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• Europe’s oldest student newspaper saved from closure

  11-10-2023 21:00
  
  More than £3,000 raised to keep the Student – founded in 1886 by Robert Louis Stevenson at Edinburgh University – goingThe oldest student newspaper in Europe has been saved from closure after its volunteer staff raised more than £3,000 in emergency crowdfunding.A free newspaper, the Student was founded at the University of Edinburgh in 1887 by the novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of Treasure Island and Kidnapped, who served as its first arts editor. Continue re
  
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• England’s Jewish schools heighten security as antisemitic incidents quadruple

  11-10-2023 18:22
  
  CST says incidents are up 324% on last year, with schools increasing security patrols after attacks in IsraelIsrael and Hamas at war – live updatesJewish schools across England are taking extra precautions to protect their staff and students after the attack on Israel, as the body that provides security advice to Jewish communities in the UK said it had recorded 89 antisemitic incidents between Saturday and Tuesday.Extra security patrols have been posted at school gates, and trips and afte
  
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• Jewish parents told to delete social media apps

  11-10-2023 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some schools have suggested parents delete apps such as TikTok and Instagram due to the violent content circulating.
  
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• Low confidence and periods stop girls liking PE, Youth Sport Trust survey suggests

  11-10-2023 17:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Just over half of girls in secondary school enjoy PE lessons, compared with 84% of the boys.
  
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• Guidance: Help and support for colleges

  11-10-2023 14:46 via gov.uk
  
  Information about the range of help and support available from the FE Commissioner, Department for Education and delivery partners.
  
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• Teach primary pupils real-world maths - Labour

  11-10-2023 13:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The shadow education secretary pledges to tackle a 'cultural problem' with the subject in schools.
  
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• Guidance: Children in need census 2024 to 2025: guide

  11-10-2023 12:43 via gov.uk
  
  Guide for local authorities submitting children in need census 2024 to 2025 returns.
  
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• Guidance: Children in need census 2024 to 2025: COLLECT reports specifications

  11-10-2023 12:43 via gov.uk
  
  Specifications of children in need census reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.
  
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• Tuition hikes at 23 public California colleges make students question: ‘Is it even worth it?’

  11-10-2023 12:00
  
  College goers criticize California State University’s announcement of increased tuition after a decade of stable costsWhen trustees at California State University (Cal State or CSU), one of the nation’s largest public university systems, decided to raise tuition, Crystal Chavira-Ordunez worried not only about their future but also their siblings’ future.Chavira-Ordunez, a first-generation Mexican American, will be the first in their family to graduate from Cal State East Bay af
  
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• Rhyl High School's shorter days to get some pupils back

  11-10-2023 07:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Figures say one in six secondary school pupils in Wales is now persistently absent.
  
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• Unsafe buildings leave 'forgotten' pupils learning from home

  11-10-2023 03:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of children have still not returned to lessons in school because of unsafe buildings.
  
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• Worries over confidence and periods hitting UK girls’ enjoyment of PE

  11-10-2023 01:01
  
  Survey finds less than two-thirds say they enjoy PE in schools, down from 74% in 2016Girls’ enjoyment of physical education in school has declined over the past six years, with a lack of confidence, concern about periods and anxiety about their appearance holding them back, according to research.Less than two-thirds of girls and young women (64%) who took part in a survey this year by the UK charity the Youth Sport Trust (YST), said they enjoyed PE, down from 74% when the poll began in 201
  
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