The Informer

The increasing popularity of gap years has led to some unfortunate consequences. The grimmest of these, in my opinion, is the onset of the ‘packaged volunteer gap year’. Brainstorming for gap year ideas now takes a Google ninja as one has to navigate around various offers to steal your money in exchange for ‘kick starting your backpacking adventure’ or giving you that ‘once in a lifetime experience with sea turtle conservation’. There are also increased expectations as people look for return on their investments.

Last week, we picked out some of our favorite apps for the iPhone. Unfortunately, not all of them have made it to the UK yet so we dove back into the Internet to find comparable apps available this side of the pond. 

As someone who appreciates all things vintage and nostalgic it took me awhile to come around to the iPhone. But now that I have welcomed the 21^st century, my budgeting, shopping, and studying have all become digital and more focused thanks to these apps...

Women are going to change the world. They are single most important agent of change that can and do bring societies out of poverty. If women are given resources and education, they will add billions to the global economy. That is why their health is so important. Medsin St Andrews will be running a series of four events that will explore different areas of women’s health on a global scale. The first of these is titled ‘The theft of innocence: an insight into global sex trade’.