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• Scotland schools strike: Strikes at Scottish schools to go into second day

  27-09-2023 00:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of pupils will stay at home on the second day of Unison's three-day strike in a dispute over pay.
  
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• UCU strike dates: Which universities are affected?

  26-09-2023 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five days of strike action will fall in Freshers' Week for many students.
  
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• Oxford and Cambridge academics to give £20,000 book advance to charities

  26-09-2023 08:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prof Jason Arday and Dr Chantelle Jessica Lewis will support neuro-divergent working-class families.
  
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• Raac in schools: Education minister to attend St Leonard's Durham

  26-09-2023 07:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Pupils at St Leonard's Catholic School have been learning from home or been moved to other schools.
  
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• University staff strike disrupts freshers' week

  25-09-2023 14:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The strikes are part of a long-running dispute by union members over pay and conditions.
  
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• School strikes: No new pay offer despite weekend talks

  25-09-2023 11:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Unison members will strike across 24 council areas for three days from Tuesday in a dispute over pay.
  
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• Rishi Sunak considers radical shake-up of A-levels

  22-09-2023 21:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rishi Sunak weighs up a new "British baccalaureate" qualification but no decisions have been taken.
  
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• Warwick graduate shares student survival tips on TikTok

  22-09-2023 07:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hilary Odun says student finance is an "underserved market" and hopes her viewers "learn something new".
  
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• Student's 'freshers' flu' turned out to be meningitis

  21-09-2023 07:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A student who ignored the symptoms of meningitis urges others to be aware of the signs.
  
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• Fall in students accepted into university in UK

  21-09-2023 03:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Applications also fell, after demand grew in the pandemic - and the acceptance rate remains about 85%.
  
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• Raac: Keegan says some pupils prefer temporary classrooms

  19-09-2023 20:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Another 27 educational settings in England are now known to be affected by crumbling concrete.
  
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• New Raac schools list of buildings with unsafe concrete

  19-09-2023 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government has published an updated list of schools in England with crumbling concrete.
  
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• Campaign aims to help lonely university students

  19-09-2023 12:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Loneliness campaigners say the government initiative was welcome but that more funding was also needed.
  
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• Crumbling concrete surveys due at 120 NI schools

  18-09-2023 16:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It comes after dozens of schools in the UK were affected because the collapse-prone Raac was detected.
  
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• Scottish university strikes could continue - union

  18-09-2023 11:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Staff at five universities are taking strike action in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.
  
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• London families share struggles as mortgage payments rise

  18-09-2023 11:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One mum says her family can no longer afford to eat and are now visiting food banks.
  
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• UK's first school set up in partnership with orchestra opens

  15-09-2023 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shireland CBSO Academy in West Bromwich is a new school with music embedded in its curriculum.
  
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• College lecturers in NI on strike from Monday

  15-09-2023 07:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Widespread disruption is expected to further education courses as the strike could go on for months.
  
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• The 'formidable' Essex architect behind school concrete crisis

  15-09-2023 07:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dozens of schools are dealing with the aftermath of Ralph Crowe's work in the 1970s.
  
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• Family provide free holidays in memory of son

  15-09-2023 06:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Archie's Caravan in Filey provides free holidays to families also facing childhood cancer.
  
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• University of Bolton applies to become University of Greater Manchester

  14-09-2023 11:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The University of Bolton applies to change its name in a bid to improve "graduate outcomes".
  
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• Raac: Redbridge school forced into daily concrete inspections

  14-09-2023 07:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Staff at the primary school carry out inspections of 53 areas of the building twice a day.
  
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• Trans guidance is needed in schools, parents tell BBC

  13-09-2023 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As a new school term gets under way, two parents share different views about why they want guidance.
  
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• Universities reliant on overseas students - report

  13-09-2023 03:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There is a "failure to act" over the looming financial crisis at universities, a Lords committee says.
  
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• Hundreds of schools in England checked for Raac, say education chiefs

  11-09-2023 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officials say a small percentage missed Friday's deadline to return questionnaires on the concrete.
  
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• Berkshire school boys shave heads to support friend with cancer

  11-09-2023 15:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Harry's friends and dad joined him in shaving their heads and raised £24,500 for charity.
  
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• Cambridge school in Ofsted legal case given good rating

  11-09-2023 07:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Cambridge primary school had been prepared to take Ofsted to court after being rated inadequate.
  
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• How Essex found itself at the heart of the school concrete crisis

  10-09-2023 02:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Families in the county which has the highest number of schools affected by Raac share their stories.
  
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• Woodbridge scouts come to the rescue of Raac-hit school

  09-09-2023 07:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A local scout group sets up a marquee for pupils at a school affected by the concrete crisis.
  
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• Raac concerns force UEA student accommodation to close

  08-09-2023 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The well-known Ziggurats at the University of East Anglia will be closed until further notice.
  
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• Student unions, labs and lecture halls shut at Raac unis

  08-09-2023 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News has learned 14 universities have buildings containing crumbling concrete.
  
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• Self-harm among pupils a growing concern - governors

  08-09-2023 12:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One told the National Governance Association survey that self-harm by children was at a "high rate".
  
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• Raac concrete update in Wales schools due later

  08-09-2023 07:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Welsh government is to give more detail on the concrete issue in schools on Friday.
  
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• RAAC concrete issues close Cardiff's St David's Hall

  07-09-2023 15:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The venue in the heart of the capital has closed with immediate effect for at least four weeks.
  
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• Unions say hundreds more schools could have Raac

  07-09-2023 15:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  They are calling for fresh government data "to eliminate misunderstanding of the scale of the problem".
  
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• UCU university strikes: When are the next walkouts?

  07-09-2023 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five days of strike action will fall in Freshers' Week for many students.
  
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• How one blind boy helped rebuild his school in Yemen

  07-09-2023 02:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ahmed is a charismatic 11-year-old Yemeni boy the BBC met two years ago when he was teaching a class in a bombed-out classroom.
  
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• Building work was scrapped at 17 schools with RAAC

  06-09-2023 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Seventeen schools which have had crumbly concrete confirmed had building work cancelled in 2010.
  
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• RAAC schools list shows those with buildings affected by unsafe concrete

  06-09-2023 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government publishes an official list of schools in England with crumbling concrete.
  
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• School avoidance: 'I was crying, screaming and shouting in the car'

  06-09-2023 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 12-year-old girl says anxiety caused her to miss out on most of the last academic year at school.
  
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• What can crumbling concrete schools expect next?

  06-09-2023 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A school which has already dealt with crumbling concrete tells how it was forced to close overnight.
  
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• Scotland school strikes called off ahead of new pay offer

  06-09-2023 16:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Industrial action that could have shut schools across much of Scotland has been halted by the GMB union.
  
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• RAAC crisis: Sunak defends school record after cowboy-builder jibe

  06-09-2023 15:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rishi Sunak says he acted "decisively" on unsafe RAAC concrete, as he faces Labour's leader at PMQs.
  
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• What is Scotland's big childcare plan?

  06-09-2023 13:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What does Humza Yousaf's first programme for government tell us about his vision for Scotland?
  
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• A look inside a school with unsafe concrete

  06-09-2023 12:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scalby School in Scarborough has not reopened after the summer holidays due to the concrete crisis.
  
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• Students cut back on food as cost of living soars

  06-09-2023 12:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some had to skip meals, take on debt or dip into savings last year as costs soared, research shows.
  
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• Driving: Learners travelling 400 miles to take test

  06-09-2023 07:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An instructor says he takes some students on an eight-hour trip to take their practical test.
  
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• Keegan sorry school RAAC concrete closures came at 'worst time'

  05-09-2023 21:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Schools are battling to get surveys and temporary classrooms could take months to build, the BBC is told.
  
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• School closed over RAAC concrete lost earlier bid for government cash

  04-09-2023 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andy Perry says he is still waiting for government advice on how much of his school is unsafe.
  
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• One in five children regularly misses school, figures show

  03-09-2023 19:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parents should get their children back to school this week, the children's commissioner urges.
  
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