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Where freedom meets repression: Australian academics tread a fine line over ties to Iran

24-02-2024 20:00

More than 20 papers involving collaboration have been published in the past year, despite the government warning against joint research projects In April 2023 the Iranian government was in the midst of a brutal crackdown. Weeks earlier, thousands had been on the streets, protesting against the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old detained for an alleged violation of the country’s strict dress codes for women.That month, with hundreds of Iranians who had taken part in the demonstr

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Streaming: The Holdovers and the best films about teachers

24-02-2024 09:00

From Robert Donat’s heart-breaking Mr Chips to the real-life Mr Bachmann, Judi Dench’s venomous schoolmarm to Paul Giamatti’s classics stickler in The Holdovers, cinema loves teachers, whether inspirational or awfulI had a few teachers I adored in my years at school – and one or two, perhaps, who even inspired me in some capacity – but I can’t say a film about my relationship with them would make for particularly thrilling viewing. Teaching is hard graft, and

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School warning as explicit images shared to pupils

24-02-2024 08:58 via bbc.co.uk

North Bromsgrove High School and Sixth Form says the WhatsApp group has members as young as nine.

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Most schools in England facing real-terms cuts since 2010 thanks to Tories, analysis shows

24-02-2024 01:01

Urgent investment of £12.2bn needed to reverse effects of 14 years of austerity, unions sayAlmost three-quarters of schools in England are facing real-terms cuts since 2010 due to government funding decisions, analysis from a coalition of education unions has shown.New data released from School Cuts suggests before the spring budget next month that £12.2bn of investment is needed to reverse the cuts 70% of English state-funded schools have faced in the last 14 years under the Conserv

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