Cheating students going to extreme lengths to pass exams have hit the headlines this past month, with students in Kentucky even crawling through an air duct to steal an exam paper.
Two University of Kentucky students were charged with burglary by police, and referred to
I spent my university years studying philosophy at Newcastle. I am now half way through my masters in Edinburgh. Doing my undergraduate definitely taught me the value of studying. I have compiled a list of the main benefits from studying for those initial three years at uni, a
The university year tends to have a typical structure depending on whether you have exams, moving into a new house, or seeing your friends again after a long holiday.
When you leave home for the first time after a three month summer.
Glastonbury, Leeds, Bestival, Park Life… these are just some of the names of the typical UK music festivals that every man and his dog have been to at least once in their lifetime. With the focus being on these bigger music festivals, people for
It may not seem like it, what with dissertations and exams looming, but summer is on its way. What better way to distract yourself from the incoming avalanche of work than with some retail therapy?
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Bored of revision, and bored of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and Tumblr too? Here are some of the best useless websites to fulfill your procrastination needs.
1. People have a pretty clear idea of what the city is like before you get there, and they like to tell you about it (it’s wrong)
‘Oh Birmingham is so run down, dan
With a long summer stretching ahead of most students, volunteering can be a great way to make your summer both meaningful and enjoyable. All you need to be able to offer is time-something which students have lots of!
The number of food banks in Britain’s towns and citie
The ultimate student moving out checklist
Know where you will put your belongings. Assuming you will have another year at uni, there may be a gap between moving out of your first house and into another on
It feels like just yesterday when Russell Brand was appealing to the masses to refrain from voting, but if even he managed to realise that this wasn’t such a genius idea, why are young people still not voting?
While at uni, planning for a career may feel like the last thing on your mind. However, it is worth having a think so that when you finish you don’t end up overwhelmed by the possibilities. Whether you are in first year or your final year it is good to have a rough idea of the
Yes: while our backs were turned revising for exams, it was announced that universities are now allowed to increase their tuition fees every year in line with inflation rates.
Back in May, the House
Au pair-ing seems like the perfect set up. Go abroad, work a few hours a day mucking about with little kids, hit the beach and get paid for the privilege. But what’s it really like to up sticks and move to another country for the summer?
We spoke to one recent graduate,
The growing popularity of lolmythesis, a website where people submit overly honest, tl;dr-style translations of their wordy titles, proves one thing: everyone loves a wild dissertation.
The titles in this list might sound made up or exaggerated, but they’re real topics t
It feels like just yesterday when Russell Brand was appealing to the masses to refrain from voting, but if even he managed to realise that this wasn’t such a genius idea, why are young people still not voting?
It’s estimated that the figure could be as low as 43% for 18
If you’re a uni student, your revision has probably (hopefully) started by now. But after the few first days’ honest, solid, slightly panicked effort, you might find that your motivation has gone astray. Here are some tips to stop that from happ