first...
View ArticleGove's Changes - Are They Really Necessary?
Classic American Literature such as Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and John Steinbeck's novella 'Of Mice and Men' have been dropped from GCSE syllabuses, in regard to Gove's one of many undesired...
View ArticleThe Public and Private Isaac Newton
*Sarah Dry [2003] did a PhD in the History and Philosophy of Science. Her book The Newton Papers: The Strange and True Odyssey of Isaac Newton's Manuscripts is published this month by Oxford...
View ArticleMichael Gove's Cheeks, Katie Hopkins' Mouth and David Starkey's Brain
Wellington College was an inspirational setting for the Sunday Times' Education Festival 2014. It could also be heavily featured in a documentary titled, 'Where Pink Chinos Live Forever', yet was a...
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