As if students don't have a hard enough life anyway there is always the added cost of textbooks and what to do with them when you don't need them anymore. Usually, it's just advertising at your college or university, but you won't get much for them as there are plenty of others selling theirs too. Or you buy and sell them through booksellers leaving you open to bad customer service and hard to read websites. Fairbooks is an education selling tool that buys and sells textbooks at a much better rate than it's competitors. Fairbooks makes textbook buyback work ... Read more
The developing world misses out on a lot of what the rest of us take for granted and high on the list of these imbalances must surely be higher education. Vittana is trying to put this right and although currently only a small drop in a large ocean looks to be setting an admirable example with its student loan model. Read more
Have you ever wished you had a fairy Godmother to help guide you through the steps of how to do something properly? It could be something as simple as finding out how to restart your mobile phone or even how to tie your shoelaces. StepStation is an education knowledge share tool that has the answers to many common problems and guides you through them with a simple step-by-step interaction. StepStation is a resource that gives people a place to come and find out how to do things properly. It's focus is to instruct users how to complete tasks and ... Read more
As an alternative to traditional student funding through loans, Gradefund offers friends and family, the wider community and even corporate entities the opportunity to sponsor educational success. Read more
As an investor looking to perhaps diversify your portfolio you might want to consider Peer to Peer lending with the beneficiaries being worthy students! Read more
It would appear to be a good time to review this one as it’s changed a bit since it first launched. Read more
How often have you heard the cry “kids just don’t know the value of money these days”? Quite often I suspect but if you’re a cynic like me you probably think it comes from parents who are generally only too happy to open the wallet when junior screams for a new pair of trainers. Read more
So much to read and ingest...so little time. We all have that problem don't we? In this busy life we have there just doesn't seem to be the time to fit everything in let alone the stuff we want to read. Readfa.st goes some way to alleviating that problem by providing a free platform for storing and reading all those online things you've previously put in a pile in the corner and it enabes you to read them at your leisure. Read more
It wasn't so long ago that parents only had one medium to use when teaching their children and keeping them entertained - pencils and paper. These days of course there are many different ways of interaction and we utilize anything we can to amuse and educate the younger ones. Tucoola is a totally safe and totally free children's skills enhancement game that monitors, assesses and enhances the development progress of children aged between 2 and 8 with fun games that are designed for each particular age. Read more
Don'tcha just love those word puzzles? I bet you've always wanted to make your own but didn't know how. The Word Search Maker let's teachers and parents make custom printable word search puzzles for instructional and entertainment purposes. This would be a great way to help your kids study their vocabulary words and it’s fun – which makes it easier for them to learn! Read more