National Innovation Challenge winners head to US for life-changing trip

Led by HRUC (Harrow, Richmond and Uxbridge Colleges) in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Industrial Liaison Program, the NIC aims to empower young people to tackle some of the world’s…

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Making assessment faster and more consistent with responsible AI

It gives learners the opportunity to demonstrate what they know and can do, supports progression into work and further learning, and helps employers and providers recognise capability. As vocational and professional…

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‘Clean air is not a favour’: Indonesia’s neighbours fed up with acrid haze as Singapore threatens to prosecute

"At the same time, we are looking into which companies may be responsible for the fires," he said in a Facebook post on Thursday, adding that he was exploring the idea of "joint action with other countries". Singapore…

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Unique Austrian universities programme sources students from India to meet STEM shortfall

Austria’s three leading Technical Universities — TU Wien, TU Graz, and TU Leoben – are partnering with VFS Education Services, an arm of VFS Global, an outsourcing company that works for 71 governments worldwide that…

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Access to Autism and ADHD Assessments Improved for Young People as Momenta Connect awarded place on national NHS framework

The framework gives NHS organisations a compliant procurement route through which they can commission additional autism and ADHD assessment capacity from approved providers. With around half a million children waiting…

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CITB’s New Entrant Support Team celebrates milestone of over 13,500 apprenticeship starts

The latest available statistics show that around 33,000 people started construction apprenticeships in Britain in 2024-25. NEST supported over 4,100 apprenticeship starts during the same period, meaning more than 12% of…

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Live pitching workshop puts budding entrepreneurs to the test

During the event, students from the Chancellor’s Entrepreneurs’ Club, an initiative developed and delivered by the University of Derby, met mentors for the first time and took part in a pitching masterclass to get a…

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Commercial kitchen staff exposed to high levels of air pollution, study finds

In the UK, 3.6 million people work in catering and hospitality. In the US it is estimated at close to 16 million . A first-of-its-kind study in the US has found catering staff can experience high air pollution at work –…

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Five years of the Assessment Innovation Fund: AI, Inclusion and Trust Part 2

That storm was generative AI. Suddenly, the questions being asked about assessment became much bigger. AI was present in the early windows, but it had not yet become the force reshaping assessment conversations. In the…

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Pope Leo lung cancer surgery: what kind of operation did he have and what happens next?

The operation, called a lobectomy, is the standard treatment for lung cancer caught early, and for many patients it is the only treatment they will ever need. So what exactly did his doctors do, and what happens next?…

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