Unpacking the Half Marathon: Why Today’s Youth are Running More than Ever
Whenever I check social media, I expect the typical ‘likeable’ product: selfies, holiday photos,…
The Universal Credit Cut: Tory Cruelty Disguised as Practicality
This week the Conservative Party scrapped the £20-a-week uplift to universal credit that was…
Working for the European Parliament During a Pandemic – A Healthy Workplace Environment Made the Difference
Last November I wasn’t sure whether to apply for the prestigious European Parliament traineeship. I…
Should we really be worried about ‘languishing’?
An article in The New York Times recently proclaimed (rather proudly) that the elusive 'meh'…
Reforming the High Street Means Catering to Every Type of Shopper
'Newsflash! Latest High Street Brand To Go Into Administration!' On a slow news day — when it…
Is online learning the future? An Interview with EtonX
The wave of national lockdowns has had a serious and lasting effect on the education of children.……
What Stoicism and Tolkien can teach us about suffering
'The present moment is all anyone possesses but no-one can lose either their past or their future,…
Covid in Cartoons: Young people caption coronavirus with political cartoons, one frame at a time
Young people are given a voice through political cartooning as the University of Leicester, Shout…
The WFH Revolution! Working from home must become the new ‘normal’
We were told the internet revolution would bring about working from home (WFH), but as time passed…
One Room, Our Home: The mental crisis plaguing students
Loneliness has been recognised as a major public health concern and has risen since the start of…
From Love Island to Downing Street: Is Dr George fit for the role of YMH Ambassador?
A&E doctor and ex Love Island contestant, Dr Alex George has been appointed as Youth Mental…
Another Now by Yanis Varoufakis: A guide to radical change after a crisis
Yanis Varoufakis’ Another Now is an economics book with a twist; it’s also a sci-fi novel. Written…
Cancelling Glastonbury goes beyond the music
For the second year in a row Glastonbury Festival has been cancelled, with devastating…
Spinning out of control: Covid is no excuse for passivity
2020 ended with despair at the Grimsby Town Football Club. Where did it all go wrong? In examining…
Are students the biggest spreaders or the best scapegoats?
Tensions around lockdown rules have been in the air since mid-march. From disagreements surrounding…
Why I’m terrified of taking my A Levels next year
A Levels are largely the determiners of a person's future choices. Mine are hanging over a…
Podcasts to Uplift
Although some shows have halted, many have found new value and relevance during the pandemic. From…
Has Covid-19 made politics popular?
Politics and Pandemic certainly mix. The coronavirus, something far from people’s minds only this…
Shapeshifting to Survive: Lockdown business success stories
We may be under lockdown but human ingenuity is not out the window. Quite the opposite, in fact.…
The dangerous numbers behind the UK’s nursing shortages
Nursing has taken a bad beating. It's only now, with the arrival of a pandemic, that we're seeing…
Coronavirus is here to stay: We need a long-term strategy
A coherent, reliable and realistic long-term plan is what people need. When Italy imposed a…
Rishi Sunak’s ‘unprecedented’ rescue pack: But is it enough?
Chancellor Sunak's announcement of a historic bailout that would be implemented to combat the…
Was ‘herd immunity’ the right call?
Herd immunity is an indirect approach to protecting a population from an infectious disease when a…