Must-Have 2016 Apps for Students
It’s a hard life being a student, right? Some suggest it’s an easy life, but we know that’s not true. However, there’s the occasional downtime, or those moments...
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1 in 20 students in UK Worked in Sex Trade
A new study released this week states that as many as 1 in 20 students who went to university in the UK have taken to the sex trade as a method to pay their fee...
Does Democracy Exist in Schools? A Theoretical Perspective
The Dilemma - Democracy or Not? I have set out some of my thoughts on the matter of democracy in schools as a thought provoking read rather than a ...
Tibet Dispatch 5: Volunteering abroad
While making my way through the busy McLeodGanj evening market in Dharamshala, India, I met a Kimberly Lee. She told me she was a student from Taiwan and this w...
Students. Will you stand and fight for a free education?
‘Tuition fees have failed. Student poverty and debt are getting worse’ This is only the first line of a medium sized leaflet handed out to me during a recent...
Top 10 tips for Saving and Budgeting
As a third year student I’m in panic mode that this is the last year of receiving comfortable loans, paying bills three times a year and well, living a life of ...
Top Ten Tips for Fleeing the Nest
Freshers week is over, freshers flu is here and freshers work is beginning. Never has it been more appealing to sneak back home for the weekend, and enjoy some ...
The Benefits of Student Blogging!
Having recently graduated, I increasingly find myself looking back at my three years spent at University and pondering over some of my biggest regrets. Of cours...
Manchester’s Street Food Scene
When I first heard about the Friday Food Fight in Manchester, the image that popped into my head was one of people throwing plates of spaghetti at one and other...
Must-Know Bike Maintenance for Students
Keeping a car at university is really expensive and usually unnecessary, so for some people your bike is your lifeline for getting you to and from lectures, th...
Super Awkward Montage of Students Mistaking a Video for a Photo
We have all been there, you think that you are having a photo taken in a club, but actually it's a video. Below is some cringeworthy results from Chris Pavey wh...
What Students Can Do To Be ‘Green’
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 ...
City Guides for Students – Amsterdam
Welcome to our Student City Travel Guide for Amsterdam! This series of article pulls together information from many different sources to help you decide o...
Identity Crisis?
Firstly an apology for a rather long absence, as a Masters student I am currently looking anxiously forward to an approaching decision: to academia or not to ac...
Win a Party for your Uni with Coors Light!
Everyone’s favourite refreshing beer Coors Light are running a Facebook competition, only for University Students. If you’ve been craving the chance to prove yo...
Apple, But For How Long?
Tim Cook, Apples CEO since the sadly premature death of Steve Jobs. I’m an apple fan and I have been for a few years now too, ever since in preparation for ...
Student Budget Surviving Tips
If you are a student, you ought to read this article. If you need to budget your student lifestyle, there are many things that you should consider. Although, it...
I Do…
A recent study by Accommodation for Students found that 32% of graduates marry their university sweethearts, a pleasantly high figure. 81% of particip...
Students and other Stereotypes.
What springs to mind when you envision society's 'underclass'? The 'undesirables' of your community - no need to be diplomatic, we all know everywhere has them!...
Spending more pennies on pasta than dollars on drinks?
As students, we all know what we would rather spend our money on; certainly not books and food. So this post is dedicated to those of you who want your money to...