Students honour Remembrance Day through creative designs

3D and Mixed Media learners have continued to build on previous years’ products while expanding the range with new and innovative designs, including Lest We Forget key fobs; ceramic items ranging from coasters to…

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Phil Smith on Jobs Plans, the Employability Skills Framework and Keeping Pace with AI

They last spoke in the summer to unpack Skills England’s Annual Report, looking at the Local Skills Compass and a common language of skills . This time Phil gives an update on the next phase of the Employability Skills…

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First personalised cancer vaccine cuts risk of disease returning in major trial

The researchers involved say the results could mark a turning point in cancer treatment, bringing personalised medicine a step closer. The trial also found that the new drug combination reduced the risk of melanoma, a…

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India slashes cost of cancer drugs after court rules mark-ups are ‘extortion’

From next month, 137 cancer drugs in India will be cheaper as the government tries to tackle the tragedy of poorer patients either forgoing treatment, selling land or falling into debt to meet the high cost of some…

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Longer Lives need a Learning Guarantee

The familiar sequence of education, employment and retirement is becoming less suited to the lives people will lead. Learning and earning will increasingly overlap, as people change jobs, update their skills or move into…

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What the Trading Floor Taught me About Financial Education

A greater understanding of the basics is a must, and access to this sort of education must be offered at all levels of education. Why I started Financial eLearning I was trading Brent Crude oil at the time and the market…

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Heat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn

Morgues and funeral homes filled with bodies from June to August as the heat added by planet-baking pollution cut short an extra 32,000 lives in urban areas, the researchers found. Hot days pushed vulnerable bodies into…

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Liechtenstein prince’s ‘surreal’ abortion veto dismays campaigners

The legislation was approved by Liechtenstein's parliament last month after the presentation of a citizens' initiative signed by roughly a quarter of the nation's voters. The news left campaigners in the principality…

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Rapid changes to care market risk to National Care Service, regulator says

The Care Quality Commission's annual report highlights how a rising share of the care home market is owned by large firms - the five biggest increased their share by 26% in the last two years, driven by interest from US…

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Give more people weight-loss jabs on the NHS, say MPs

The Health Committee said the current plan for 220,000 people to have this jab for free on prescription in 2028 was a "woefully small number" and "unambitious". This represents only around 6% of eligible people and is a…

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