How to navigate the new social world of university life

My fresher’s year at Edinburgh University offered a few rude awakenings. The first: learning the university had run out of self-catered accommodation. The next was that the uni’s solution was to have

How do we encourage children to learn more about the basics of managing their money? It’s a problem that continues to defy policymakers. While financial education was added to the national curriculum

→ Every child should have the right to education. They should have a space where they can learn and play alongside children their own age, one that supports them to thrive in the future. But children

TODAY’S DEBATE OVER THE FUTURE OF HIGHER education is often framed as a choice between diversity and meritocracy, as if universities must choose between the identity and the quality of their students.

Government figures released earlier this month show that the UK unemployment rate rose to 5.2% in January – the highest rate for five years. But for younger workers, the situation is far more grim. In

In the space of six or so years, I’ve had the misfortune of suffering two fairly major health issues. First, when I was in my 40s, and juggling the pressures of motherhood and a legal career, I fell i