Russia and Ukraine: What next?

Matt SharpAugust 31, 2014

For the past 8 or 9 months or so, Ukraine has been brought to its knees due to its citizen’s differences in political opinion. Many want more involvement with t...

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No Sleep Again

Ashley BirdAugust 31, 2014

Why is it that I am most productive at stupid o clock in the morning? I hope you’re not here looking for an answer because I haven’t got one. All I know is life...

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Where will you be when writer’s block strikes?

noorihafizAugust 28, 2014

You are sat at your computer, it’s 3am and you’ve been staring at a blank screen for the past five hours, switching between Facebook and shopping sites. Writ...

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Vision

Maua FoxeAugust 27, 2014

I envision. No, that’s stupid. I can one day see a future… Well, no, you’re not a psychic. Let’s get together and… No, I’m not channelling Bob Marley into this....

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The Modern Man

Social StudentAugust 21, 2014

Last week as I sat in a restaurant, something caught my eye, as I was gazing across the Mediterranean themed interior a group of gentlemen were standing at the ...

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Top 5 interview hacks for when you graduate

Social StudentJuly 4, 2014

Interviews always feel like an assessment, it’s almost as if your whole life is condensed into a small interval. Let’s not forget the nerves and the anticipatio...

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The Best of the Worst Christmas Cracker Jokes

Poppy-Jay PalmerDecember 30, 2013

The festive season is almost over but there is still time to get in a few Christmas cracker jokes at awkward family gatherings. Here are some of the best (worst...

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Out and Proud vs Out and Loud

JohnCarvinDecember 20, 2013

As you may have figured from my other articles, I’m a gay man. Not ‘flamboyantly’ so, but nor am I a man’s-man either. I’m allergic to the gym, and I own skinny...

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Drinking Buddies: Review

Chris NealNovember 14, 2013

Drinking Buddies is a comedy-drama film written, directed and co-produced by Joe Swanberg. Starring Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick and Ron Livingston...

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After Dark, Yorkshire’s biggest firework spectacular!

Ellis GreengrassNovember 1, 2013

Social Student will be covering everything that goes on at After Dark this year. We are excited to see what they have to offer in 2013. Last years display was g...

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Student essentials you may not have thought of!

Social StudentOctober 23, 2013

Two months ago your parents probably dropped you off, car stacked to the brim, with what felt like the entirety of Ikea, enough food to feed your entire flat an...

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What Students Can Do To Be ‘Green’

Social StudentOctober 22, 2013

The need for renewable or ‘green’ energy sources is one of the world’s most pressing issues. Fossil fuel reserves are running out fast, and we have yet to find ...

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“It’s Grim Up North” – I Beg to Differ

Social StudentAugust 27, 2013

Summertime – meeting up with friends that you’ve been away from all year and swapping stories over a cool and refreshing drink, simply bliss. That is until you ...

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Thinking of driving while being back from University for the summer?

Social StudentAugust 22, 2013

So you are back from uni and want to go on one last road trip before heading back for freshers? Michelin have recently conducted a survey regarding students re...

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Gone-Off Milk – Notes from My First Year

Social StudentAugust 12, 2013

Moving away from home, waving goodbye to Mum’s home-cooked meals and fresh laundry, and leaving behind the friends that you have known for far too many years ce...

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Never Be the Last to Leave a Student House!

amyren123June 26, 2013

It’s that time again. Time to pack up and trek across the city with your worldly possessions rammed into the back of the car. Student front gardens up and down ...

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15 of the best tube signs we have seen..

Social StudentJune 24, 2013

Below is a collection of the best tube signs we have seen from around the web, let us know what you think. ...

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ICC needs to think about the fans of the game.

arjun.devgan90June 24, 2013

I read a tweet yesterday by one cricket fan in India who said "No wonder the English invaded India, they needed a warm country to play all five days of a test m...

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Maximuscle – The challenge continues..

Social StudentJune 21, 2013

Our next delivery has arrived and we are looking forward to continuing the challenge....

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Parklife Festival 2013

gazwxm1June 14, 2013

Parklife 2013 Heaton Park Manchester June 8 & 9 It seems odd now. Only a matter of months ago, I seemed to have more reasons not to attend Parklife 2013 th...

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I’m Skint

Carmen GradwellMay 13, 2013

I'm so skint right now I may as well dye my hair ginger and call myself a Weasley. Jobs are few and far between and although unemployment rates have dropped, th...

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A Deeper Rot

T. E. SamadMay 10, 2013

I’m sure most of us have by now heard about the tragic Rana Plaza fire in the Bangladeshi capital city of Dhaka last month. I, like many other people, was horri...

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Celebrating Shakespeare’s Birthday (and Death)

am77April 24, 2013

A day like yesterday, 449 years ago, in a little town called Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare was born, thus changing the course of Literature and the E...

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So it begins, 12 weeks and 2 Social Student Writers

Social StudentApril 13, 2013

A few of weeks ago, me and a fellow writer at Social Student got offered the opportunity to do the the Maximuscle 12 week challenge. Don't ask me how I got coxe...

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Keep calm, and reap what you sew

CaitlinApril 4, 2013

The BBC has launched another competition show, à la The Great British Bake Off, this time aiming to crown Britain’s best amateur sewer. Certainly The Great Brit...

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Culture and Slavery

T. E. SamadMarch 27, 2013

We can be slaves to a number of tyrants and oppressive and exploitative systems, but slavery can exist in different forms, and slaves don’t always have to be li...

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A weighty matter

CaitlinMarch 15, 2013

Is bikini season starting to seem all too soon? Are you starting to worry that that beach body you promised yourself at Christmas is still, well, hibernating? D...

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Hair today…

CaitlinMarch 15, 2013

Bad hair day? Nope... never heard of it. Facial hair, it seems, has arrived. Not for women obviously, but for men this year it seems that a beard is the mus...

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Playing dress-up?

CaitlinMarch 3, 2013

Guess who’s been learning some interesting things about early modern cross-dressing recently? That’s right, it’s me! I have to say that my current essay has bee...

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The death of the High Street?

writergirlFebruary 23, 2013

You’re twelve years old, pennies rustling in your pocket and your sweet tooth is playing havoc with your cravings again. Ah, Woolworths, where better place to g...

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