Returning to education can be daunting, as you wonder whether you’ll be able to juggle your time and finances, and whether you’ll be able to fit in or keep up with a bunch of teenagers and twentysomethings on your course. The good news is that educational experts and mature students who’ve been down this road [Read more…]
We’ve all been there—staring at a screen full of faces, wondering why this hour-long meeting exists. Maybe someone’s explaining something that could have been a quick message. Perhaps key decision-makers are missing. Or half the participants are multitasking, cameras off. As teams spread across locations and time zones, running effective meetings has become more challenging [Read more…]
The way we work has fundamentally shifted. Many of us juggle video calls with in-person meetings, collaborate across time zones, and navigate team relationships through screens and chat messages. It’s a mix that can turn minor misunderstandings into bigger problems – a terse Slack message can be misread, or a colleague’s camera-off moment can be [Read more…]
Work experience has changed: it isn’t just about having someone in to make the tea and do some photocopying any more. Increasingly, employers and teachers see it as a vital step in every student’s education to help them make the transition to employment. According to an EPS survey, 65% of employers in the UK reported [Read more…]
This article is part of a series exploring key lessons from classic books—timeless works that continue to offer valuable insights. Whether you’re revisiting a familiar favourite or discovering these ideas for the first time, we’ll uncover practical wisdom that remains relevant today. Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman explores how our minds work [Read more…]