Laura Hanton

A recent study conducted by the Sutton Trust has revealed that thousands of students across the country are at a significant disadvantage when applying to university because of inaccurate and unreliable advice from their teachers. According to the most recent study, there is a notable discrepancy between what university...

The University of Nottingham has been awarded the title of the most environmentally-friendly campus in the world for the fourth time. The Universitas Indonesia (UI) GreenMetric Ranking of World Universities is the first and only ranking of its kind, which measures the eco-friendly status of 407 universities worldwide through six key indicators, including...

Despite desperate warnings and distressing premonitions about an apocalyptic society rife with indestructible bacteria plaguing the news, it’s a matter which very few of us pay any attention to. Buzzfeed reports that fireworks claim fourteen times as many lives as terrorism; we have a 1/14,000,000 chance of dying in a...

Hours after the sound of bullets echoed around Paris, the sound of the French National Anthem echoed around the world. La Marseillaise was sung proudly in New York’s Union Square, in front of the French Embassy in Canada and at Martin Place in Sydney, the tones of international unity...

As Impact News recently reported, the average student will have drained their bank account by the time they reach the two-month mark. This fact will leave many shaking their heads in disapproval and putting this down entirely to the stereotypical financial irresponsibility of the student, but if we compare...

Richard Branson recently came to blows with the UN after it made claims that it would launch a global policy for the decriminalisation of all drugs. Branson posted the controversial statement in his personal blog which appears on the Virgin Media website, and was subsequently picked up by the...