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• ‘Hull is inspirational’: Mariupol academics look to Yorkshire as they plan for rebuilding of city

  03-03-2024 17:00
  
  Ukrainians in exile plan to rebuild Russian-occupied home city with help from University of HullArchitects rebuilding the destroyed city of Mariupol will learn lessons from Hull, which was regenerated after heavy bombing in the blitz, the rector of Mariupol’s university has said.Mariupol, a city under Russian control in south-east Ukraine, became emblematic of the brutality of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine after it was besieged by troops in February 2022 and endured 80 days of bombard
  
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• Mental health leave offered to Taiwanese students as youth suicides double

  03-03-2024 10:00
  
  Scheme allows three days off each term as high school stress and depression rates soarTaiwanese high schools will begin offering mental health leave to students this month, to address rising rates of youth suicide and high levels of stress and depression.Under the programme, high school students can apply for up to three days off each semester, taken as full or half days, without proof of need but with the permission of their parents. More than 40 schools have expressed interest in the trial run
  
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