Roughly 6% of the UK population provide informal unpaid care, and 60% of people in the UK will be carers at some point in their lives. This includes a number of people who are carers while studying at university. Informal carers are those who have a commitment to providing unpaid support to someone who could not manage without their […] … learn more→

It would be quite appropriate for a college professor to assume students know that a tree is alive and a rock is not. Or would it? For several summers, I have had the pleasure of teaching biology to Tibetan Buddhist monks exiled in India. This program, called the ETSI (Emory-Tibet Science Initiative), was sparked by discussions the Dalai […] … learn more→

Changes in family structures, immigration and the economic crisis, among other issues, make the generational bond difficult. For this reason, the urgent need to create shared spaces in which different generations relate to each other is emerging. Based on this premise, the school environment offers an ideal context to work on the intergenerational vision. In fact, the […] … learn more→

It is necessary to distinguish what is called “children’s books” from those which form a “literature for children and young people”. It will take centuries to pass from the first to the second, and this literature will then continue to change. Let us lay down a few milestones in this complex story, which we will be forgiven […] … learn more→

As they become more exposed to the grim realities of climate change, today’s teens and people in their 20s — an entire generation — are experiencing increased anxiety, grief, fear or guilt about the planet’s future as well as their own. For teachers of environmental studies, softening the scientific evidence about what lies ahead — in terms […] … learn more→

As COVID-19 restrictions recede across much of the world, students have navigated changes in modes of learning (from virtual to in-person) and social protocols (for example, no masks). Even as societies gradually return to normal, we are constantly reminded that COVID-19 is still very much in our communities. Regions are no longer reporting publicly on COVID-19 cases, but in schools, […] … learn more→

“Concentrate, concentrate!” says the magician. Our attention is focused on what he wants us to look at and the magic trick occurs. We stop seeing what makes the magic possible and only see what it wants us to see: we focus on the glove, the card, the hat and not on what makes the trick possible. When […] … learn more→

Coworking, coliving, participatory housing, carpooling, community garden… the collaborative is in tune with the times. Two out of three French people have already experienced the collaborative economy, and 65% are ready to exchange the objects they use, according to a survey carried out by Odoxa for AlloVoisins among a sample of more than 1,000 French people aged over […] … learn more→

Here’s the thing. Journal Editors say that one of the major reasons that papers are rejected is when the writer is not clear about their point, and their argument. Accepted journal articles have a point to make. They work with a single idea and the writer has a distinctive take on it. The top line […] … learn more→

Nearly 70 years ago – in its 1954 Brown v. Board decision – the Supreme Court framed racial segregation as the cause of educational inequality. It did not, however, challenge the lengths to which states went to ensure the unequal funding of Black schools. Before Brown, Southern states were using segregation to signify and tangibly reinforce second-class citizenship for […] … learn more→