Lockdown: a time when shops are shut, summer plans are cancelled, scholarships and semesters abroad whooshed away so fast that it’s hard to make sense of this strange new world of masks, avoidance on pavements and worry for the future. And yet, lockdown has also given me the time for me to learn to slow […]
In these strange times, with queues outside shops and not quite knowing what food will be around, batch cooking some large quantities of simple essentials can help. Cooking is also a great way to avoid boredom and general meal planning and feeding larger numbers of people can be made easier if you opt for batch […]
October 2019 saw the UCU (University and Colleges Union), conducting ballots in favour of strike action and action short of a strike such as boycotts, regarding pay and working conditions as well as pension schemes (Edinburgh University). Edinburgh University staff voted 83 percent in favour of strike action, and 91 percent in favour of short of strike action. […]
In two large national surveys in America, 43% of teens and young adults reported sleeping less than seven hours a night. This is an increasingly worrying statistic as traditionally, our age group is recommended to need 9 hours sleep (PBS News hour). So, what is stealing this from us and how can we try to […]