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The Sheffield College students celebrate strong technical and vocational results

The majority of students at the college receiving their Level 3 results have completed qualifications such as BTECs and T Levels. Angela Foulkes CBE, Chief Executive and Principal, The Sheffield College, said: “It’s…

Award-winning new teacher ready to help neurodivergent children

During her studiesEmily herself was diagnosed with ADHD, strengthening her drive to support neurodivergent children. Emily, who will be doing teaching supply work after graduation, said: “I wish that I had a teacher that…

Skills England Has Identified Accountancy As A Growth Profession. Now We Need The Talent Pipeline To Match

This is a sector critical to the UK economy and one that is heavily reliant on higher-level skills and apprenticeships. Accountancy is critical to the UK’s economic growth PBS is the largest of the ‘IS-8’ key growth…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

‘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…