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
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
Does attending a top university guarantee you a job when you graduate? Take a closer look at the question and ask yourself if you went to a top/leading university in the United Kingdom or the United States, would you say, you have a chance of getting a job faster and stress-free than other individuals? To… Read More
The latest National Student Survey has revealed the UK higher education institutions with the highest student satisfaction, check out the top 100 here. The satisfaction rate for students studying at UK higher education institutions has remained high this year, with 86 per cent of students saying they are satisfied with their course overall in this… Read More
The Government is making it easier for people like Robert Wilson, a fifty-something from Clapham, to profit by building their homes upwards. For Robert Wilson from Clapham, south London, building his home upwards has been one of the best investments he’s ever made. Mr Wilson, 55, was amazed to discover, when he had his home… Read More
A South African pen manufacturer has apologised after its “empowering” message to women urging them to look like a girl and think like a man caused outrage on social media. Bic South Africa posted the ad on its Facebook page to celebrate national women’s day. Showing a smiling woman in a suit with arms folded, it… Read More
Poverty is cyclical. The best indicator of if a child will end up in poverty is if her parents live in poverty. It’s pretty simple to understand: Economic classes tend to segregate. Meaning poor people generally live clustered together. Meaning that their collective political clout degrades and rarely leads to improved access to resources and… Read More
“A better pill to swallow” After years of slow and steady growth, Dr Kartar Lalvani has turned Vitabiotics into a market leader. He tells us how… When Dr Kartar Lalvani founded Vitabiotics in London in 1971, it was the UK’s only specialist vitamin supplement company. Today, the company produces a range of well-known brands, including… Read More
The Government is making it easier for people like Robert Wilson, a fifty-something from Clapham, ...
Poverty is cyclical. The best indicator of if a child will end up in poverty ...
The latest National Student Survey has revealed the UK higher education institutions with the highest ...
Are you a woman with a great business idea? Many women consider running their own business ...
A South African pen manufacturer has apologised after its “empowering” message to women urging them ...
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