Educated

Born Noomi Norén, the 44-year-old Swedish actor Noomi Rapace left home aged 15 to study acting in Stockholm. She broke through globally in 2009 when she starred in the film adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s bestselling novel The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. She has since appeared in films including Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Ridley Scott’s 2012 Alien prequel Prometheus and the Icelandic folk horror Lamb. Rapace can currently be seen in Constellation, an eight-part Apple TV+ thriller in which she plays…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Divorce can be a disruptive event for an individual's life. This is particularly true for women, who are found to experience the negative effects of union dissolution and the relative decline in income for longer. Moreover, women usually bear the largest part of childcare responsibility even after the dissolution, and their children may suffer the economic consequences of income loss and the…

In Norway, higher education is free and there are no private schools. Credit: University of York Children from low education backgrounds are more likely to enroll in "elite" degree programs that lead to high paying jobs if they go to school with children whose parents have those degrees themselves, says new research. These…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain People educated at private schools are twice as likely to be consistent Conservative voters as those who had a state education, a new study has found. Using data from a longitudinal study of almost 7,000 British people, born in 1970, the research also found that having a private school education made…

Credit: Shutterstock Last August, the federal government set up an expert panel to look at the continuous improvement agenda in teacher education in Australia. The panel, led by Sydney University vice-chancellor Mark Scott (who also chairs The Conversation's board), has just released a discussion paper that is open for consultation…

Credit: Shutterstock The Bureau of Statistics has just released a new set of data from the 2021 census. The first set—released in June 2022—covered topics including age, sex, religion, unpaid work and country of birth. …

As a Dalit girl growing up in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, I’m no stranger to discrimination. I’m used to being underestimated or judged based on my gender or caste. But when people ridicule me or my studies, I don’t listen. I become stronger. 188pp, Rs299; Harper Collins I want to become a teacher one day and I know that education is the only path to realizing that dream. I also know that I’m not alone in this fight, but have the support of my parents who always encourage me and support my studies. Moreover, I have…

Schitt’s Creek Actress Annie Murphy Reveals Wrong Birth Control Pills Gave Her Mood Swings (Photo Credit – Instagram ) ‘Schitt’s Creek’ star Annie Murphy suffered from mood swings after being given the wrong birth control pill. Starting to take a version of the contraceptive pill as a teenager, the 35-year-old actress, who is known for her starring role as Alexis Rose on the popular show, said she was left with “ups and downs” as a result, reports aceshowbiz.com. Annie Murphy said, “It was like, ‘Here’s…