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Speaking to the Guardian, he said ministers needed to "make somebody responsible" for identifying and supporting the children who risked becoming Neet (not in employment, education or training) after their GCSE year up…
Europe is on fire, Gaza is besieged and Donald Trump remains in control of the world's largest nuclear arsenal. Allegations against British sociologist Jason Arday of CV-zhuzhing and plagiarism in his PhD thesis ("An…
That is how we get more young people crossing over to the job market, which is seriously short of skills and workers in many sectors, such as finance, IT and engineering, right now. Retail and hospitality will face the…
He was just 37 in 2023 when he became Cambridge's youngest black professor, specialising in the sociology of race and education. The achievement seemed all the more remarkable because of his incredible back story. Born…
The Guardian understands that senior dons at Cambridge are circulating a joint letter calling for an inquiry into the processes and circumstances around Arday being given the position, with many suggesting the university…
It is the first time whole genomes have been successfully designed by AI. The resulting 16 novel viruses were created to infect bacteria and pose no threat to people. The breakthrough has been labelled a "very…
The viruses are specific kinds known as bacteriophages, which only infect bacteria and are used around the world to treat patients with persistent infections. In lab tests, a cocktail of the AI-designed viruses killed E…
New specialist walk-in mental health services should take some of the pressure off. The bringing forward of a deadline for ending out-of-area acute placements, and a pledge to reduce waiting times for children, are also…
On Wednesday afternoon staff and students were told that Holmes was no longer employed by the institution, which was previously known as the University of Bolton. An email to staff said: "Dr George Holmes's contract as…
It was time to dig deep. This is what I had learned in all the childbirth classes. As long as I remained calm, breathed as instructed, moaned through the pain, things would happen as they were meant to. My body knew what…