Students
The meaning of NUS demonstrations
Life for many has got worse as the government has used the opportunity presented by the global financial crisis to push through reforms to restructure the UK economy. Part of that restructuring has been to change the function of higher education.
By James Poulter | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 21 November 2012 at 10:13 am
Sheikh, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll: Muslim anxieties with student life
As much as I tried to repress from memory a recent post in The Independent titled “Slut dropping’ and ‘Pimps and Hoes’ – the sexual politics of freshers’ week”, it rings true for some common Muslim anxieties with student life.
By Hasnet Lais | Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 16 October 2012 at 10:00 am
Freshers’ inventory #2: more essential, less obvious items
With Freshers’ week fast approaching you may be starting to get that familiar butterfly feeling in your stomach. Moving away from home for the first time can be a daunting prospect. Thanks to Sophie Warnes’ Freshers’ Guide: What to take to university most of the boxes on the list are already checked. However, drawing on experience, there may be a few less obvious items which are missing from your SOS Student Survival Kit.
By James Kendrick | Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 13 September 2012 at 12:00 am
UK twenty somethings are changing the face of migration in China
It was a dismal, wet and rainy weekday evening at one of Shanghai’s most popular nightspots last Wednesday. It may have been the impending typhoon scaring off many of the locals but there was something distinctly different about my first visit back to this club in over a year.
By Nyima Pratten | Notebook | Tuesday, 14 August 2012 at 12:01 am
Time to cancel the end of term?
British school children are in school for just a few hours five days a week for around 38/40 weeks a year. It really doesn’t add up to very much overall so why do we allow so much of that precious time to be wasted?
By Susan Elkin | Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 2 July 2012 at 10:26 am
Olympics ‘Games Makers’ and why students perhaps aren’t as lazy as we think
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?
By Darius McQuaid | Notebook, Olympics, Sport | Saturday, 30 June 2012 at 4:00 am
School uniform: much ado about nothing?
What is it about the British and school uniform? Forcing children into corporate dress has, in my not inconsiderable experience, absolutely nothing to do with discipline, contrary to popular belief.
By Susan Elkin | Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 18 June 2012 at 11:30 am
Sex, drink, rock ‘n’ roll and urine: Beach Break Live 2011
Ah, students. I can safely say this was my first experience of having a cup of urine thrown into my mouth, and hopefully the last. Bodily fluids aside, Beach Break Live – a mere infant in terms of festivals – was the ideal way for students to begin their summer break.
By Laura Davis | Music, Notebook | Friday, 24 June 2011 at 11:07 am
Egypt: Is the social network taking up arms?
Mark Zuckerberg claims on his Facebook page that he is motivated by the desire to “make the world a more open place”. Likewise, Twitter boasts the best way to immediately get “what’s new in your world.” I doubt either of them would have suspected this though. It seems they are getting their wish, but with surprisingly powerful and violent consequences; we have moved into the era of the socially networked revolution, and we are all the better for it.
By Oliver Duggan | Notebook, The Foreign Desk | Tuesday, 1 February 2011 at 11:09 am
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