How I Gained 180,000 YouTube Subscribers
I started my YouTube channel in 2006 when I was 13 years old. I can't believe it is nearly a decade ago! I had been posting videos on Bebo before then, but YouTube was a completely new platform for me,...
View ArticleA UEA Fresher's Guide To The City Of Norwich
Congratulations, you've accepted a place at the University of East Anglia. You may now gleefully look forward to three years of 'Pimp My Barrow', lakeside barbecues and, of course, semi-regular...
View Article'I Applied To University To Please My School': Government Urged To Appoint...
Students are applying to universities to please their teachers and parents, even though they don't want to go, prompting businesses and employers to demand a career advice tsar. Tim Campbell, winner of...
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Alabama University Sorority Chi Omega Posts Racist Snapchat Celebrating 'No...
A student who bragged there were no black women in her sorority group has been kicked out of the club after her snapchat message went viral. The social media picture showed three girls from Alabama...
View ArticleUniversities Warned About Potential Ebola Outbreak
British universities have been warned about a potential Ebola outbreak on their campuses this September as they prepare to accept thousands of Nigerian students. Universities UK, the body representing...
View ArticleFood, Spies & Sanctions
Now that it is not considered embarrassing to watch professional wrestling anymore, you may wonder, like myself, why WWE has gone with a storyline which places a Cold War setting between America and...
View ArticleTour Della Toscana
I'm just back from my summer holidays and after a brief hiatus from writing this blog, I'm happy to back so I can get writing again after what has been a fairly hectic time. In the last month or so,...
View ArticleStudents Should Avoid 'Swindle' That They're Better Off With a University...
Last week we saw the overall pass rate for A levels fall for the first time in 32 years, students who achieved lower grades are being told they have an opportunity to go to university after 30,000 new...
View ArticleDemocracy Reborn- Solving Disengagement
There is not so much a political landscape anymore as there is a political obstacle course. Public life is literally littered with barriers impeding public engagement in our 'democratic' system, and if...
View ArticleScotland Can be Independent, Scotland Should
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." - Alice Walker I believe that Scotland should be independent. I believe that the fundamental principles of democracy...
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The Ups and Downs of Being a Fashion Intern
The first phone call I made after graduating from high school was to a renowned Australian stylist asking whether I could become one of her interns. A week later I found myself working backstage at...
View ArticleMore Than 3,000 Students In Wales Slept In Asbestos University Bedrooms Last...
More than 3,000 students in Wales slept in bedrooms containing the potentially fatal chemical asbestos - because their universities considered it a "low risk". The British Lung Foundation has condemned...
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Malaysian Fishmonger Could Face Death Penalty As He's Charged With Murder Of...
A Malaysian fishmonger could face the death penalty after being charged with murdering two British medical students in Borneo, according to local reports. Newcastle University students Neil Dalton and...
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Things To Do Now You're In Second Year
Approaching second year may mean waving goodbye to your ‘I only need forty percent!’ get-out clause but, thankfully, the dark days of the dissertation are not upon you yet. Here are our tips for a...
View ArticleThis Trust Fall Didn't End Well For This Teacher
Sometimes, there are videos in which you just know what's about to happen... but you have to watch them anyway. Welcome to one such video. (And: top marks for effort, sir.)
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These Four Wildly Successful Young Professionals Ditched The A-Levels - And...
Countless freshers are currently poised to break out their new set of Wilkos pans, navigate the washing machine for the first time and blow their student loan on tequila shots. But university is by no...
View ArticleHelping Your Children Avoid the 'Summer Dip'
We all know that schoolchildren go through a "summer dip", where learning falls back over the long summer holiday. From 2015, state schools will even be allowed to set their own term times, which may...
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Obesity Crisis Is Not Just a Lifestyle Issue
*Annalijn Conklin [2011] has completed her PhD in Medical Science at the MRC Epidemiology Unit. Picture credit: http://www.freedigitalphotos.net and Stuart Miles. The "obesity crisis" has been given...
View ArticleA Message to the Left
A Message to the Left As the referendum debate enters its final stages, it is becoming more and more clear that we are dealing with a struggle between left and right. Next months's referendum presents...
View ArticleA Note to Freshers
Toddling off to university can be a fairly daunting operation. Firstly, there's all of the preparation work to undergo; then there's choosing your halls and worrying about your flatmates (just how...
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