blogs.independent.co.uk| » Darius McQuaid http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 Savile, Leveson and the Olympics: The stories that made the headlines in 2012 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/22/savile-leveson-and-the-olympics-the-stories-that-made-the-headlines-in-2012/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/22/savile-leveson-and-the-olympics-the-stories-that-made-the-headlines-in-2012/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:00:27 +0000 Darius McQuaid http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=30973 This year has been an interesting one to say the least and we have witnessed a lot. The year the Mayans prophesied we would see the end of the world has certainly been eventful.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/22/savile-leveson-and-the-olympics-the-stories-that-made-the-headlines-in-2012/feed/ 4 Graduate unemployment, meningitis, Behcet’s and me http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/09/graduate-unemplyoment-meningitis-behcets-and-me/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/09/graduate-unemplyoment-meningitis-behcets-and-me/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:46:21 +0000 Darius McQuaid http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=28988 Last July I graduated from York University, a highly respected institution, after studying history. Despite this I have been unable to secure a job for a whole year now.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/09/graduate-unemplyoment-meningitis-behcets-and-me/feed/ 11 The curse of meningitis: ‘I have learnt to appreciate life on a brand new level’ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/17/the-curse-of-meningitis-i-have-learnt-to-appreciate-life-on-a-brand-new-level/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/17/the-curse-of-meningitis-i-have-learnt-to-appreciate-life-on-a-brand-new-level/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:00:14 +0000 Darius McQuaid http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=28344 To mark Meningitis awareness week Darius McQuaid shares his experience of suffering from the deadly disease and urges others to look out for the symptoms. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/17/the-curse-of-meningitis-i-have-learnt-to-appreciate-life-on-a-brand-new-level/feed/ 5 Olympics ‘Games Makers’ and why students perhaps aren’t as lazy as we think http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/30/olympics-games-makers-and-why-students-perhaps-arent-as-lazy-as-we-think/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/30/olympics-games-makers-and-why-students-perhaps-arent-as-lazy-as-we-think/#comments Sat, 30 Jun 2012 03:00:07 +0000 Darius McQuaid http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25814 Let’s be honest, the perception most people have of students is that they spend most of the day in bed, get up and watch a bit of afternoon TV and spend their evenings drinking and of course attend the odd lecture. Isn’t that what student life is all about?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/30/olympics-games-makers-and-why-students-perhaps-arent-as-lazy-as-we-think/feed/ 4 The Apprentice, fated or flawed? http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/07/19/the-apprentice-fated-or-flawed/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/07/19/the-apprentice-fated-or-flawed/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:26:16 +0000 Darius McQuaid http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=14241 Inventor Tom Pellereau has been announced this year’s apprentice, sorry, I should say business partner. After 12 weeks and 16 candidates an Apprentice has been picked for the seventh time. However, just how effective is Lord Sugar’s method of hiring and firing?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/07/19/the-apprentice-fated-or-flawed/feed/ 3