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The Big Easy
I've been in New Orleans for just under a week and I think it's safe to say that I love it already. In some ways it reminds me of Senegal, because of the friendly, energetic people, the constant...
View ArticleHow Can the Palestinians Resurrect Their Damaged Enclave?
Israel's attack on the Gaza power plant is likely to render speculation that the enclave's civilian infrastructure is being intentionally targeted during the conflict. The civilian death toll and the...
View ArticleSubsidising Social Apartheid
We live in an era of profound and increasing inequality, at the heart of which is inequality in education. For any nation truly committed to creating a fairer and more equal society, private schools...
View ArticleA Fresher's Guide To King's College London - Strand Campus
So, you're moving to the big city to study in one of the world's top 20 universities (as you will be consistently reminded during your time as a King's student). Whether you're a street-savvy home...
View ArticleStudent Applies To Hogwarts University, Gets Rejection Letter From UCAS
Rejection letters suck. Big time. But as far as rejection letters from UCAS go, this one is pretty outstanding. Oh well, maybe next year. pic.twitter.com/zAtlQprfc0— B to A to the R R Y...
View ArticleNick Clegg Calls For International Students To Be Excluded From Immigration...
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called for overseas students to be excluded from immigration figures and claimed his Tory coalition colleagues' target of reducing net migration to the tens of...
View ArticleThe Top 10 UK Universities For American Studies For 2015
It may be one of the more niche subjects out there, but that doesn't mean American Studies is any less important. Luckily, the Complete University Guide released its league tables for the top...
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Student Mary Brandon Punched In The Face At Notting Hill Carnival After...
A female student was punched in the face at Notting Hill Carnival and spent nine hours in A&E after she told a man not to grope her. Mary Brandon, a student at Leeds University, was enjoying the...
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Two Nutters on a Bike
By Jack Owen and Ben Goldstein Us and the team at Rosary Goats Cheese "Hello is that Juliet Harbutt? Sorry, but I've got a bit of a weird question." Ben was on the phone to the self-proclaimed 'Cheese...
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My Virgin Atlantic Flight With Live Comedy From Richard Herring
Most people think of flights as a necessary evil, especially short haul ones. They take you from A to B, but you end up spending the majority of the journey looking at your watch waiting to land....
View ArticleInternational Students Research Finds Public More Interested in Talent Than...
What do the public think about international students? Do they see them simply as generating revenue for universities or as longer term migrants who can bring new talent to the UK? New research by...
View ArticlePersonality vs Diploma : Six Things You Should Know
Is it better to have a great diploma or a great personality? We all know it. Having a Degree doesn't mean you are an interesting person, and there are really fascinating people that don't have any...
View ArticleRegardless of GCSE Results There's Now a Real Opportunity for Educational Reform
This Thursday thousands of children nationwide will make the nervous journey into school to pick up the GCSE results which to some degree will determine their future. They can open and shut career...
View ArticleEveryone's Going to Uni, But It's Not the Only Way Into a Career
Until very recently, university was becoming a staple part of a young person's career in education. University entry levels for the academic year of 2011-12 reached 49% across the UK - 60,000 more...
View ArticleNUS Poll Proves Young People Do Care... But Will They Vote?
The old myth that young people are apathetic to politics could soon be proved wrong. According to a poll by the National Union of Students (NUS), a total of 73 per cent of students are now registered...
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Haircuts and Misogyny
Picture this, you're out for a long day of shopping with a male companion, be it your partner or just a friend and he decides to go for a haircut. You are greeted with the request to leave 'women...
View ArticleYoung Entrepreneur Of The Week: Zoe Jackson, Performing Arts Company Founder,...
Zoe Jackson was 16 when she set up her performing arts company afford getting into the National Youth Theatre but not being able to afford the fees. Zoe's had support from various celebrities from Alan...
View ArticleThe Problem With Feminism
The problem with feminism isn't with the idea itself, but everything that surrounds it. From the misunderstanding of what the term actually means, to the idea that it is only for women. In fact,...
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In Restrospect, Notting Hill Carnival Was Actually Quite Disappointing
Houses boarded up, a mixture of soggy bits of paper, puke and cigarette butts carpeting the streets, people in all kinds of bad states passed out in shop fronts if they were lucky, or just rolling...
View ArticleLiam Byrne Urges Major Reform Of University System To Help Build A 'Richer,...
Major reform of the UK's university system could help to build a "richer, fairer country", according to Labour's Liam Byrne. In a new pamphlet setting out his party's plans for the future of higher...
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