Opinion

Send to Kindle   The self-proclaimed ‘pretty motherfucker from Harlem’ has undergone a metamorphic transition from, ‘street-corner spitter’, to ‘proficient and prevalent rapper’ within a space of time so small, it would have made fellow ‘new-boy’ Danny Brown seethe with green-envy. Rocky’s rapid (excuse the pun) rise from independent obscurity began with the release of [...]

Young Academic Features Editor Robert Gant reports on how the West is hurtling towards disaster as Iran test fires missiles in Gulf. This is the student news portal's first enthralling opinion piece of 2012 and there will be plenty more where this came from, make sure you follow our RSS feed to make sure you [...]

In our latest incisive opinion piece, Young Academic’s Features Editor Robert Gant gives his view on what the future holds for the Liberal Democrats. [...]

I feel like finishing with a swear word, but out of respect for Young Academic I wont. But let us all agree once more, that Sepp Blatter and FIFA are total w*****s! [...]

As Mahmoud Jibril and Abdul Jalil start to move the Transitional National Council from Benghazi to Tripoli, Young Academic Features Editor Robert Gant reports on the challenges that lay ahead for Libya. [...]

As the UK's national student newspaper, Young Academic is only too aware that the professionals of today and tomorrow need to be heard. Whether it be student news, international news or even an entertainment issue we want to hear your opinions. This fantastic opinion piece from one of our correspondents in UAE outlines many of [...]

Over the last 13 years of Labour we have seen the largest neglect of higher education of any government in post-war Britain. Yet again it has been left to the coalition to pick up the pieces of Labour’s shattered Britain and make the difficult decisions in the national interest. [...]

Charles Whitworth reports on whether the takeovers are proving positive for the club’s involved and whether the growing American influence on our game should be a worry. [...]

Away from the brutality that is occurring, Mugabe is also shielding his notoriously shady political activities from the rest of the world, as well as the acute food shortages and lack of vital services. With Zimbabwe’s AIDS and HIV rates rising above 20 per cent this month and national inflation hitting 1600 per cent - [...]