CAVC’s pioneering use of digital learning sees it retain Microsoft Elevate Showcase School status for the eighth year running
The status signifies that the College is an innovator in the Welsh Further Education sector and that it has a strong digital strategy. Previously known as the Microsoft Showcase School programme, this recognition…
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Cambrian Training Company Celebrates a Landmark 30th Anniversary Year
From its beginnings as a small subsidiary of Mid Wales Tourism, the Welshpool-based organisation has grown into one of Wales’ leading work-based learning providers, delivering more than 20,000 apprenticeship programmes…
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Menopause supplements costing more than £400 a year ‘no better than cheap multivitamin’
Which? found that many popular supplements that are aimed at women over 45 going through menopause or perimenopause lack meaningful quantities of key nutrients, yet cost 20 times more than standard multivitamins. The…
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A moment that changed me: My mother fell off a mountain – and my life began again
My annus horribilis began when a long-term relationship broke up in January, only six months after we had bought our first home together. I was about to turn 38 and the future I thought was mine – marriage, children –…
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Family told to call locksmith over mental health fears
On , Hobie Harrison's parents called Norfolk Police to request a welfare check after he failed to respond to them. He was found dead the next day. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said the force's 101…
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Counting the Cost: Why the UK’s Employability Skills Crisis Can No Longer Be Ignored
Not technical skills, although those matter enormously, but the human capabilities that allow people to thrive in real workplaces: communicating clearly, managing time, solving problems, working with others. These are…
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Counting the Cost: Why the UK’s Employability Skills Crisis Can No Longer Be Ignored
Not technical skills, although those matter enormously, but the human capabilities that allow people to thrive in real workplaces: communicating clearly, managing time, solving problems, working with others. These are…
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Hidden habits that make your social anxiety worse - and how to break them
It got so bad she developed depression and had to have time off school. By the time she started university, she avoided group settings altogether. "I didn't join clubs and societies like others did," says Mary (not her…
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Antisemitism on the rise at universities, charity warns
The Community Security Trust (CST) said it had recorded 95 "university-related" incidents in the 2025-26 academic year - up from 83 the year before. It said the number had fallen from its peak in the year after Hamas…
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‘Godzilla’ of weight-loss drugs could provide other important health benefits
Retatrutide mimics three key gut hormones that help control appetite, blood sugar and metabolism: GLP-1, GIP and glucagon. Unlike other drugs such as Wegovy, which primarily targets the GLP-1 pathway to suppress…
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