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In a deal that could generate millions of pounds for the Russell Group university, Exeter academics will deliver an MA in applied security and strategy (also known as an MStrat) to a cohort at the National Defense…
Read moreIt was December 2007 and Jarman's wife, Claire, had given birth the previous day to their first child, a girl called Emma, so of course he rushed to the phone. All was well, he was told, but that "everything would become…
Read moreIn case that sounds triggering, never fear: this debut show is unlike any other schoolroom you've been in. Towelling is one of several oddball comics elevated to the best newcomer shortlist for this year's Edinburgh…
Read morePart of the deal the tech giant struck with almost all US states was to add more child safety measures - but Meta also called on TikTok and YouTube to add the same features. The UN's high commissioner for human rights…
Read moreCofnas secured a postdoctoral research role "on the future of liberalism" at Belgium's Ghent University in March. Weeks later, Ghent's department of philosophy and moral sciences handed a 19-page statement to university…
Read moreThe children had to pick a buddy to hold each other accountable; if one didn't graduate, the other wouldn't get the cash. But the idea worked: the county's high school dropout rate plummeted from 35% to 6%. This was the…
Read moreA Guardian analysis of data collected by the children's charity Coram has revealed that the annual cost of after-school care for children aged 5 to 11 in England has risen by 5% over the past year to £2,636. In Scotland…
Read moreThe new preparatory level 1 qualifications - one level below GCSEs - will "give students the essential knowledge and skills before they resit English or maths GCSE," in an effort to "end the resit treadmill", the…
Read moreIn 2017, it was closer to one in five. The figures vary across the UK - with 48% of applicants in Scotland intending to live at home, compared with 20% in Wales - but the trend is rising across the board. Students told…
Read moreArmed with a list of must-haves and strongly suggested essentials, I filled a shopping cart with a lot of stuff I'd use immediately (jersey twin XL sheets) and stuff that I'd eventually throw away after four years (the…
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