Education
Students went on strike from school to march on Westminster and across the UK, demanding more action from politicians to tackle climate change. The protest was inspired by other similar demonstrations around the world and forms part of the School Strike 4 Climate movement started by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Students aren’t striking because we want to miss school. We are striking because we care. Because it is our futures at stake. Because we have the most to lose of any generation.
"My son comes home very tired because he’s just concentrating so hard."
Across the country, rape culture pervades campuses and videos of racism in halls go viral, while universities continue to fail and further marginalise the students who need them most.
I have been looking after myself since the age of sixteen, when I moved into supported housing alone. But that doesn’t mean that it suddenly becomes easy.
Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, visited Lavender Primary School in North London to support children's mental health. She was greeted by a chorus of children and spent time with the children in their classes.
One of the women involved said: "I think it’s important to remember this isn’t a victory for any of us really.”
There has been a huge increase in children being educated at home.
To take mobile phones away from school students would be akin to a form of cultural cleansing
"Every hour spent online and on a smartphone is an hour less talking to family, and it’s an hour less exercise and it’s an hour less sleep."