Most people welcome shorter working weeks. Modern business employers have introduced flexi-time, whilst work-from-home schemes are more likely to be available. Moreover, last year New Zealand famously trialled a four-day work week, with discussions to shorten them...
The year is 1904. Having learned to “hear” people’s speech by reading their lips with her hand and distinguish people by the vibration of their footsteps, a pioneering young woman from Alabama in the USA is the first-ever deaf and blind person to...
School has a very rigid structure. As pupils progress through the years, they work, learn and grow up together. Exams are tackled and most pupils pass a good number of them. Others underachieve in one or two of their papers and embark on an ordinary resit. However,...
Resilience is a key skill. It means bouncing back from adversities and difficult life experiences. When you are faced with challenges, how do you handle them? Do you hide, adapt or jump into action? Well, developing a new perspective can help. Fixed and Growth...
On 24th September, 2018, Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the UK Environment Agency Royal Society of Arts, gave a speech laying out the consequences of climate change. Bevan also suggested some measures that can be taken to help slow it down. Pointedly, he decided...
In 2018 it was revealed that one in eight school-age children in the UK had an identified mental disorder. The study, conducted the previous year, was the first to shed light on the subject in 14 years. More recently, the BBC reported that child mental health unit...
