Synesthesia

Synesthesia

Talking about and considering the spectrum of diversity within a learning environment is a vitally important aspect of education provision. There have been many articles written about the difficulties that students and teachers face when finding ways to receive and...
Does 2020 mark the Demise of the Handshake?

Does 2020 mark the Demise of the Handshake?

Cultural ‘coming together’ is a complex dance. When we meet ‘another’ the underlying cultural expectations and norms can set up our entire experience of this new entity before we speak or even know who they are. In much of ‘western’ culture, for possibly the...
Apps, Self Development and Solutions

Apps, Self Development and Solutions

The tagline ‘there’s an app for it’ was more than a blinkered jest. If you have a need regarding self development or self fulfilment, there is a strong chance an app has been created to facilitate it. The types of technological interface smoothing the way for self...
Covid-19 and its Impact on My Education

Covid-19 and its Impact on My Education

As we approach the date which would have marked the start of my A-Level study leave, the impact of covid-19 on education is more apparent to me than ever. In a pandemic-free world, exam anticipation would now be at its crescendo. Every surface of my house would be...
Why Should You Study Economics?

Why Should You Study Economics?

Economics is a subject that has always been relevant, but perhaps never more so than now. The impact of our day-to-day choices on our future selves and on our wider social and global communities has never been more apparent or more important. Each day we are all...
Lessons in Lockdown

Lessons in Lockdown

We will be feeling the ripples of this crisis for the next few years. Life has been changed forever. There is no continuing as we were; there is simply life before Covid-19 and life after Covid-19. We’ve all been experiencing feelings of uncertainty and fear. Everyone...