You know the stereotype. Students drink too much, they go out too much, they gamble? Forge Press takes a closer look at an overlooked problem that is bankrupting some students.
Author Archives: Rebecca Cooke
Review: The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson’s The Psychopath Test as part of the Off the Shelf Festival.
Beware of the Trolls…
Far from the evil creatures we know in fairytales, trolls have manifested themselves as a cyber menace. Forge Press investigates this disturbing new trend…
The real cost of $tudying abroad
Forge Press investigates the challenges some students face before, during and after their foreign adventures…
Generation Y: Lazier than our parents?
“Being a student is like being on the dole, except your parents are proud of you,” – it seems this humorous expression has become as clichéd and over-used as some old classics like “look before you leap,” and “you get what you give.” Whilst some people would shrug off its stereotype of students who indulge in all day lie-ins and hangover’s that last weeks as pure exaggeration isn’t it true that clichés become clichés because they are true?
Graduates shot dead whilst holidaying in Florida
Two University of Sheffield graduates have been shot dead while on holiday in Florida.
Sowing the Seeds of Future Dreams
Deforestation in Lesotho has a terrible effect on the human population – a student project has joined the efforts against it.
“A glass of wine could give me a heart attack”
In a club when the strobe lights are flashing on students dancing elbow to elbow to elbow, and with the beat of the music ricocheting through your ribcage, the pang of a rapid heartbeat could easily be dismissed as a side-effect of being intoxicated.
Fundraising students sleep out to aid Sheffield asylum seekers
Student Action for Refugees (STAR) staged a 12 hour sleep-out under the University concourse last week to raise awareness for refugees made destitute in the UK.
Review: Songs of Blood and Sword
Fatima Bhutto is the Granddaughter and niece of two of Pakistan’s former Prime Ministers, both of whom were assassinated.