Experience

As a freelance journalist, I have written about education for Guardian supplements and for EducationGuardian.co.uk.

Areas of journalism

Education journalism

Portfolio

University - the survival guide

Telegraph A-level Results supplement
Published on Thursday August 20, 2009

Education | Features

They’re the best years of your life, so make the most of them. Chris Alden offers 10 ways to survive university.

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The art of management

Guardian Work
Published on Saturday May 19, 2007

Arts and Books | Business | Careers | Education | Features | Media

The MBA is no longer just for bankers – the new media boom is fuelling a demand for leadership skills in the creative sector. Chris Alden reports.

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Home and away

Guardian Work
Published on Saturday September 30, 2006

Business | Careers | Education | Features

Studying for your MBA abroad is not the only way to gain a global outlook. Chris Alden reports

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How to become a Master of the universe

Guardian Graduate
Published on Saturday September 9, 2006

Careers | Education | Features

Postgraduate study abroad offers the twin benefits of a top qualification and the experience of a new culture. What more, asks Chris Alden, could a student want?

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The world at their feet

Guardian Postgraduate
Published on Tuesday September 5, 2006

Education | Features

British universities have worked hard to attract foreign students to the UK. Recruitment has reached record heights but, writes Chris Alden, competition from institutions in Europe, America and Asia is fierce

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How blogs can make the link

Guardian Unlimited
Published on Monday January 9, 2006

Education | Features | Technology

Blogs offer connection – between pupils and between schools, and sometimes with surprising results. Chris Alden looks at how some schools work with the medium, and wonders why more don’t

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Public spirit

EducationGuardian
Published on Tuesday July 26, 2005

Education | Features

Each year Eton hosts a summer school for inner-city kids from Brent. Even if the motive is partly financial, it is a great experience for the pupils. By Chris Alden.

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Imaginative leap

EducationGuardian
Published on Tuesday June 24, 2003

Arts and Books | Education | Features

Creative writing courses used to be shunned by many universities as being too weird and way-out, but no longer, reports Chris Alden

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