Following last week’s Independent Inquiry into White Working-Class Educational Outcomes, Stefan Colley explains how young people lack opportunities, confidence and networks, not ambition, and more importantly the work undertaken by […]
First the trauma. Now the debt.
Dr Claire Street explains how the UK’s new asylum repayment law could leave refugee women paying twice for survival. This week the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, introduced the Immigration and […]
Amber heat alerts: from warnings to action
Professor Kristy Howells explains what to do to support children in heatwaves, and how we all need to build towards heat literacy. When an Amber Heat Alert is issued, most […]
The silent strain: what this heatwave is really doing to children
Professor Kristy Howells explains how to understand the effects of heat on children, and ensure they stay safe. This weekend, temperatures across parts of the UK suddenly hit 31°C. And […]
Why we need to build healthy futures and talk about childhood obesity together
As the UK marks World Obesity Day on 4 March 2026, Professor Kristy Howells explores the growing challenge of childhood obesity and argues that recognising obesity as a chronic disease […]
What does a happy child look like? The seven hidden barriers undermining children’s wellbeing
As the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill reaches its final stages in the House of Lords, Professor Kristy Howells asks if the Bill will achieve its aim to ‘introduce a […]
Sustainability and slowness in a precarious world
Dr Alex Cockain explains how we need to ensure the right conditions if we are to meet our sustainable goals. Sustainability is commonly understood as a long-term, balanced approach to […]
Metaphors of despair and hope in Christmas words and music
Professor Janet Melville-Wiseman urges you to look beyond the obvious, and find hope this season in the unfamiliar and unexpected. For many people the annual Festival of Nine Lessons and […]
Cancel Christmas? Canterbury and the Plum Pudding Riots
Dr Jake Monk Kydd reflects on a Christmas riot, football, and the death of a King. The year 1647 was one of great uncertainty, wedged, as we now know, in […]