A Quick Look at the Top 5 Universities in Portugal
Whether you live in Portugal or have a budding scholar seeking an excellent education in Europe, you may be surprised to learn that there are a number of leadin...
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5 Surprising Games Based On Shows Or Films
When we think of video games based on popular entertainment, there are certain genres that come to mind. Horror, action, and adventure films and shows tend to m...
Brutality of the Welfare System
I have always been a supporter of the welfare system, and I have always been proud that Britain was a pioneer in ensuring that we protect and secure the safety ...
3 tips to help you get the most from university life
For most people, the time you spend getting a degree will be short. When you first move into halls as a bright eyed and bushy tailed fresher, the 3 or so years ...
Saint Laurent captures Parisian Magic
In the eyes of fashion’s finest Paris Fashion Week is long gone. But for some of the world’s toughest catwalk critics, the City of Lights still lingers in their...
By Royal Order- Ranking the Disney Princess Films
Although we won't admit it, we all enjoy watching the Disney Princess films, from the very first, Snow White, to our new favourites Anna and Elsa. But out of al...
Dissertation Desolation: Advice on beginning your final year thesis…
This time last year, I had begun to write my final year dissertation. Having survived a term of seminars tackling the basic “do’s” and “don'ts” of research, mee...
Is student debt really worth attending university for?
Although the economy is beginning to recover after the markets crashed in 2008, the future is still far from certain, especially with regard to job prospects fo...
10 Ways To Test If He’s Different From The Rest
After weeks of trashy telly, calorie consuming chocolate and affordable alcohol, you’ve lost all hope in ever recovering from the worst feeling imaginable - hea...
The Pay-What-You-Can Café In Bristol
Located in the bohemian paradise that is Stokes Croft, Bristol’s ‘Skipchen’ has recently opened to a hugely positive response from the local community. The c...
Attack Of The Clones – Are Politicians All The Same?
Quite good that Sergio Aguero isn’t he? Thrilling to watch, scores buckets of goals and an all round world class player. Shame he’s one of those professional fo...
Christmas Countdown: Top 10 Christmas Songs
If there's one thing I like about Christmas, it's the music. Catchy festive jingles played every year to lift the spirit. Seeing as December has finally hit ...
Top 5 Free Games
Everybody loves free things, right? Well when you're a student that love affair becomes more of a necessity than a casual convenience. With often less money and...
Beauty Solutions
The big beauty brands have found a way of charging extortionate prices for cosmetics. I must admit, I'm partial to a touch of Chanel but I recently discovered, ...
“Let Me Take a Selfie” – The Globalisation of Vanity
Selfie - “A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website.” It’s official. Th...
Winter Traditions
Crisp leaves, bitter mornings, tangerine sunsets, curling up with friends and family, sparklers, bonfires, Christmas parties and holiday spirit. There is someth...
The Perfect Christmas Gifts For Your Miss
With less than 40 days left to that big day know as CHRISTMAS, many of you will be searching the internet, scanning the shelves of Boots and looking for the bes...
To Gap or Not to Gap…
The long road ahead... Take a look down that path. A perfect setting for a very autumnal walk. Maybe you could do some thinking along this route too. Possib...
Questioning Existence
You are energy. It is energy that sustains and maintains your entire existence. Many people believe that life is given by our heart, lungs and other organs alon...
Oscar Wilde
We've all heard of him, the great, somewhat elusive Oscar Wilde who wrote fantastic works, was insanely successful and was also arrested for being homosexual. ...
What are the best things to do in London that no one knows about?
So you are visiting London, want to do a few things no one else has? Or get that selfie no one else has? Well Reddit User Cr3ative has supplied some splendid id...
Fun from the good old days
The bleak, dull and wet winter months are now upon us which make us feel cold and miserable at this time of the year. The fun and exciting start to the year on ...
The City Sky At Night
On moving into a city for the first time it is impossible not to notice that the night sky loses its inky black finish and adopts a milky yellow hue. Where star...
Social Student Podcast
Topics: Freshers to Normality Facebook gossip app People & Technology Check out: Top Ten Tips for Fleeing the Nest http://www.socialstude...
Wonderful Winter Coats
Although winter hasn't started yet, this season's temperature is beginning to drop and autumn is the greatest time of year to grab the best of the snug jackets....
Penelope’s: A Dash Of New York in the North
From the quirky Breaking Bad rock candy to the legendary Danny Radman Pancakes, Penelope’s Kitchen has taken Media City by storm. But the story behind the creat...
Lost
It happens every now and then. You become so caught up in your own emotions that you struggle to cope anymore, you get 'lost'. It seems like everything is crumb...
The Cost of Convenience
It was in 2011 that the Silicon Valley pioneer Marc Andreessen wrote “software is eating the world” in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal. At the time, softwa...
The Greats
We all grow up hearing about "The Greats", these men and women who wrote stunning, beautiful pieces of art, or said things that were so profound that you need t...
Burtonism
I understand that the great mystery of love in terms of western society is Passion! Passion! Passion! To say 'I cannot live without you!' The more one feels des...