In November Nick Clegg said he “massively regrets” being unable to deliver on his tuition fee promise. Cheltenham’s local MP, Martin Horwood, didn’t even bother voting in the 2010 December fees vote due to attending a climate conference in Mexico. At the time students were offering to pay for his flight home but still he escaped 4,500 miles away from the vote. Now Executive Director of External... 

A word of advice: If you are ever going to make a commitment then keep the sentiment to yourself. Never write it down. I wanted to leave Facebook, I left Facebook and now I find myself rebuilding my Facebook social network connections. Why? Here is why: Social Media Work Increasingly people are viewing this website and want me to do social media work for them. The issue is that a lot of work does... 

Mixing Marketing and Charity is always a difficult tightrope to walk. There is a fine line between assisting a cause and using a difficult/disastrous situation for marketing purposes. Over the last few days I’ve spotted a few companies who are using Japan’s crisis as a means for their own marketing. Yes, they are still donating but couldn’t they have just donated all the money in the first place?... 

When I heard the news that Amazon’s Black Friday deals were coming to the UK I became very excited. Mostly at the prospect of the 60% reduction off Microsoft’s Xbox console. Despite working for Microsoft this is one discount we can’t get due to the Xbox being largely subsidised by Microsoft before they hit the shelf. Amazon UK announced product reductions on thousands of products and customers... 

You do start to question how deep an addiction can worm its way into your personality when withdrawal causes you to become a person you despise. Smoking for me started as a love affair and has continued to be a relationship I regret. Quite cliché isn’t it? Most smokers regret their transition from the nice smells, to the tobacco smells. Nicotine understands me very well. It is has been in my system... 

Pretentious, boring, arrogant – these are just some of things I have been called over the last week by completely different people. None of these people know me in real life. Beyond the pixels on this page they have never sat down and had a drink with me, joined in with the crazier part of my social life or at least been constructive with their criticisms. Blogging for me is just about writing. Yes,... 

I really do. Paul Bowler is a straight talking man. I should know. At the University of Gloucestershire last year I attend an ‘Open Forum’ where the University’s relationship with Stagecoach was discussed. He made intelligent points but I must confess caused outrage. Whilst he may understand finances he was far separated from the emotional aspects involved with comforting students and staff.... 

That’s right. I got a penalty fare. I pay over £130 a month (that is over £1,500 a year) for Transport for London (TFL) to provide me a service which gets me from A to B. Yet, a few days ago I was pulled aside at Epsom station for not having a ticket. “Oh, here is my Oyster Card” The lady stares blankly at me and announces, “We don’t accept Oyster Cards here… if you don’t have a ticket... 

The longer I stay on Facebook the more annoyed I seem to get at it. It starts from the pathetic adverts which, when read downwards, seem to act as a sort of “life list”. Today Facebook is telling me that I should get a girlfriend, play poker and then pre-order the new AC/DC Iron Man album. I dread to think how many accumulated hours have been wasted by the 350 million users Facebook now has. The... 

It was known as the Digital Economy Bill in the real world, #debill (now known as #deact!) on Twitter but from the 8th April 2010 bill became Act. If there were ever an example of parliament not listening then watching the progress of the Digital Economy Bill pass through the House of Lords, House of Commons, to then be granted Royal Assent has to be the pinnacle. The Bill has received much attention... 

Let us ponder upon a situation which you would not want to find yourself involved. Most of us at the University have witnesses what it is like living in halls. Some of the best and worst times of my life happened in those tall polystyrene buildings. Of course I didn’t realise it at the time, only in hindsight could I see I was lucky. Moving into houses should have beaten the halls experience. Fair...