StudentMediaWire

A charity campaign aimed at students is taking a different tack. It wants your action, not your donations.

RIPS, the world’s best-selling cigarette paper on the roll has launched The Great Rip Up, a national online competition to find a budding artist to design their iconic packaging, which has remained untouched since the early 1980s.

The National Union of Students has issued a desperate call to its members: back our reforms, or NUS will die.

To get your own Student Media Talent listing, simply email us your details and attach a photo. Send to editor AT studentmediawire.co.uk

Writer, Anymag, University of Anytown
Broadcaster, AnyFM, University of Anytown

A joke about a woman breaking wind has been unveiled as the world’s oldest witticism, in a new research project.

Half of the tickets available for next year’s Glastonbury Festival have sold out already - and that’s before any of the line-up has been decided.

Many youngsters are saving towards higher education from the age of 11 because they have seen older family members flounder under the burden of university debts, according to research from leading Child Trust Fund provider, The Children’s Mutual.

Travis frontman Fran Healy has likened the drunken atmosphere of the Q Awards to a typical night in the students’ union.

Taking part in extreme sports such as snowboarding and mountain biking could land graduates their dream job, according to a new study.

A third of students who started university since fees were introduced in 1998 are earning too little to make repayments on their loans, according to the Liberal Democrats.