Category: Columns

Public Sector Workers Fight Back at Elitist Tory System with Mass Strike

    Public Sector Workers Fight Back at Elitist Tory System with Mass Strike

      Young Academic today applauds the public sector workers that have implemented a mass union strike. Seemingly fed up of the…
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      Will Peter Roebuck Be Remembered For All The Wrong Reasons?

        Will Peter Roebuck Be Remembered For All The Wrong Reasons?

          As a major student news site, Young Academic acknowledges the great work of Peter Roebuck and assesses the controversies that…
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          Reputations Again Hanging By a Thread Following Outrageous FIFA Poppy Ban

            Reputations Again Hanging By a Thread Following Outrageous FIFA Poppy Ban

              I feel like finishing with a swear word, but out of respect for Young Academic I wont. But let us…
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              Rob Gant Reports Live from the Occupy LSX Protest Camp

                Rob Gant Reports Live from the Occupy LSX Protest Camp

                  After spending over a week at the Occupy LSX (London Stock Exchange) protest camp, Young Academic’s Features Editor gives his…
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                  John Peel Day Marks the Seventh Anniversary of Iconic DJs Death

                    John Peel Day Marks the Seventh Anniversary of Iconic DJs Death

                      Here at Young Academic HQ, we have been marking John Peel Day by listening to all of our favourite albums,…
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                      Students and Young People Fear Debt More Than Death Say YouthNet

                        Students and Young People Fear Debt More Than Death Say YouthNet

                          Young Academic brings some startling student news today as YouthNet publishes the results of a survey taken of students and…
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                          Poverty On The Rise In The UK Say The Institute for Fiscal Studies

                            Poverty On The Rise In The UK Say The Institute for Fiscal Studies

                              New figures released today show that the number of people, including children, living in poverty in the UK is increasing.…
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                              Primal Scream Disgusted With Tory Use Of Their Song

                                Primal Scream Disgusted With Tory Use Of Their Song

                                  Political Party Conferences are closely watched by the nation as our main parties try to show us they are the…
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                                  Amanda Knox Freed From Italian Jail Amid False Reports from the Daily Mail

                                    Amanda Knox Freed From Italian Jail Amid False Reports from the Daily Mail

                                      Amanda Knox was sensationally freed from prison yesterday after the Italian authorities cleared the American of murdering her British housemate…
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                                      Turbulent Term of Student Action and Protests Could Lie Ahead

                                        Turbulent Term of Student Action and Protests Could Lie Ahead

                                          As a new academic year begins it looks like it will be another turbulent term of student action and protest.…
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