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A raft of bursting bubbles float past my laptop screen. On the flickering rectangle, I am attempting to wrap my head around the concepts of equity and equality as my essay is due in a few days’ time. Behind the screen, my 5-year-old breaks into her iconic cackle. It...

I was a few days in to my second year of my undergraduate degree when I started, what I now refer to as the ‘period of hell.’ For as long as I can remember, I’ve suffered from heavy and painful periods. So much so that my childhood was filled with sick...

This article is brought to you by Iain M MacLeod My name is Iain and I live in the Northeast of Scotland.  I was born in Stornoway at Lewis Hospital in 1963, and in 1966, when I was three and a half years old, I contracted Cerebral Palsy (CP)...

Having watched the government for the second time this year make a U-turn on the free school meals debate, I am once again reminded of the many children that will rely on this and if it will go far enough. I relied on free school meals from the late...

This week, thousands of women across the UK finally had their voices heard as the government released the details of their enquiry into the treatment of Endometriosis. The gynaecological condition occurs when endometrial tissue, found in the lining of the womb, starts to grow in other places in the...

In this article, Daisy Forster, a second year Liberal Arts student, relays her experience as a pupil within a Steiner School. The first article in the new Features series: 'Ordinary People; Extraordinary Stories', Daisy presents the many benefits of an education focused on creativity, self-expression and personal value, as...