The year is 1904. Having learned to “hear” people’s speech by reading their lips with her hand and distinguish people by the vibration of their footsteps, a pioneering young woman from Alabama in the USA is the first-ever deaf and blind person to...
In 2018 it was revealed that one in eight school-age children in the UK had an identified mental disorder. The study, conducted the previous year, was the first to shed light on the subject in 14 years. More recently, the BBC reported that child mental health unit...
According to research published by National Numeracy, approximately 17 million workers in the UK only have numeracy skills of a primary school child. That’s a staggering figure, constituting over 50% of the UK’s 2017 working population. Numeracy is the skill of being...
Creativity. The spark of inspiration that ignites invention. The place where imagination creates magic and original ideas are born. The beating heart of forward progress in society. The rocket that propels our economy to even greater heights. Creativity is the fuel...
A report published in April 2019 by the Lords Committee on Intergenerational Fairness and Provision, ‘Tackling Intergenerational Unfairness’, suggests that many young people are not gaining the right skills early in life. In relation to the issue of lifelong learning,...
