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• Every new school being built in England is in unsafe air pollution area, study says

  19-03-2024 23:30
  
  Analysis finds almost nine in 10 planned new school sites exceed three WHO targets – and all breach at least one of themEvery new school in England is being built in an area with unsafe levels of air pollution, according to a damning report that says thousands of children will experience “alarmingly poor” air quality.Children are particularly vulnerable to the harmful effects of air pollution because their bodies, organs and immune systems are still developing. Continue reading
  
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• ‘Exorbitant’ fees paid to academic publishers better spent on Australian research and education, report finds

  19-03-2024 15:00
  
  Australia Institute report author says proposed open-access research library ‘great start’ but research grants reforms are needed to disrupt current modelFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s public research institutions are paying $1bn a year to giant academic publishers, new research shows, amid growing calls for taxpayer money to be redirected away from private enterprise
  
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• Boarding schools can do tremendous harm. Charles Spencer’s bleak memoir proves it | Gaby Hinsliff

  19-03-2024 09:00
  
  Many boys educated privately hand their trauma to the next generation – and, dangerously, to those who are raised to governCharles Spencer was just eight when he was sent away from home. Even before being packed off to boarding school, he was largely raised by nannies, in the remote aristocratic manner of the time. Lonely and vulnerable at his prep school, Maidwell Hall, which he describes as rife with schoolboy bullying and savage ritual beatings from masters, he was easy prey for the fal
  
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• Schools failing children with allergies - report

  19-03-2024 07:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Cambridgeshire mum wants changes to the law to protect children with allergies after her son died.
  
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• Childcare expansion in England may not meet parents’ expectations, says charity

  19-03-2024 06:01
  
  Survey by Coram found nursery costs and dwindling places will put pressure on government plansRishi Sunak’s plans to expand childcare provision in England are at risk of not living up to parents’ expectations as nursery costs surge and available places dwindle, a charity has warned.The cost of 25 hours a week for a child under two has risen by 7% on 2023, with the most expensive area being inner London where the average cost is £218 a week, the latest annual survey of the Coram
  
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• Childcare shortage worsens as costs rise – report

  19-03-2024 01:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fewer than a third of councils in all areas have enough spaces for children under two, a charity finds.
  
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