Florence Welch (of Florence & The Machine) has unveiled a new song from her long-awaited second album, released on November 7th. It’s a folksy, ballad-y number, and an instant hit on the Verge office stereo....
Read More →To get us ready for the new uni term, Converse invited a few of fashion, music and culture’s brightest sparks to reminisce about their student style. They were each given a canvas duffle bag from the...
Read More →Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google, has said education in Britain is ‘holding back the country’s chances of success in the digital media economy’. Speaking during a lecture at the annual Edinburgh International TV festival, Scmidt...
Read More →We spoke to the lovely Andy Grammar, an up-and-coming US singer songwriter from New York after he came off tour with Natasha Bedingfield. He started out as a busker, so performing his song ‘Pockets’ live...
Read More →In a scheme which has been dubbed ‘the student’s Dragon’s Den’, nine teams of entreprenurial young students will compete for a £10,000 investment next Tuesday. StartUp Summer began six weeks ago, with 60 students divided...
Read More →Who amongst us can honestly say they didn’t dig out their red lippy and pencil skirt after first watching Mad Men? Well, clever fashionistas at Banana Republic have capitalised on our desire to rock a...
Read More →If you missed out on a uni place this year, or if you’re looking for an alternative (and debt-free) route into a career in marketing, then there are plenty of options. Gaining professional training, awarded...
Read More →To celebrate A-level results last week, Domino’s, the pizza delivery expert, have launched a Pizza Professor Exam on Facebook. Depending on your pizza knowledge (and, lets face it, if you’re off to uni in a...
Read More →Foreign students on a US exchange programme have staged a protest outside a Hershey’s Warehouse, claiming they were being used as ‘un-paid labour’. The students, from coutries like Romania, China and Nigeria, had expected to...
Read More →You got the grades, you phoned your nan, you confirmed your place and you’re off to uni in a month’s time. Congratulations from Verge! Nervous? Excited? Sad? Intimidated? Absoloutely terrified? Check, check, check… it’s completely...
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