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• University counselling services 'inundated by stressed academics'
  on May 23, 2019 at 12:31 am

  Academics are thronging to university counselling rooms to seek help for mental health problems and stress, a report suggests. […]

• Most parents reject nearest school
  on May 23, 2019 at 12:29 am

  Some 60% do not choose their local secondary school as their first option, shows major study. […]

• Grime over Mozart? Better music lessons 'changed my life'
  on May 22, 2019 at 11:02 am

  Results of four-year study shows better music education can improve attendance in disengaged pupils. […]

• 'I hope my burn will make my kids less judgemental'
  on May 22, 2019 at 1:29 am

  How one man with a facial difference hopes the next generation will be more tolerant. […]

• 'People should love who they want to'
  on May 22, 2019 at 12:29 am

  Inside a school where the "No Outsiders" diversity programme is taught. […]

• We Are Middlesbrough: Pregnant teenagers tell their story
  on May 21, 2019 at 11:52 pm

  Robyn and Megan say falling pregnant as teenagers changed their lives for the better. […]

• The mothers fighting to get their children back from Lebanon
  on May 21, 2019 at 11:13 pm

  The BBC met three mothers who have all had their children taken to Lebanon by their former partners. […]

• Academy withdraws pupils from A-level exams over poor mocks
  on May 21, 2019 at 12:48 am

  The Association of School and College Leaders described it as "pretty unethical conduct". […]

• Oxford University promises 25% of places to disadvantaged
  on May 21, 2019 at 12:46 am

  University of Oxford wants a big increase in students from deprived areas in the next four years. […]

• Mum whose baby died speaks of pain of hearing others cry
  on May 20, 2019 at 11:39 pm

  Lynette Parkes lost her baby at seven months and spoke of the added pain of hearing other newborns cry nearby. […]

• Robert F Smith: Morehouse College student on having loan wiped
  on May 20, 2019 at 10:36 pm

  Dwytt Lewis is one of the 400 Morehouse College graduates whose debt is being wiped by a US billionaire. […]

• Teens in care 'abandoned to crime gangs'
  on May 20, 2019 at 3:27 pm

  One girl tells how "random men" would pick her up from the home then think she "owed them something". […]

• Tackling skills gap ‘harmed by short-term politics’
  on May 20, 2019 at 6:36 am

  Vocational education plans are "disjointed and inconsistent", says skills organisation. […]

• Too many children in mental health hospitals, says report
  on May 20, 2019 at 1:15 am

  A lack of support in schools and the community in England is contributing to the problem, says a report. […]

• Broomlands Primary: Does a 'stunning school' help learning?
  on May 18, 2019 at 11:00 pm

  What parents, pupils and teachers think of the transformation of a primary in the south of Scotland. […]

• School run: How Cardiff primary is transforming pupils' commute
  on May 17, 2019 at 11:15 pm

  A school is leading the way to make the daily commute better for the environment and for health. […]

• Further education college faces insolvency
  on May 17, 2019 at 2:08 pm

  Hadlow College is requesting to be put into educational administration following financial trouble. […]

• Campus anti-Semitism must be stamped out, says universities minister
  on May 17, 2019 at 12:47 am

  Chris Skidmore says it is "unjust" to expect Jewish groups to fund security for university events. […]

• The Moon landings: How one small step inspired a generation
  on May 17, 2019 at 12:43 am

  "We want people's memories of seeing Moon landings footage for the first time," say researchers. […]

• The 'Brown Babies' who were left behind
  on May 17, 2019 at 12:27 am

  What happened to the babies born to black American soldiers and white British women during World War Two? […]

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