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Are you aged 16-19? And interested in the media and young people’s issues around the world?

Be part of the One World Youth Jury and win a trip to London to visit TV channels and newspapers, and then choose the media that changes people’s minds

The One World Media Awards is a leading awards event in the UK. It’s open to…

As young people I highly doubt you have not heard, or in fact become enraged, at the latest headlines regarding the possible rise in university tutition fees. However, on the 10th of November NUS is arranging a demo in London against this decision and thousands of students will surely take to the streets to stand up for a decision which, despite not affecting them directly, is a student issue.

Now, I am currently Head Girl at my school; a school which prides itself on its…

Many earthquakes have occured. In MEDCs (more economically developed countries), they are better equipped to handle natural disasters; however, the poorer countries (LEDCs) are not. I wrote this article as if it were a year on from the 1995 Kobe earthquke to explain earthquakes and show how Japan…

You make think not turning off you lights or leaving the tap running while you are brushing your teeth is not important. However doing this you can affect the climate. To learn how to change for the better and save our

planet, read these 10 quick ways to save the environment…

1.Reduce, Reuse, And…

It strikes me that young people often feel alienated by the depth of global issues, often feeling like they cannot relate to international topics or that they are powerless in decision making processes.

Frustratingly, when we are asked for involvement in any events as important as

the G8 and G20 summits, we are often treated like photo opportunities. But this

year’s UK delegation going to My Summit, a youth summit running parallel…

Oxfam is looking for people aged 16-18 to join Youth Boards in Manchester,…

I was recently reading an article about the teaching of sexual education in schools with regards to different religous views. In particular, this article referred to the many complaints from the Christian parents of students at several junior schools. The issue they raised against the teaching of basic sexual education to their children was that it "perverted basic christian virtues". Now, I am not a Christian so therefore may be misinterpreting something here, but I cannot understand how…

In lieu of the impending election, I've decided to deconstruct the policies of the conservative party, given that I disagree with them the most out of the big three parties, sorry any supporters :P

1) “Abolishing tax on new jobs created by new businesses within the first two years of a Conservative government.” This is yet another attempt by the conservative party to appeal to the

British public by promising tax cuts without fully explaining…

okay so for some time now i have been thinking about this and why is there so much animal cruelty, whats really the point in hurting a defenless creature and what do you get out of it, a sense of leadership because you can not get it anywhere else, scientists say that animals don't have all the emotions a human has but since when does that make it ok to test products on them they we are then going to use, theres no need for them to suffer so we can be ok as a life is a life regardless of…