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• Pearson shares fall after US digital learning rival says AI hurting its business

  02-05-2023 19:22
  
  Company’s shares fall 15% after Chegg says ChatGPT is affecting subscriber numbersAlmost £1bn has been wiped off the stock market value of the digital learning company Pearson after a US rival admitted that the rise of artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT is hurting its business.Jittery investors sent Pearson’s shares down more than 15%, making it the biggest faller among London-listed companies on Tuesday, after the California-based online learning service Chegg reported a
  
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• ‘It all hinges on wellbeing’: UK school nurses’ crucial, underfunded role

  02-05-2023 18:00
  
  Annie O’Neill, who visits 33 schools a term, has noticed a huge rise in problems such as eating disordersCalls for 11,000 more school nurses in UKAnnie O’Neill has just finished delivering a session in which she has taught year 13 students to manage their anxious “glitter mind” with breathing exercises, CBT techniques and mindfulness. When the school nurse finishes, one of the students shyly shuffles up. After a long pause, she says: “I have a lot of pressure on me.
  
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• Calls for 11,000 more school nurses in UK as children’s needs grow

  02-05-2023 18:00
  
  Survey finds exhaustion and low morale among school nurses as they face increasingly complex caseloadsSchool nurses’ crucial, underfunded roleThe UK needs at least 11,000 more school nurses to deal with the increasingly complex needs of young people after the pandemic, and help prevent them from developing serious mental health problems, researchers and campaigners say.The number of school nurses has fallen by 35% in the last five years to about 2,000, and research by Oxford Brookes Univer
  
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• Guidance: Public sector apprenticeships data return

  02-05-2023 17:37 via gov.uk
  
  Guidance for public sector bodies on collecting and reporting data on their apprenticeships.
  
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• Labour set to ditch pledge for free university tuition, Starmer says

  02-05-2023 15:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir Keir Starmer said his party was "likely to move on" from its previous policy of scrapping fees.
  
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• Labour to ditch its promise to abolish tuition fees in England

  02-05-2023 13:55
  
  Keir Starmer says party will set out ‘fairer solution’ to funding university fees in coming weeksUK politics live –latest news updatesKeir Starmer has said Labour is set to ditch its longstanding commitment to abolish university tuition fees in England, arguing it was necessary to “move on” from the idea because of the economic situation.Starmer said his party was “looking at options” for how to fund universities, but made it clear the existing promise t
  
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• Covid era graduates struggle with communication, say Deloitte and PwC

  02-05-2023 13:45
  
  Accounting firms offer extra training on face-to-face presentations and in-person meetingsTwo of the UK’s big four accounting firms are giving extra training to younger recruits after finding that those who spent large parts of their education remote working during Covid lockdowns struggled with communication and teamwork tasks.Deloitte and PwC said they were offering newer recruits training on skills that may have been neglected during the pandemic such as giving face-to-face presentation
  
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• Guidance: Higher technical qualifications: provider toolkit

  02-05-2023 13:04 via gov.uk
  
  Steps providers should take to prepare to offer approved higher technical qualifications (HTQs).
  
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• School uniforms need to be affordable - Wales' education minister

  02-05-2023 11:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Schools are encouraged to review uniforms after a consultation on easing the cost burden.
  
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• Transparency data: External public access defibrillator cabinets: eligible schools

  02-05-2023 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  A list of schools that can apply for an external public access defibrillator cabinet funded by the Department for Education (DfE).
  
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• Welshpool: Pupil 'kiddywatts' heat energy-efficient school

  02-05-2023 09:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The school is a UK first, and stays warm by using the heat from pupils, known as "kiddywatts".
  
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• Welsh government issues new rules to bring down cost of school uniforms

  02-05-2023 07:00
  
  School badges, logos and branded items must not be compulsory amid cost of living crisis, says Labour-led governmentSchools in Wales have been told that they must not make school badges and logos on uniforms compulsory or force parents to buy branded items of clothing, in an attempt to ease the financial burden on families.They must also make sure there are arrangements in place for parents and carers to buy secondhand, and not to stipulate styles so that items can be bought from multiple retail
  
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