The suicide case of a 22-year-old Australian student overwhelmed by the massive burden of a Robodebt scheme, an automated debt recovery service employed by the Australian government, shows how education alone cannot guarantee financial security and stability. Jarrad Madgwick was a gifted learner, naturally curious, and would volunteer his thoughts on solving problems. A respected […]
It is now not uncommon to find children fitted with GPS devices meant for surveillance by parents. To many parents, the idea is simple, ensure that they know where their children as a way to protect them. It also serves as a way to keep tabs on the children and ensure that they have arrived […]
The Department for Education (DfE) has launched a recruitment drive as part of its covid response plan that aims to help schools and areas that have been severely affected by the coronavirus. The DfE has already announced an initial 100 job offers that will run for 12 months as contracts. However, specifics about what the […]
The global spread of coronavirus meant that international travel had to be shut down, making the prospects of studying overseas for Singaporean slim due to these restrictions. However, for students looking forward to studying overseas, the impact of Covid-19 may not have deterred them from pursuing their education abroad. Students studying overseas A recent publication […]
Blockchain future is no longer a new phenomenon to academe as a validation system for storing records and learning. However, with the COVID-19 crisis spurring the fourth industrial revolution, learners and tutors recognize its potential and embrace it wholeheartedly to support a full array of learning in the classroom and beyond. Despite the growing influence […]
The UK government will be discounting funding for LGBTQ+ bullying, which has been running since 2014. This marks a sharp reversal of the government policy, which to date had cost the government about £4m. The announcement also indicated that funding for the well-received project ended in March. Reduction of LGBTQ+ bullying fund The funding referred […]
The spread of Covid -19 has upended the American education system after months of lockdowns and extra-caution during the reopening. Special needs students have also been adversely affected by these lockdowns after being forced to adapt to new learning environments that are foreign to them. However, it is the parents who have had to bear […]
Have you ever felt the uncontrollable urge to laugh, and you suddenly burst into a fit of giggles? Side splitting uncontrollable laughter? Like when you see the price of Bitcoin plummet? Yet, for all of bitcoin’s volatility, blockchain has made phenomenal concepts possible. Blockchain humor can actually save your life. Currently trending are crypto jokes, […]
In a world which is too much focused on flattening the Covid 19 curve, there’s little reason for laughter. With children out of school, the hallways are empty without their silly banters and carefree laughter. Yet, we all need laughter if only to dispel the cloud of uncertainty or uneasiness during lockdown or imposed quarantine. […]
Decentralization in blockchain brings numerous major advantages to the table. Of the many, blockchain can help spread the new COVID-19 vaccine’s benefits globally and ensure that its discovery profits maximum human population and not just some exclusive prime countries. Decentralization in blockchain should be applied where it makes sense. Just because it is a blockchain […]
