What is Religion Without Unity?
In Islam, there is a concept known as 'Ummah'. In Arabic it simply means a group of people, or a nation, but in the context of the Quran it takes on a different meaning. A Muslim Ummah is a nation of...
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With GCSE and A Level exam season now over, millions of young people are applying for jobs and hoping to enter the world of work soon for the very first time. For many, this is also the first time they...
View Article8 Shocks Students Get Entering The Adult World
No more weekday lie-ins, hangover sofa days or three-month long travelling "find yourself" holidays. If you're leaving university, then these are just a few of the culture shocks you find yourself...
View ArticleYoung Entrepreneur Of The Week: 16-Year-Old Ollie Forsyth
Ollie Forsyth has been through a lot, after being bullied at school for his dyslexia and told by his peers that he would amount to little later in life. But the young lad battled through and, having...
View ArticleDid You Know You Could Go To Jail For TEN YEARS If You Lie On Your CV?
Your dream job is staring you in the face, but there's one problem; you didn't graduate with a 2:1/volunteer with impoverished children/show team skills by building a mud hut in Ghana/get a B in Maths...
View Article30 Things All Men Have Thought About During Sex At One Time Or Another...
I saw a great article in the Metro about what women think about during sex and just had to respond with my own version. Here are some things we men have thought about during sex: 1. Is she done yet? 2....
View ArticleEducation System Must Better Prepare Young People for Life Outside School Gates
Whether you have a son or daughter just finishing their summer exams or you're a high-tech manufacturer hoping to add to your pool of skilled technicians, we all want young people to have the...
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Nine Years Later, I Finally Received My Hogwarts Letter
It was my second day as a HuffPo intern. Sat at my muggle desk and working on my muggle tasks, I noticed an owl flutter past the window with a letter clutched in its beak. An owl?! During day time?! In...
View Article17 Things About The Secret Life Of Students We Know To Be True
The secret life of students may be an eye-opener for some, but for others it'll be a case of been there, done that, got the t-shirt. The Channel 4 programme follows the life of three students at...
View ArticleArizona State University Is Giving Female Students Extra Marks For Not...
A university professor in the US is giving female students extra marks for not shaving - and males extra marks for shaving from the neck down. Breanne Fahs, a professor of women and gender students at...
View ArticleGalloway Has Got It Right: Just Say Naw
For someone who has a vast interest in politics and now possesses a BA in Social Sciences, I still do not know why I feel I have done nothing with politics, apart from voting in elections when I first...
View ArticleWhat I Learned From Visiting Reach Academy Feltham
As I alluded to in my previous article, I'm concerned that we are using the wrong models as benchmarks of excellent education. I'm certain, however, that recent visitors Boris Johnson and Michael Gove...
View ArticleKatie Hopkins; the Worst of Middle Class Britain
Time and time again, Britain's favourite rent-a-gob Katie Hopkins stirs up controversy by spewing bile on daytime TV or on her Twitter feed. Hopkins can't be overly committed to her business; Katie...
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What Is a Global Standard Oo Beauty
Another photoshop-focused article has been making the rounds on the internet, but rather than bashing Western-Standards of beauty, this one is a little different. Artist Esher Honig had a photo of...
View ArticleThree Best Pieces of Advice for Anyone of Any Age
This Sunday, HuffPost UK celebrates its third birthday, and rather than ask for piles of presents, we asked some of our favourite bloggers to gift us with their three best pieces of advice. HuffPost...
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I Don't Get the #Selfie Phenomenon
I just don't get it. Shouldn't you be ashamed of your vanity? Your need to document everything with your face popping into the picture from various (usually unappealing) angles? Seriously. Everything....
View ArticleMurder Investigation Launched After Body Of Newcastle Student James Steen...
A murder investigation has been launched after a 23-year-old university student was found dead. Warwickshire Police said they have arrested three men on suspicion of murder after the body of Newcastle...
View ArticleInquest Into Death Of Horatio Chapple Eton Schoolboy, Dragged From Tent And...
The mother of a schoolboy killed by a polar bear "would not have let him go" on the Arctic expedition without believing he would be properly protected, an inquest heard. Horatio Chapple, 17, was on an...
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When Impact Is More Important Than Invention
*Rebekah Scheuerle [2013] is doing a PhD in Chemical Engineering. This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the Saving Lives at Birth partners, JustMilk, or the University of Cambridge....
View ArticleLearning a Foreign Language: The Comfort Zone
It may not seem so, but learning a foreign language is a pretty unsettling event - at least from a psychological point of view. I heard somebody say some time ago that she could not even imagine...
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