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• ‘The injustice hurts you more’: survivors tell of abuse at Edinburgh academy

  30-08-2023 19:56
  
  Pupils at the school in the 70s and 80s, including broadcaster Nicky Campbell, detail harrowing physical, sexual and psychological abuse to inquiry“It’s not the end of the story but a real turning point,” said Giles Moffatt after 14 gruelling days of evidence detailing the physical, sexual and psychological abuse he and generations of boys endured at Edinburgh academy, one of Scotland’s most prestigious private schools.Moffatt, 51, is co-founder of the survivors’ gr
  
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• Schools in England told to be ready to evacuate buildings at risk of collapse

  30-08-2023 14:18
  
  Officials urgently ask school leaders to draw up contingency plans to handle problems caused by crumbling concreteUK politics live – latest updatesOfficials are making hurried calls urging school leaders to draw up contingency plans for buildings at risk of collapse because of crumbling concrete, the Guardian has learned.Department for Education documents show that staff have been instructed to contact leaders of England’s schools and academies to check they are prepared to evacuate
  
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• Student housing used to be affordable. Why has it become an ‘asset class’ to enrich the already wealthy? | Leilani Farha

  30-08-2023 13:00
  
  University accommodation should be treated as a right. We need action to curb this exploitation of young peopleAs the shorter summer evenings signal the start of a new academic year, a chilling wind of anxiety will take hold for many university students. But it’s not necessarily school-related stress or nerves about leaving home that is causing them to worry. It’s something more fundamental: for an increasing number of students the question troubling them is “Where am I going t
  
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