Lecture Blog: From Exploration to Selection: Developing a Strong Research Topic
By Dr. Fariha Gul Academician, Researcher, Author and Consultant Selecting a research topic is often the most challenging step in the research process. Many students either choose topics that are too broad, too vague, or disconnected from their genuine interests. However, effective researchers do not “find” topics, they develop them through reflection, evaluation, and structured exploration . This session introduces a systematic, two-stage process : Exploring personal prefer
Mar 173 min read
The Impossible Choice: When Online Schooling Collides With Workplace Reality
by Dr. Fariha Gul Author, Consultant, Researcher and Educationist A petrol shortage may appear to be a logistical or economic problem. Governments respond with fuel rationing, transport restrictions, or remote work arrangements. Recently, one such response has been shifting school classes online. While this may appear to be a practical short-term solution, it has created a profound and largely invisible crisis for a specific group in society: working single mothers . For man
Mar 163 min read
The Curriculum We Teach Today Will Either Save or Fail Tomorrow’s Planet
By Dr. Fariha Gul Academician, Author, Researcher and Consultant Every week we hear about heatwaves, floods, and unpredictable weather . These are not distant environmental problems anymore, they are the real consequences of Global Warming and unsustainable development practices. But here is the uncomfortable truth: The real climate crisis is not only environmental, it is educational. Our education systems are still preparing students for yesterday’s economy , while the w
Mar 122 min read
Online Classes Don’t Work? Or Are We Teaching Them the Wrong Way?
By Dr. Fariha Gul Author, Consultant, Researcher and Educationist One of the most common statements I hear in education circles today is: “Students don’t learn anything in online classes.” This perception has become so widespread that many institutions treat online teaching merely as a temporary or emergency solution rather than a serious pedagogical space. But the real question is not whether learning happens online. The real question is whether we know how to design lear
Mar 113 min read
A New Generation of Learners Is Already in Our Classrooms, But Our Teacher Training Still Belongs to the Past.
By Dr. Fariha Gul Author, Consultant, Educationist, Researcher Children entering primary schools today are growing up in a learning environment that did not exist even a decade ago. By the time many of them reach Grade 3 or 4, they have already experienced three different learning systems : 📱 Online learning🏫 Physical classrooms🔁 Hybrid learning For the first time in history, a generation of learners is growing up navigating multiple learning environments simultaneously .
Mar 103 min read
When Women Become Gatekeepers: The Hidden Challenge Within Women’s Empowerment
By Dr. Fariha Gul Author, consultant, academician and researcher Every year International Women’s Day brings powerful conversations about gender equality, women’s empowerment, and the barriers women face in professional and social spaces. Much of this discussion rightly focuses on structural inequalities. However, there is another complex and often uncomfortable dimension that deserves honest reflection, the role some women play in reinforcing barriers for o
Mar 93 min read
When the 5 AM Club Meets Motherhood: Rethinking Time Management Through Women’s Reality
By Dr. Fariha Gull Author, educationist, consultant and researcher Every year on International Women's Day, conversations about women’s empowerment often focus on leadership, opportunity, and representation. These conversations are important. But there is a quieter structural issue we rarely discuss: the architecture of time itself. Most of what we know as productivity wisdom, morning routines, deep work blocks, early rising rituals, rests on an assumption that
Mar 83 min read
