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  • Marjorie Marks-Stuttle CRF psychology prize 2019

    Psychology Prize 2019

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    Congratulations to A Level Psychology student Francesca Payne who has been awarded the Caroline’s Rainbow Foundation Psychology Prize 2019. 

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  • Marjorie Marks-Stuttle CRF psychology prize 2018

    Psychology Prize 2018

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    Congratulations to York College A Level Psychology student Karen Nyga on being awarded this year’s Caroline’s Rainbow Foundation Psychology Prize.

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  • Elephants drinking water at a watering hole

    How to Travel Safely in Zimbabwe

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    Zimbabwe is a beautiful country. Despite its touchy political situation and fragile economy, this landlocked jewel in Southern Africa is well worth a visit.

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  • Man taking photo next to York river cruises sign

    Youth Travel Advice – York

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    Going out in York. It reaches a point where young people want their independence; they are old enough to look after themselves. This may be true but with age comes experience and wisdom, and this should not be forgotten.

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  • Morocco airport

    Travelling Morocco

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    I travelled to Morocco with a friend from college, Rachel, for two weeks. We arranged it through a company and it was made up of around 14 people of all ages, from the UK and Australia.

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  • Vietnam boats cooking

    Streetwise in Vietnam

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    At the age of 32 I kinda thought I was really streetwise and at ‘one’ with surroundings! I have lived in various cities around the world and have learnt how to conduct myself as a adult – or so I thought!

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  • More busy streets in Vietnam

    Accident in Vietnam

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    The Financial Services Ombudsman has found Boots’ travel insurance, provider, AIG/Chartis, guilty of unreasonably using small print to avoid a claim and ordered them to pay in full.

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  • Thumbs up on road

    I was kidnapped

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    More than three years have passed since this unfortunate event. Luckily, nothing tragic then happened to me. I was neither raped nor stabbed, sequestrated nor assaulted; I was only threatened.

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  • Terrifying Ordeal

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    The trip to Nepal was something we’d been planning for nearly a year. Myself and three friends had booked a ten day trek around the Annapurnas in the Himalayas, followed by five weeks in India.

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  • Comedian on a gap year

    A Gap Year with Gap Yah?

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    Last year comedian Matt Lacey’s alter ego, the ridiculously annoying but hilariously funny ‘Orlando’, became an Internet sensation.

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