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‘Will polar bears melt?’ A qualitative analysis of children’s questions about climate change Abstract Climate change poses a grave threat to future generations, yet relatively little research examines children’s understandings of the issue. This study examines the questions children ask about...

The motivation behind the Grad22 platform started with a simple problem - how to get students at universities and other higher education institutions more real-world experience. Traditional internships cover only a fraction of the student body owing to their high overheads, including physical...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background The World Health Organization (WHO) World Report on Disability estimates that globally over 1 billion people are living with disabilities, representing just over 15 per cent of the world’s population. Around one household in every four includes a person with disabilities...

Introduction Children and families living and growing up in poverty and low-income households experience many disadvantages which can have negative health and social consequences throughout their life. This can lead to children who experience poverty having poorer health, developmental and...

This report, which assesses the impact of the European Semester on children of 22 European countries, finds that countries across the continent are still not prioritizing solutions to eradicate child poverty, despite the fact that 24% of children in Europe live in poverty. Its other key findings are...

Teachers reveal impact of austerity – and say it is getting worse. Teachers have reported worsening signs of child poverty in their classrooms with pupils coming to school tired, hungry, angry and confused. Many children are wearing dirty and ill-fitting uniforms and suffering from anxiety and...