Lindsay Hoyle MP for Chorley is urging Ministers to help university graduates and those applying to universities during the current economic downturn.

A revolutionary new internet talent show is aiming to give student bands and performers the chance to hit the big time.

“Journalists are faced with eternally recurring dilemmas and paradoxes; to what extent should one try to remain aloof?”                                    Jap Van Ginneken, author
 It is a question for all the budding journalists out there, but in recent days it’s also become a prominent one for audiences of television news, particularly the BBC.
 It is a tricky dilemma: Do the British Broadcasting Corporation, with news audiences the world over and a long established journalistic reputation, preserve their impartiality and journalistic responsibilities or follow the pack; bow under the pressure of 50 MP and …

Have the powers that be in the world of snooker not taken any notice of Ronnie O’Sullivan’s latest comments on the game? 
 The three-time world champion called upon Simon Cowell to give the sport a facelift, adding glitz to a game struggling for sponsorship, and lacking the household names once seen in bygone years.
 Surely then, there can only be one answer.  Bring back Big Break. 
 First of all, this is by no means a ploy to get Jim Davidson back on the telly, his ship has certainly sailed far away on …

John Snow’s Dispatches on Channel 4 last night tried to address the question of whether the reporting in Gaza had been able to get to the truth.
 
Of course, it hasn’t. As we know, foreign journalists have been barred from entering the highly populated region, but they also claimed that the Israelis had been planning the assault for months, and planning how to control the media.
 
The argument for this can be rationalized. The Israelis believe that Western media treat them unfairly. They believe the 2006 war in Lebanon illustrates this; the …

The University calendar as we know it could be scrapped, as ministers have recently considered more flexible timetables, to allow students to enrol at any time throughout the academic year.

As a former A-level student who received education maintenance allowance (EMA) at college, reading about the delays in payment this year was rather interesting.

An egg-obsessed prankster has been the talk of the campus in the past weeks, leaving unexpected presents outside student’s flats.

UCLan has recently announced that it will be introducing a new BA (Hons) Asian Fashion degree to its prospectus.

Pluto reported two issues ago that the Multi-Faith centre on St. Peters Square had been branded “unfit for purpose” by Director of Student Affairs, Ian McMillan.