Familiar Findings, Clearer Signals in DfE’s Common Findings Report
Several themes will be familiar, including planned learning hours, learner eligibility, withdrawals, ILR accuracy and supporting evidence. However, a comparison with the previous year’s report reveals notable differences…
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New AI tool can predict cancer survival by a single patient selfie, study suggests
The AI system was custom-built by experts at Mass General Brigham, a nonprofit, integrated academic healthcare system in Massachusetts, to estimate biological age and directly predict survival outcomes in patients…
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Are your bones brittle? If they were, how would you know? (To men: this goes for you too) | Ranjana Srivastava
"Because you have osteoporosis ." He is gobsmacked, acting as though I must have the wrong person. "But osteoporosis happens to women!" "Not quite," I say, and his eyes widen. Worldwide, one in three women and one in…
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Funding social care is a collective responsibility | Letters
Her question is framed as an issue of individual choice inviting the response: "Not me if I can avoid it." The responsible answer is, of course, all of us – collectively. It is an uninsurable risk that can only be solved…
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Jim Churm obituary
Jim joined the navy as an 18-year-old during the second world war and trained as a sick berth attendant before being assigned to landing craft operations. On D-day, , he sailed from Newhaven in East Sussex as the leading…
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United Colleges Group chosen to be Lead Host for Greater London Skills Competition 2027
Supported by the Association of Colleges, the Mayor of London and WorldSkills UK, the Greater London Skills Competition celebrates the outstanding work of colleges in developing the skills and talents that London needs…
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The Sandwell Colleges Take T Levels on the Road with the Big Yellow Bus
The T Level Roadshow will roll into schools to showcase the exciting range of T Levels on offer at Sandwell College and Cadbury Sixth Form College including digital, health, building and surveying, engineering, marketing…
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Jacqui Smith speech at Parliamentary reception for WorldSkills UK
It’s a real pleasure and an honour to be here today and to be able to welcome colleagues and partners, employers, educators, family members and most importantly, Team UK here to Parliament. It’s a brilliant opportunity…
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Young people face education and training “cliff edge” – Andy Burnham is right that the country’s NEETs crisis is an “economic catastrophe and moral failure”
Office for National Statistics data shows there are almost a million people aged 16 to 24 NEETs which the prime minister said reflected a “generation being denied its chance to get on in life”. He said an education…
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The 2027 International e-Assessment Awards are open for entry
Entries are now open, with free entry available across all categories until . Now in their 11th year, the Awards recognise the individuals, teams and organisations making a real difference to how assessment is designed…
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