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    Emmeline Pankhurst

    Emmeline Pankhurst and The Suffragettes

    A feminist icon, Emmeline Pankhurst was named one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century by TIME magazine in 1999.


    Metacognition

    What Is Metacognition?

    Metacognition improves learning and boosts academic performance. It acts like an “inner voice”, helping you plot a more successful learning journey.


    Percy Bysshe Shelley

    Percy Bysshe Shelley

    His poetry pushed boundaries, attacking monarchies and authority figures in a time when authors and publishers were commonly convicted of treason and sedition.


    Creative Writing

    How to Analyse Primary Sources

    This short guide will teach you everything you need to know when it comes to analysing a primary source, including some tips and strategies…


    Mental Health

    Mental Health Tips for Online Students

    It’s important to make time in your busy schedule to tend to your mental health. After all, we’re human beings, not doings.


    Existentialist

    Existentialist Philosophy Can Help

    By recognising that human existence and suffering are inherently entwined we can confront the hardships we experience and witness in order to thrive regardless.


    Work

    The Future of Work and How to Thrive In It

    It is going to be a very turbulent time, but chaos is a ladder and young people, (who tend to be hit hardest by economic slumps of this nature), need to become skilled climbers.


    Politics

    Why Consider Politics?: Part 3

    Continuing along the spectrum of political theory we turn our attention to what can be described as ‘Right’ orientated political theories.


    Politics

    Why Consider Politics?: Part 2

    Here we take a brief look at the other ‘Left’ orientated theories of politics.


    Exam questions

    Why Consider Politics?: Part 1

    The word ‘politics’ goes far beyond the narrow concept of political parties.