Our young impressionable minds can prove you wrong
Julia Canas-Martinez
Students are scared of a lot of things. All you have to do to see this is say the words “loans”, “graduate jobs”, and “employability” and I can guarantee that…
Comment and Opinion
Scrapping the maintenance grants will “financially cripple” university students
Maria Delgado Gonçalves
Universities risk losing students who rely on maintenance grants as they call the decision between not pursuing education or borrowing up to £53,000 from the government “pathetic”. Kingston University students…
The world is negative enough without a Facebook dislike button
Tina Dahmen
Facebook has decided not to opt for the dislike button since it would “bring out too much negativity”, according to Mark Zuckerberg, its founder. Instead it will add six emojis…
KU Students are in an identity crisis, and they don’t even know it
Leigh Boobyer
It’s been over five months and four days since a long-winded General Election kept me questioning even my basic understanding of politics: “Why is Nick Clegg still running, he knows…
10 Tips on cleaning up your online profile for a job hunt
Pictures of nights out with the lads, late night Twitter rants, public posts on your ex’s Facebook page? Admit it, you have probably done one of these or many other…
The end of the free plastic bag
Charlotte Hanson
On October 5 a 5p plastic bag tax was introduced by the government. Whilst the change has been welcomed by environmentalists such as the Environmental Minister, Rory Stewart, a number…
Careless drug culture responsible for students taking cognitive enhancing drugs
Daniel Milroy Maher
What do you do if you want to have a good night out nowadays? Take MDMA. What do you do if you want to chill out? Smoke some pot. What…
Unpaid Internships: A farcical way to start working life
Samuel Millen-Cramer
The process of gaining relevant work experience as a student or graduate often hinges on a sly bit of nepotism – sending the cover letter to end all cover letters…
Stop talking stigma, start talking mental health
Sofia Delgado
Since coming to the UK, I have heard people talk about the stigma attached to mental illness. There are charities committed to the cause, awareness weeks hosted by unnervingly cheerful…
Essena O’Neill: attention seeking teenager launches ironic anti social media campaign
The Australian Instagram model, Essena O’Neill, recently quit social media claiming it is a “contrived perfection made to get attention”. Her 600,000+ followers brought in an income of at least…