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.
Features
Plugged in: The age of online universities
Forge Press investigates the rise of online degrees being offered by universities across the world. Will it impact traditional study?
Students and the community
Do students help out in their communities enough? Or are the myths of students being lazy really true?
Women on Wheels
The world of the roller derby is eccentric and at times brutal, Forge Press caught up with the Sheffield Steel Roller girls to find out more.
From pirouettes to pasodoble
The best of British ice skating talent lace up their skates for the annual British Figure Skating and Ice Dance Championships at Sheffield Ice
Too Young To Die
Every year hundreds of families are devastated and student lives lost by road traffic accidents, a recent campaign hopes to change all that
“They had the Arab Spring. This is the UK Autumn…”
In the heart of Sheffield’s historic city centre a circle of tents adorned with anti-establishment slogans and declarations that “We are the 99%” face the busy tram stop on Church Street. Some members of the public stop and take note of the banners. Others pull out their camera phones and take photos. A few start up conversations with the eager, friendly and passionate group of campaigners who keep the camp running. However, many just blank Occupy Sheffield completely, a sense of insular apathy on their faces.
Making Money
The role of University, aside from allowing everyone to dodge real world responsibilities and have a pretty good time in the process, is to ultimately prepare young people for the world of work. Competition for jobs has always been fierce but in the current economic climate the situation has dramatically worsened, with it recently being reported that almost a million young people aged 16-24 are unemployed.
I Can’t Get No Sleep
`The phrase ‘sleeping like a baby’ is one which is commonly said. However it seems somewhat oxymoronic. It is used to denote someone who is sleeping soundly, but look at any new parent and it becomes obvious that sleeping soundly is not what babies actually do. Their child’s lack of toilet manners or perverse sense of humour will ensure anyone in ear shot will be up most of the night.
The Disaffected Youth
From Clegg to Obama, why are so many students disengaged with politicians? Is disappointment and betrayal really just part of politics?