As this tumultuous year comes to a close, the Australian summer is an ideal time to relax and escape through reading. Like many people, Australian teenagers have experienced higher rates of psychological distress this year as a result of the COVID pandemic. Reading is one way for teens to remove themselves, if only temporarily, from their current […] … learn more→

How do we choose what to research? Do we choose, or do our topics choose us? I’ve been musing about this, as I’ve recently had to explain why I chose to spend six years collating information about the scandalous and sometimes downright corrupt practices in English schools. Why a focus on corruption? My answer may […] … learn more→

In Netflix hit The Queen’s Gambit, we see young orphan Beth Harmon discover her talent for competitive chess. During a game played in the orphanage basement, Harmon’s chess tutor, the janitor, tells the nine-year-old: “To tell you the truth of it, child, you’re astounding” – contrasting her youth and naivety to her seemingly inherent gift. […] … learn more→

Since October 30, 2020, in the context of this second period of confinement, French students have been forced to follow distance education. This situation gives rise to contrasting reactions, combining praise for the adaptability of universities and criticism of maintaining this method of teaching. The media echo the suffering of the students. Following the executive’s announcement of a resumption […] … learn more→

The pandemic has starkly confirmed just how deeply inequality shapes the lives of individuals and communities across the world. Within higher education, social background has long had a decisive impact on access and success. This only risks being exacerbated by responses to Covid-19. Take the shift to online learning. Many people would like it to […] … learn more→

Method, analyse, conversely. These words are more useful than you think. These and other “academic” words are used in writing and speech at school and other educational settings without being specific to any discipline. They can be used, among other things, to describe research (method, analyse) and to structure speech and writing (conversely). What’s more, knowing them can […] … learn more→

The use of educational videos in schools and universities was on the rise before COVID-19. Now, with continuing disruption by the pandemic, more educators are developing educational videos to support student learning. Similarly, students are increasingly looking to places like YouTube for educational content. Intuitively, we might think a video’s production quality is what matters – fancy […] … learn more→

As learning experiences go, the past year has been nothing if not intense. Not that the learning has been confined to students locked down in their bedrooms: universities, too, have been on something of a crash course in digital instruction. And their grades have been distinctly mixed. Those that tried to solve the Covid conundrum […] … learn more→

School and college students get their assignments frequently that must be hosted on an online platform. Although some schools managed to offer such facilities to their students, there is also a lot of students who do not get such perks. The students, especially the computer sciences, requires web hosting solution for assignments and final year […] … learn more→

In 2018, a huge phenomenon was taking India by storm and this was PUBG mobile. For those of you who are not into your eSports, PUBG, short for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, is a multiplayer online battle game that was created by PUBG corporation and released on the Indian gaming market by Tencent games. It became a […] … learn more→