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Starting a new career in your 80s
Hilary Forde-Chalkly, 82, has just completed a Masters, with the help of her husband Syd.
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Published: 30 January 2019
Looking ahead
The OECD's head of education forecasts the biggest questions being asked of schools around the world.
bbc
Published: 30 January 2019
Parents protest over Birmingham school's LGBT equality teaching
The school said it wanted to educate children so they were able to accept differences in society.
bbc
Published: 29 January 2019
Brexit and poverty major threats to child health, warn doctors
<img alt="Brexit and poverty major threats to child health, warn doctors" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/2270c619-1699-40b0-862d-d139d8a203ae/1/p2thumb9jpg5314-320x198.jpg" /> <p> In a report measuring improvements in child health, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) says that it is "disappointed and gravely concerned" by a lack of progress by the government... </p>
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Published: 29 January 2019
Half of boys in YOIs are from BME backgrounds
<img alt="Half of boys in YOIs are from BME backgrounds" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/a70233ee-8d76-4580-abb8-19af838718dd/1/yoilockphiladams030512-320x198.jpg" /> <p> HM Inspectorate of Prisons' annual survey of children in custody, for 2017/18, found that 51 per cent of boys in YOIs identify themselves as being from a BME background, compared with 48 per cent when... </p>
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Published: 29 January 2019
The day a T. rex came to school
Two part-time teachers take an enormous dinosaur costume into schools to bring learning alive.
bbc
Published: 29 January 2019
Facebook's popularity dips with UK children, says Ofcom
Facebook's popularity among children fell during 2018, according to the media regulator Ofcom.
bbc
Published: 29 January 2019
The future of early intervention: roundtable debate
<img alt="The future of early intervention: roundtable debate" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e8a554a3-dfc7-4eb4-8161-b30287d9868a/4/KathyMarriottPicturebyTomAskewMiller-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Click here to download the full debate as a PDF The urgency to reduce pressures on children's services has never been greater. Research published by the Association of Directors of Children's Services... </p>
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Published: 29 January 2019
Screen time 'may harm toddlers'
A large study suggests excessive use may slow a toddler's development in language and sociability.
bbc
Published: 28 January 2019