"Every Little"... Helps? Whilst some companies have taken on unemployed workers for weeks without pay as part of the government's Work Experience scheme.

Cait Reilly, a 22-year old Geology graduate of Birmingham University, brought a case against the Department of Work & Pensions, saying she was "made to work in her local Poundland Store branch for 3 weeks without pay". "Cait said that she did not need work experience in the store, as she had already worked in retail and had gained plenty of experience previously".

Guardian Newspaper said that "Young People have reported that they are working up to 30 hours a week of unpaid labour and have to be available from 9am to 10pm. In three such cases jobseekers also claim they were not told about the week's cooling-off period, and that once they showed a willingness to take part in the scheme they were told by their case manager they would be stripped of their £53- a-week jobseekers allowance (JSA) if they backed out".

High street book store Waterstones has pulled out of the government scheme that employed employed unpaid jobseekers in its stores after a Guardian investigation uncovered the practice in one of its outlets.

Why not "work for free" whilst unemployed? Or is it "government money well spent", paying for the young unemployed to stay at home? Some waiting for "The Job of a Lifetime" or keeping others in a "Lifetime of Dependency".

Or are young people more "Life Savvy" or "Job Snobs"? Where's your voice?  Have your say!

Don't call me LOVE! I'm not your "MATE"! Don't you "DARLING" me! Who you calling "BOY"...

Presenters, Sian Williams and Bill Turnbull of BBC One Breakfast discussed with Liz Brewer the reason why she felt insulted when she was called "babe" by a driver...and Bill Hussein, publisher of Lifestyle Magazine Notion argued terms of endearment! What do you think?

Have your say with ACB "BIG BLOG". Hey "Mate"... you might want to see this first! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/12550706

There has been some speculation recently that stay-at-home students living with parent(s), have a second class university experience.

With tuition fees set to rise in 2012, will students choose to study at local universities to save money? as both students and parents start to feel the "Higher Education Pinch"?

Last year, more that 310,000 students opted to study at local universities while living at home, according to the government's Higher Education Statistics Agency http://www.hesa.ac.uk/.  A survey by HSBC in July found more than a quarter of parents plan to ask their children to live at home during the university years to help keep costs down.

Studying away from home, is this a great escape for some students? Or is this the true meaning of university life? Will students who live at home be as socially mobile as students living away? Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/448277.stm, then have your say!

Charlie Gilmour, son of Pink Floyds' David Gilmour, has been freed, four months after he was jailed for violent disorder during a student fees protest in London.  Charlie was originally jailed for 16 months in July.

Charlie, joined thousands of protesters in Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square on 9th December 2010 to demonstrate against an increase in university fees: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15734986.

Charlie Gilmour, 21, was under the influence of alcohol, when he was seen hanging from a union flag on the Cenotaph and later leaped on the bonnet of a Jaguar car forming part of the royal convoy taking the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall to the royal variety performance.

Do you think that Charlie gave other student protestors a bad name? Do you think he deserved his jail sentence? Why do you think he was released from jail early? Read more: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2011/07/charlie-gilmour-months-tabloid.  Have your say!

S.A.D (Seasonal Affective Disorder) and Winter Blues.

Researchers have found that children and adolescents are vunerable to SAD.

What causes SAD? Research suggest that SAD stems from the lack of bright light in winter and it has been proven that bright light makes a difference to the brain chemistry but it is not clear why some people suffer with this and others don't.

Common symptons ...of SAD are: Sleep problems, oversleeping but not refreshed, cannot get out of bed, needing a nap in the afternoon / Overeating / Depression / Lethargy / Physical symptons, often joint pain or stomach problems, lowered resistance to infection / Behaviour problems.

There are many treatments for SAD and consist of the same thing (Bright Light), find out more here http://www.sad.org.uk/

One to watch - Trophy Kids, an interesting documentary showed on 4oD on how four parents see their child as the next... Tiger Woods / Serena Williams. Are they pushing too hard? or have they sacrificed too much? http://www.channel4.com/programmes/trophy-kids.

BBC News also reports that 'Pushy Parents' help make their child's academic success, read more...http://www.channel4.com/programmes/trophy-kids

What do you think?

Government plans for universities to compete for some student places run the risk of establishing a two tier education system a committee of MPs has warned.

Confusion and anxiety reign amongst 15 - 16 year old school children at the moment, as they are forced into potentially career breaking decisions at a ridiculously early age.