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Picture the scene – in the sitting room of an average looking student house three girls are sat twiddling their thumbs. They are already made-up and ready to party, but instead they’re stuck waiting for the other two housemates to finish sprucing. They’re taking some time. In front of the main mirror there is a [...]

A recent poll in the Metro found that a third of women at university would trade a year of their life in return for their ideal body. This does not shock me.  Whether we care to admit it or not, we all judge, and are judged, by our looks. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, [...]

I’ve always been fascinated by factors that can affect a person’s mental well being. The interest drove my degree choices – before joining OpinionPanel I completed a Clinical Psychology degree and then a Master’s degree in Research Methods in Psychology. The recent controversy around plans to increase undergraduate tuition fees made me consider the impact [...]

If you’re old enough to go to university then you will be more than old enough to understand that we live in a world defined by its flaws and the 2008 Beijing Olympics have provided plenty of examples of humankind’s paradoxes. All of China’s efforts in the run up to the Games went towards ensuring [...]