While film and media awards are often talked about in the media, only rarely visual art prizes are mentioned. Nevertheless, there are multiple different prizes for all sorts of visual art out there. Since 1984, the Turner prize has been awarded to famous names like Grayson Perry or Wolfgang Tillmans. The Hepworth prize, on the …
Primeminister Theresa May criticized the further delay of a new education bill for Scotland at a conference last Friday. Ms Sturgeon fires back by stating that the bill needs to be carefully checked and revisited before it can pass. However, Ms May argues that the new bill is desperately needed since the standards have fallen …
Today, on the first Thursday of March the annual World book day takes place. Every child in the United Kingdom and Ireland is given a voucher to be spent on books. However, only few people know that the original word book day takes place on the 23rd of April. This was changed in the UK …
After a water leak the floor in Wanstead library desperately needs replacement. This will leave many kids unable to borrow books while the repairs are made. The library is especially important to younger children because of its outstanding children’s area. Regularly the library organizes singing and dancing games for the youngest at the library. While …
It is widely known that there are wide gaps in the Indian educational system. One ambitious young man, Rippan Dutta, has made it his goal to make a change. After graduating from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay in 2015, rather than spending more time doing a Masters program, he decided to jump start …
The Springfield university in Tooting, London has changed its interior design. With the help of Morris Markowe League of Friends charity they put together a workshop were patients were invited to create art pieces with famous artists like Tim Shaw and Niamh White. The two curators have close connections to people with mental health issues and hence …
Children of Aldborough Primary School have taken the initiative. When children heard about their teachers collecting food for the Redbridge Food bank, they wanted to participate, too. As part of the Canadian Charity WE, the student leadership team started to ask their parents for food that they would not need at home. The food collected …
After Rushcroft Foundation school was ranked lowest in the borough, the headmaster Mark Morrall is defending the school. The governmental ranking only takes GCSE results into account which have been low due to the school taking in oversea refugees. Hence, Mister Morrall stresses that some of the children joined the school half way through the …
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From May onwards, the new mayor Linda Huggett of Redbridge will be officially in office. The new mayor has served as deputy mayor from 2014 to 2015. On the 19th of January, all 63 councillors voted in favor of her in Redbridge Council Hall. Linda Huggett is taking over office from Labor Cllr Gurdial Bhamra. After being …
The first few weeks of January are extremely nerve-racking for lots and lots of students all over the UK because of the upcoming entrance exams. Most of them have been preparing for the 7+, 11+ and 13+ exam for multiple months or even more and now the time has come to proof their knowledge and …
