Exporting Influence or Eroding Excellence? A Critical Reflection on the UK’s International Education Strategy 2026

Central to the strategy is the goal of growing UK education exports to £40 billion per year by 2030, up from £32 billion currently, through broadening global markets, strengthening partnerships, and encouraging overseas…

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All aboard the cervical screening bus: how NHS clinic-on-wheels is saving lives

While some look calm, others are visibly nervous. This is no mobile library, post office or coffee truck – but one providing far more intimate services: cervical screening. The bus feels surprisingly spacious. There's a…

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The super-producer who made an album from his hospital bed – podcast

In 2024, James Ellis Ford was at the height of his career, working with a variety of artists that included some of the world's best-known acts. Then, he was diagnosed with leukaemia and it all ground to a halt. Isolated…

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Women should not have to travel for hours to give birth | Letters

Many rural areas have already seen the distances travelled in labour increase due to the closure of local units over the past two decades. In south Cumbria, first-time deliveries are only available at Lancaster or…

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How surrogacy helped my sister and friends | Letters

While the baby is living with its parents, my husband and I are the legal parents. We are waiting for our family court date in September to recognise the baby's biological parents as legal parents. My surrogacy story…

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Can exercise really help improve my sex life?

It's not necessarily about changing how your body looks, or being strong enough to swing from the chandelier. Regular movement improves smaller, less visible bodily functions that increase your desire and capacity for…

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Cambridge University defends its mental health support for Jason Arday

The university said it had continued to provide Arday with extensive mental health support and security measures, including installing panic alarms and screening racist emails and post, after he resigned from his post as…

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‘It was barbaric. I was crying my eyes out’: why are so many women left in agony by routine womb examinations?

She was there for a hysteroscopy, in this case to remove a fibroid. A thin surgical instrument with a lens, a light, a blade and an irrigation system for pumping saline solution would be inserted through her vagina and…

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Why cancer, not cost of living, may be the biggest issue in Iowa’s midterm elections

The midwestern state has the second-highest rate of cancer nationwide and, together with Utah and West Virginia , is one of only three states where the incidence of the disease is rising, according to cancer rate…

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California law would force companies to disclose toxic chemicals in disposable diapers

Diapers often contain among the most toxic substances – phthalates, lead, Pfas, quats, arsenic, a range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and "fragrance", which can include any number of 1,200 compounds thought to be…

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