EDSIL's directors have over 60 years of experience in education between them. During those 60 years there has been an alarming growth in study-related stress in schools and universities, and student mental health problems associated with academic and social pressures are at an all-time high. This can lead to unhappy students who study less effectively and enjoyably; it can lead to more serious mental health problems like depression; it can lead to students dropping out of uni

It has been said that only three things in life matter: education, education and education. So everyone knows that education matters. But many students and their parents are not sure which facets of an education matter most, which questions to ask, or how to find schools and universities that provide them with fitting solutions and answers even if they do. The biggest problem is that most of the people parents and students speak to about education are the very people who are

Abstract: Parents want their children to be happy and successful; most of their children want to be happy and successful too. Unfortunately, what parents and children take to be happiness and success are seldom the same, so all the effort and money parents put into trying to make their children happy and successful frequently seem to fail. Why is that? Here are some ideas. It is a general principle of a successful life in relation to others that we need to adopt and practise

Abstract: We all find ourselves in situations at school, in college or at work where we need to take notes of a meeting, a lecture or a conversation. But we are seldom given any advice on how to perform this most basic and essential of tasks. Here are some ideas. Whether it is a blank pad of paper, a smartphone, a laptop or a tablet, we are all sooner or later going to be faced with the need to make notes. The temptation is to try to write down everything; some of us trust ou