France’s affordable housing solution – intergenerational homeshares
Facing issues in supply of both eldercare and affordable housing for students, France has sought to tackle both problems simultaneously by encouraging intergenerational homeshares.
The...
Housing shortage pushes German students to create their own affordable accommodation
Students in the German town of Heidelberg are building their own affordable student accommodation, in response to rising rents caused by a local housing...
Technology developments to improve access for disabled students
Technologies being developed in Denmark and Qatar offer an exciting look into how university study could become more accessible for disabled students in the...
Aboriginal students thrive as Australian schemes tackle poverty and ill health
The number of Aborigines with postgraduate degrees has jumped by 85% within a ten-year period to nearly 4,000, according to recently released Australian census...
Canadian student creates first-aid kit for mental health
Tina Chan, a student at Canada’s University of Waterloo, has
created an innovative first-aid kit for mental health, in response to her own
struggles with panic...
Gaming technologies: the new way to help students learn quickly
“To make science accessible, we need to do more than simply tell students what it is we discovered. We need to help them discover...
Australian student shares surprising insight into North Korean daily life
Given North Korea's reputation for horrific human rights abuses, and the highly-publicised death of American student Otto Warmbier - who fell into a coma...
Egyptian students receive ‘love lessons’ from their government
Egypt's government has introduced marriage lessons for university students, as part of an initiative to cut spiralling divorce rates. The scheme is called 'Mawadda',...
Law students panic as Turkmenistan clamps down on accepted degrees
Law is typically considered to be one of the most prestigious and rigorous academic disciplines – but in Turkmenistan, it will no longer be...
The Vietnamese startup with big ideas for student wellbeing
Moving abroad to study in a different cultural setting can be a daunting experience and one that can lead to feelings of social isolation...
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