Midwifery Training Video Launched to Save Babies Lives
The UK has one of the worst stillbirth rates in the developed world and at least 1 third of stillbirths are related to fetal growth restriction. At least 10% of all babies born are growth restricted....
View Article'Babel' Essay Machine Can Generate Prize-Winning, But Meaningless Exams
It's an oddity of the modern examination system that, in many countries, essays aren't actually marked by humans. For some exams - such as several standardised tests used by American schools and...
View Article'Universities Be Ranked On The Success Of Their Poor Students' Urges Report
Universities should be ranked on the success of their poorer students in gaining professional jobs after graduating, a report has recommended. Government policy has focused too narrowly on increasing...
View ArticleUniversity Rankings: The Top 100 Universities Under 50 Years Old Revealed In...
The number of UK universities under 50 years old which are ranked in the world's top 100 has dropped, amid warnings of increasing competition from Asia. There are 14 UK institutions in the 100 best...
View ArticleHow to 'Start Smart' in Work and Career
Some days are a dream - and then there are the days you'd rather forget. As an editor-at-large at Bloomberg Television, I come across my fair share of global movers and shakers, so I thought I'd ask...
View ArticleTeaching Design for Better Lives for All
Sometimes it takes a tragedy to force a revolution. When the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh collapsed on 24 April 2013 with a devastating human toll of 1,129 dead and 2,151 injured, it...
View ArticleApprenticeships Could be Damaged by Government Changes
The Government has been a big supporter of apprenticeships over the past few years, which is great for young people, business and the economy. George Osborne announced £170 million of extra funding for...
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The Multiple Challenges for Global Food Security
*David Kurz [2013] is a Gates Cambridge Scholar and MPhil student in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge. He currently studies ecology and conservation in Sumatra and would love...
View Article'Having a Qualification Is No Longer Enough'
Despite encouraging signs that the country is on the road to economic recovery there remains a huge skills shortage across the country and the Thames Valley is no exception. A survey of 91,000...
View ArticleEmbracing Technology in the Classroom Offers Real Benefits to Teachers and...
Long gone are the days when a teacher or college tutor simply stood before their class and lectured their students. Today's digital world has led to huge developments in how both academic and...
View ArticleSelf-Teaching Yourself to Success
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't-you're right." I never appreciated how true this quote by Henry Ford was up until I applied myself to achieving one of my own goals and improving my...
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Oxford Students Are Worryingly Subdued As They Stay Fully Clothed For May Day
What happened to the nudity? The dangerous jumping off bridges into shallow waters? The tomfoolery? May Day on the Oxford University calendar passed by without so much as a Daily Mail headline on...
View ArticleWelsh Students Get The Most Financial Support For Tuition Fees In The UK
Welsh students who attend university get more financial support than any of their UK counterparts, as their government foots the bill wherever they decide to study. Whilst students from England are...
View ArticleFive Reasons why Giggs Should Be Omitted
Many fans have voiced their positive opinion on Ryan Giggs to be the next permanent manager of Manchester United, but despite the romatic setting, United have to go for someone else. Here are five...
View ArticleFive Ideas for a Bold Labour Manifesto
Voices from all wings of the Labour Party, left and right, have called for a bold, radical manifesto for 2015. Labour need to grab public attention with bright, clear and popular policies to ensure Ed...
View ArticleYorkshire Schoolkids Win Funding For Recycling Business
A team of entrepreneurial schoolkids from Yorkshire have won thousands of pounds to start their business after pitching their idea for a recycling firm to a panel of top entrepreneurs. The team, from...
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'Britain's Most Violent Gangster' Domenyk Noonan Speaks At Birmingham City...
A reformed criminal, recently dubbed 'Britain's most violent gangster', who reportedly sung lullabies to police killer Dale Creegan delivered a talk to university students on his life of crime, and...
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Young Entrepreneur Of The Week: 14-Year Old Sock Tycoon Gabriel McKeown
14-year old Gabriel McKeown is not like many other kids his age as he decided, while still at school, to start his own business. He bought sock samples with £20 he had saved up in pocket money and from...
View ArticleHelp to Work: Won't Help Won't Work
Long term unemployed people will have their benefits cut unless they visit a Job Centre everyday, undertake voluntary work or undertake training. If those out of work fail to partake in one of these...
View ArticleDigital Enterprise: New Rules Apply for Entrepreneurs of the Future
The UK is on the brink of a sea change. When it comes to starting a business, technology has levelled the playing field, opening up new opportunities for young people to drive change. More than half of...
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