In England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, there exists a troubling disparity related to exam results, one which no one seems quite sure how to fix. However, there may be a solution that can help address the problem. The issue lies …
On a warm summer day in Amsterdam on August 4, 1944, four policemen from the Gestapo stormed a canal warehouse at 263 Prinsengracht. They arrested eight Jewish people who were hiding in the annex, including Otto Frank, his wife and …
The knowledge wars – which revolve around what should be taught in schools – first emerged approximately 50 years ago during a conversation among three sociologists in a London hotel bar. At the time, social scientists were examining the deficit …
For almost a hundred years, the prevailing theory was that flammable materials burned because they contained phlogiston, an invisible, odorless, tasteless, and weightless substance that was believed to be the essence of fire.
This idea was first proposed by Johann …
According to news reports, young people are steering clear of drinking, recreational drugs, and smoking, as well as experiencing a decline in teenage pregnancies. It seems that this new generation is taking a more responsible and clean approach to life. …
Undergraduate life follows a predictable social path from the frenzy of freshers’ week. However, for postgraduates, the journey is less conventional. With more demanding schedules, greater debts, possible social isolation, and heavier workloads, how do postgraduates stay on track?
According …
Little Ilford School’s headteacher, Ian Wilson, is either an extremely caring individual or is fond of playing memory games, as evidenced by his school’s walls being adorned with over 1,350 pictures of individual pupils, helping him remember their names. Wilson …
Jean-Marie Moeglin, a professor at the University of Paris-XII, takes an unconventional approach in his book Les Bourgeois de Calais: Essai sur un Mythe Historique (The Burghers Of Calais: An Essay On A Historical Myth). Moeglin is an expert in …
According to an analysis by The Guardian, Oxford and Cambridge universities have seen a decline in the socio-economic diversity of their student bodies. More than four in five students admitted in 2015 came from the two most privileged groups, representing …