‘Bold, brilliant, thrilling’: leading authors on the novels every school should teach

Not all of his 58 predecessors went to university, but those who did favoured subjects such as history and classics and, more recently, philosophy, politics and economics. Yet reading fiction is a fantastic preparation…

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All eyes on Saxony-Anhalt – what will AfD do if it wins German state poll?

All eyes are on Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, where about 1.7 million people are eligible to vote, followed by Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin on 20 September. In all three contests, the far-right, anti-immigrant…

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Postcode Lottery: What Is Your Local NEET Rate? FE Soundbite 863

We know life is busy, so here’s a snapshot of the latest announcements and epic thought leadership articles from sector influencers and thought leaders across FE and Skills this week on FE News. Gavin’s Reflective…

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How hunger for a new weight-loss drug is feeding an industry of fakes

But new weight-loss drug retatrutide has become a headache not only for Eli Lilly, the pharmaceutical company behind it, but for regulators in the UK and around the world. The jab has not yet been approved for human use…

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Six-week-old child in Pennsylvania died from measles, coroner says

The determination comes as Lancaster county faces a growing measles outbreak. Stephen Diamantoni, the county coroner, confirmed the death to multiple news outlets and said that the infant had Amish lethal microcephaly.…

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Lindsay Clancy trial highlights gaps in postpartum psychosis research, experts say

It was a Friday afternoon, and her husband had gone outside to make a phone call – concerned about his wife's "hyperactive" speech. When he returned, she was rocking their two children in her arms, and said: "'Please…

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Cambridge University asks former chief crown prosecutor to open Arday review

Arday died at his home in south London on 14 August, nine days after his resignation as a Cambridge professor amid swirling allegations of plagiarism and inconsistencies in statements about his career. Prof Deborah…

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Alcohol-related cancer deaths in US have more than doubled over three decades

Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, analyzed more than three decades of Global Burden of Disease data. Their study, published in August in the…

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Nicola Close obituary

Starting as its sole employee in 2007, she built an influential organisation currently employing 19 people. This became especially evident during the Covid-19 pandemic, when directors of public health, whose role…

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Record-breaking summer school helps young people take their next step

The college’s seven-week Jobs Growth Wales+ (JGW+) summer school welcomed up to 100 school leavers across Deeside and Wrexham, building on the programme’s continued growth. At Deeside, 60 learners took part across five…

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