BBC Working towards a Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) award can conjure up an image of teenagers hiking and camping in the mountains rather than preparing afternoon tea. But at HMP/YOI Pentonville learning valuable cookery skills has helped inmates achieve their bronze and silver medals – which they’re receiving soon. I went along to speak to...
2 days ago Joanna Morris,Louise Hobson BBC Debbie Fixter and the team at Sprouts Community Food Charity help their community by providing food, clothes, activities and other support for little or no cost Nigerian students hit by a financial crisis make up the majority of clients at a food charity, its manager has said. An...
2 hours ago Robbie Meredith,BBC News NI education correspondent BBC Sadie says she looks forward to the children coming “Dementia is like a bookcase – your newest memories would be on the top and then sometimes memories fall out.” Katie from Riverdale Primary School near Lisburn has been getting lessons from some very special teachers....
BBC Sam said the fight over her son Harrison’s schooling was taking its toll on her family A mother has described trying to get her five-year-old son a specialist school place as a “living nightmare”. Sam, from Chester, said the council had disagreed about her son Harrison’s needs and placed him in a mainstream school....
17 hours ago Jonny Manning,Andy Watson BBC About 50 students have locked themselves inside a Newcastle University building, while more protest outside Students protesting against the war in Gaza have barricaded themselves inside a university building. The protesters had occupied an area outside of Newcastle University but have since moved inside the Armstrong Building. A...
20 hours ago Tanya Gupta,BBC News, South East Students’ Union Affected students have hand-delivered a letter to university bosses Overseas students struggling with tuition fees amid a currency crisis in Nigeria have been told they will not be removed from University of Sussex courses. The Students’ Union had revealed 1,009 students were warned in April...
2 hours ago Joanne MacAulay,BBC Scotland News BBC When the last exam of the Scottish 2024 exam diet – Gaelic Nat 5 listening – ends later, candidates, teachers and parents across the country will breathe a sigh of relief. So will the army of people who have to make sure the logistics go smoothly and...
18 hours ago Tanya Gupta,BBC News, South East Getty The Students’ Union said scores of distressed students had sought help Overseas students struggling with tuition fees amid a currency crisis in Nigeria have pleaded for more time after the University of Sussex told them debts must be cleared by Friday. The Students’ Union accused the...
15 minutes ago Gemma Sherlock,BBC News, Manchester BBC Protesters have partly taken over a University of Manchester exam building Exams at a university have been disrupted after a group of protesters have “unlawfully barricaded” a university building. The group, which includes students, occupied the University of Manchester’s (UoM) Whitworth building on Oxford Road on Monday...
2 hours ago Meleri Williams,Megan Davies Getty Images Figures show that 40% of secondary school pupils in Wales missed, on average, an afternoon a week of the last school year Panic attacks, anxiety, and problems with mental health are among the reasons given by children who avoid going to school, amid a rise in absenteeism in...