Good Causes & Changing Lives

By School & College Guest Editors on 22 November 2019

The international students at ATC Winchester recently welcomed FirstBite to the school for a cookery workshop and heard about the local community projects the not-for-profit social enterprise runs using surplus food to tackle food poverty and food waste. FirstBite co-founder Debbie Lockwood…

By School & College Guest Editors on 22 November 2019

For summer 2020, Discovery Summer is offsetting carbon emissions on all flights in and out of the UK for all residential students. They are also working closely with their host centres towards reducing waste, eliminating single use plastic and improving recycling. Managing Director, Jane Merrick…

By School & College Guest Editors on 22 November 2019

At Languages United, students rose to the occasion with a ‘Bake Off’ style fundraiser. The school knows that getting students to use their English outside of the classroom is the best way to reinforce their lessons and build confidence, so the school's students have been taking part in a Bake-Off…

By School & College Guest Editors on 21 October 2019

The Wisconsin ESL Institute (WESLI) is partnering with Leading Change Africa for the second year to provide English language prior to the students’ university pathways. The Carlos Osorio Scholarship for Change was given to three students this year from Burkina Faso. The selected students from public…

By School & College Guest Editors on 17 October 2019

Languages United is taking action to help the environment, and encouraging their students to think about the issues and take action. The school has been…. Cutting down fewer trees - using recycled paper and providing online resources for lessons and administration. Planting trees - they have planted…

By School & College Guest Editors on 17 October 2019

Country Cousins in Ilfracombe, Devon, is pioneering green energy in the education sector. Their teaching department is paper free. They have installed a rainwater harvesting tank and solar panels. Now, they are also trying to reduce single use plastics within the school! Social issues such as energy…