Today I attended a demonstration calling for the abolition of tuition fees. However not as a demonstrator but as a member of my university TV crew and I must say it was quite an experience. Contrary to what many of the news outlets have attempted to portray the demo as, it was extremely peaceful despite…Read more Free Education Protest In Central London-November 2015
Politics
The Government Has Failed Students – Again
Over the past few days I have been doing some preparatory reading for my 2nd year at university; but today I didn't feel like reading. In fact I didn't feel like even thinking about university and I certainly avoided the news sites I frequently visit. This was after I awoke to discover that the government…Read more The Government Has Failed Students – Again
So Ramadhan Has Begun…
We are currently into the third fast of Ramadhan in the UK. Now now, hold in that gasp of wonder at the millions of people who are fasting from sunrise to sunset because in actual fact, it is not so difficult. Every year before Ramadhan approaches, the process is the same. We talk about how…Read more So Ramadhan Has Begun…
Run The Competition!
Okay folks! The 3000 followers mark has been hit so thank you to all you lovely people! I have been quite busy over the past few days with work experience, so this post should have come a bit sooner but more on that later. For now, it's open season at the 3000 followers competition so…Read more Run The Competition!
We Love Writing About Writing
We all love writing about the experience if writing, so when I was asked to write a post about why you should blog, it was a very enjoyable one to write! Please check it out at: http://www.topuniversities.com/blog/why-earth-should-i-blog Until Next Time A Worried Student
Politicians’ Auditions
Watching the politicians' debate on ITV today, you get the sense that you are back in school electing a new student council representative. Every question they are asked, they attempt to use it for their own agenda. It is silly, childish and quite frankly, annoying. The question was just asked about how can young people…Read more Politicians’ Auditions
Writing For TopUniversities.com
So here is the link to the post I was talking about: http://www.topuniversities.com/blog/myths-misconceptions-about-english-literature-degrees Please take a look! 🙂 Until Next Time A Worried Student
Being Invited To Write
Last week, I received an email inviting me to contribute to an online blog for a website about universities. The first thing we bloggers think when we get an email like that is oh not more spam! Not more SEO optimisation nonsense! However, I decided to check out the website and to my surprise I…Read more Being Invited To Write
Now Dabbling In The World Of Politics
Yesterday was quite an unusual one for me. I had been told to attend an event at the mosque in the afternoon which was being held as the Secretary of State MP Eric Pickles was visiting. Now you must understand that the local mosque is not one which usually hosts these types of visits so…Read more Now Dabbling In The World Of Politics
The Speech
As promised, the text of the speech I gave. If you have no idea what I am on about then you may want to check THIS post out. Growing up in Hackney, I am like any other Hackney Citizen in that there has always been a desire to be successful at everything I do so…Read more The Speech
Funny Parents
It's funny how we always want our children to do something other than stare at gadgets all day but when they do, we begin to find it a bit difficult to deal with. Let me give you an example. I recently began doing some spray paint art at home but it hasn't been easy dealing…Read more Funny Parents
Sorry WordPress, I Cheated On You
It has always appeared to me that there is a bit of a divide between WordPress users and users of other forms of social media like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other such things. You may be a hybrid blogger who has an account on all platforms but for me, WordPress has been my thing since…Read more Sorry WordPress, I Cheated On You