Karen interned for a newspaper right after she graduated from college. It was an unpaid internship, however, still very exciting. “Basically, they made me feel my value and believe in my skills. This is how my career as a writer started. But my former classmates were not that lucky. I called myself lucky because I… Read More
Regardless if you would like to study abroad because your course is dealing with a foreign language or Political Science or you would like to take competitive internship opportunities, it is not an easy choice that contains several challenges. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, one can see that 21.6% of undergraduate students in… Read More
How has cricket helped you to dream big? Cricket has helped me in many ways and played a huge part in my life growing up. My Dad took us to many matches and used to make us play in the school fields and even in the driveway using the wheely bin as the stumps! It… Read More
Can you tell us a bit about what triggered you to start your account Mums with Benefits and the story behind it? When I turned 30 I had a mortgage, owned my own flat, and was in a career I loved, often having 3/5 jobs at the same time, paid, and voluntary work. When I turned 40… Read More
Can you tell us a bit about what triggered you to start Voices of Colour and the story behind it? I’ve worked in both the charity and social enterprise sector for more than four years and realised that there were not many youth programmes tailored to amplifying the lived experiences of young South Asian women. As… Read More
Fulfil yourself with the right knowledge and tools that will lead you to live a zero waste and sustainable lifestyle where you will generate less waste and feel in harmony with the environment. The consumerist lifestyle that we have is no longer sustainable. We are killing the Earth and all the nature and species that… Read More
Nowadays, Social Media can be used to educate young people. While talking to and advising your kids and teens daily is considered ideal, social media can do the same much more effectively and is also able to reach a broader audience at the same time. “Influencers” create content such as online videos in order to… Read More
“My mission hasn’t changed in 25 years, this was to increase reporting, reduce isolation and save lives. The vision was to break the silences of the many thousands silenced by honour abuses and forced marriages. The values of sheer determination and to speak about the issues with conviction, truths and commitment drives Karma Nirvana.” –… Read More
Over the last year, we ran an Internet Safety campaign and survey for parents. We targeted women’s groups in hard to research communities and offered internet safety session on security, terminologies, social media, grooming, exploitation and radicalisation in order to help women build their knowledge and digital resilience. The survey was completely anonymous as we wanted to find… Read More
Education is never far from the attention of the media and we are constantly being told that grades are dropping, students aren’t performing as well as their international counter-parts, and that we need to do more. The question as to whether or not more grammar schools are about to appear has also caused a sense… Read More
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