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• Bereaved parents say review into student suicides in England is ‘slap in the face’

  30-10-2023 19:41
  
  Parents say government’s planned review has too short a timeframe and will not be sufficiently rigorousBereaved parents whose children have killed themselves while at university have criticised the government’s planned review of student suicides in England, describing it as “a slap in the face” for families.The higher education minister, Robert Halfon, announced the national review earlier this year amid mounting concern over student mental health and a series of suicides
  
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• Did you solve it? Forget Wordle, here’s Worzle

  30-10-2023 18:04
  
  The answers to today’s puzzlesEarlier today I set you three “Worzle” puzzles. The name is a portmanteau of Wordle + puzzle, and is essentially a combination of Wordle and Sudoku. It was devised by reader Alf Smith. Here are the puzzles again with their solutions.If you have been living under a rock for the last two years and are not familiar with Wordle, the puzzle will be very confusing! If, however, you have played Wordle at least once, then Worzle should be straightforward.
  
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• Steer clear of the perils of plagiarism | Letters

  30-10-2023 17:52
  
  Readers respond to accusations of plagiarism against the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, in her new book Teachers, perhaps especially at universities, will be wearyingly familiar with the type of plagiarism that Rachel Reeves has been accused of, and the non-excuses that have followed so far (Rachel Reeves admits mistakes after being accused of plagiarism in new book, 26 October). The central issue is the passing off of someone else’s writing as one’s own. This isn’t simply a
  
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• Chelsea flower show to feature first garden designed by children

  30-10-2023 16:03
  
  The No Adults Allowed garden, being designed by group of primary school pupils, will feature slide and secret doorVisitors to Chelsea flower show usually expect a peaceful, refined atmosphere as they contemplate the prize blooms. But this year they could hear the laughter of young people playing on a slide in the centre of the first show garden designed by children.The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), which runs the show, hopes to make gardening and nature more accessible to young people and i
  
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• Malmesbury Primary School may have to turn down £6m donation

  30-10-2023 15:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir James Dyson says he has "battled" to be able to give the money to the school.
  
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• Musical about Lourdes saint falls foul of France’s school secularism rules

  30-10-2023 14:29
  
  Show excluded from ‘pass culture’ scheme that allows teachers to take groupsto cultural events for free French officials have prevented schools from taking pupils for free to a musical about Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, claiming it would contravene rules on keeping all religion out of education.The show’s producers were informed by mail that it was being excluded from a “pass culture” scheme that allows teachers to take groups to cultural events for free, for not re
  
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• Press release: New support for teachers powered by Artificial Intelligence

  30-10-2023 10:37 via gov.uk
  
  £2million investment in Oak National Academy to improve and expand Artificial Intelligence tools for teachers.
  
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• Can you solve it? Forget Wordle, here’s Worzle

  30-10-2023 08:10
  
  An exclusive new puzzleUPDATE: Read the solutions hereHappy birthday Wordle, two years old this month!Reader Alf Smith, a retired software engineer from Herefordshire, has devised what he calls “Worzle”, a portmanteau of Wordle + puzzle. You are shown a solved game of Wordle, with some letters hidden, and must fill in the missing letters. Continue reading...
  
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• Kenya's school floggings: The children suffering from a hidden epidemic

  30-10-2023 01:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Africa Eye investigates an increase in severe and sometimes deadly beatings at Kenyan schools.
  
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• UK public services in ‘doom loop’ due to short-term policies, thinktank warns

  30-10-2023 01:01
  
  Institute for Government says ‘crumbling’ services are far worse than when Tories took power in 2010Britain’s public services are stuck in a “doom loop” of recurring crises as a result of ministers’ short-term policymaking, a thinktank has warned.Public services are performing worse than before the pandemic and much worse than when the Conservatives came to power in 2010, according to the Institute for Government (IfG) annual report on the state of public serv
  
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