By Maysa Jalbout. With almost half of all of out-of-school children around the world living in conflict-affected countries, the international aid community is facing pressure to not only increase the amount of funding available in these settings but to also determine how to channel and sustain funding for high numbers of refugee children in protracted crisis areas like the Syrian refugee conflict. More...
By . Out on the long presidential campaign trail, every candidate will say something like “children are the future of this nation.” So what are the prospects for our kids? The latest Kids Count report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation provides a mixed picture. More...
I enjoyed Miranda Irving’s account of her journey towards the eventual award of her PhD (How I finished my doctorate... just 30 years after I began, 18 August). Well done! I hope that her university will acknowledge Miranda’s achievement and give her the opportunity to deploy her experience and expertise, if that is what she wants to do. My own university, Cardiff, is being positively encouraging to me, having gained my PhD at the age of 70. More...
It is encouraging that record numbers of students have secured places at university this year. More...
By Fedora Abu. Planning time abroad is stressful for any student, but for BME students there’s also potential racism to contend with. More...
By Juliet Stott. High street banks are going all out to attract students but the overdraft limits are not all they are advertised to be, so be savvy to get a suitable account. More...
By Catherine Bennett. ‘I thought I might surprise her after a couple of weeks, say we were passing through, make sure she’s not too stressed or thinking of getting a tattoo or something’. More...
By Anonymous academic. If we ask about their research, academics accuse us of ‘neo-liberalised surveillance’. But we have an academic background too, and need their support. More...
By . High housing costs and the scrapping of grants mean university is no longer a catalyst for social mobility. More...
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