Teaching '.b' at American Summer Camp - Swimming, Dancing and Feeling Our...
Most of us in the UK have an idea of what an American summer camp is like: swimming, hi- jinks, Patrick Swayze in 'Dirty Dancing'. So when I was approached to teach Mindfulness in Schools Project's...
View ArticleStudents Are Missing Out On Their Education Due To Mental Health Stigma
More than three quarters of young people with mental heath problems have missed out on their education, with many saying they have been bullied as a result of their issues. One in four students said...
View ArticleHave Some Manners, Please
A couple of months ago I answered the door to a charity fundraiser, who started asking me about monthly payments to a cause. I apologised that we were students and that we didn't really have the money...
View ArticleHow Should We Judge the Success of a School?
I have followed with great interest recent media coverage on the issue of whether all independent schools should be inspected by Ofsted. The proposed change has prompted an outpouring of differing...
View ArticleClergy Press for Faith Schools Reform
A new alliance of clergy across all denominations and faiths - Anglican, Catholic and other churches (Methodist, United Reformed, Unitarian, Quaker), along with the Hindu, Muslim and Jewish faiths -...
View ArticleMindfulness: Bringing the Teenage Brain On-board
"Mindfulness? What is that? What's the point?" Any self-respecting teenage class will start a mindfulness course with a very high degree of scepticism. If they didn't, I'd be worried. It is programmed...
View Article16 Ways to Survive a PhD
It's officially the start of a new academic year, which means it's time for a fresh batch of PhD candidates to enter the weird and wonderful world of doctoral research (I mean it; it really is...
View ArticleSustainable Schools Project Boosts Exam Results
By Roger East The pupil-friendly design of several Bristol schools has helped to increase the percentage of pupils gaining 5 A*-to-C grades. In a poll result almost as unsurprising as a North Korean...
View ArticleWhy We Should Remove 'Victim' From Our Vocabulary
There are words, and then there are words which we hear all too often in this day and age. Notable mentions going to 'YOLO' (the use of which I may still be guilty) and 'bae' (still not entirely sure...
View ArticlePost-Graduate Life
It's only after graduating that I've realised no one has ever taught me how to get a job. Not properly. I've been to CV workshops, interview practices, even gotten feedback from rejections, which is a...
View ArticleSix Ways to Thrive as a Carer at University
Studying for a degree as a carer was the biggest challenge of my life. I was pushed to my limits as I fought to juggle the two. That being said, it was a great and fulfilling experience. The pressure...
View ArticleStudent Vows To Carry Her Mattress Around Campus Until Her Rapist Is Expelled...
A student at a university in the US has vowed to carry the mattress she was allegedly sexually assaulted on around campus until her rapist is expelled. Emma Sulkowicz says she was raped by a fellow...
View ArticleStudent Paralysed In Car Crash Can Frown, Blink And Smile Again After 'Smile...
A student whose face was tragically paralysed after a horror car accident can finally smile, blink and frown again after getting a "smile transplant". Bethan Robertson-Smith, 29, was driving home from...
View Article9 Essential Apps And Technology Which Make Life Easier For International...
Going to university is stressful enough, let alone if you're travelling over from a foreign country to do so. That's why we've rounded up the 9 apps and technology which will make your life bucketloads...
View ArticleWhat Young People Don't, But Should, Know About Britain's Nuclear Weapons
For governments seeking to strengthen their own agendas it can help to have a minimally informed or, at least, somewhat apathetic electorate. And so important political decisions are often veiled in a...
View Article40 Weird And Wacky College Traditions
College is this weird and wonderfully exotic creature; we always hear stories from across the pond of crazy frat parties, weird initiation traditions and, er, band camp. Cornell University, for...
View ArticleChloe Grace Moretz Stars In School Junk Food Film Spoof- And Michelle Obama's...
Chloe Grace Moretz - we love you even more now. The Kick Ass actress stars in a spot-on spoof of the latest morality-action film Divergent, and this time, she's taking on junk food. Reluctantly. Yes,...
View ArticleYashika Bageerathi, Student Deported To Mauritius Despite Protests, Aces...
Yashika Bageerathi, the student deported to Mauritius despite a 175,000-strong protest, has passed her exams and achieved the results she would have needed to apply for university. The 19-year-old was...
View ArticleMeet The Young Musician Of The Moment, Mr 6
It’s always nice meeting someone who takes their passion for music seriously but not themselves. Enter our young musician of the moment, Mr 6. The London/Kent based rapper has steadily made a name for...
View ArticleHow Did the Government Get Away With Charging Students 5.5% for a Student Loan?
Did you know that new students in the UK (plan 2) are now charged 5.5% on their student loan from day one of their course? Thought you didn't. Did you know that compound interest is also chargeable...
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