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Youth fund for transforming spaces awards £1.5m
<img alt="Youth fund for transforming spaces awards £1.5m" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/23742edf-00be-4530-b73f-7a7a0af86f2e/3/YouthFocusNE0215-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Cafes, old libraries and even a camper van are to be transformed into youth clubs, quiet spaces or creative hubs, in some of the UK's most deprived areas. A total of 144 organisations will receive up... </p>
cypn
Published: 17 January 2019
Periodic table found at St Andrews University 'is world's oldest'
Experts who dated the teaching chart found at St Andrews University said it was printed between 1879 and 1886.
bbc
Published: 17 January 2019
Birmingham children's services no longer 'inadequate'
<img alt="Birmingham children&#39;s services no longer &#39;inadequate&#39; " src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/2c7a9e26-1520-4cbe-9339-5f37902070b9/1/birminghamcouncil-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Following a visit in December inspectors praised progress made by Birmingham Children's Trust (BCT), which took over the running of children's services in the city in April last year, in a bid to improve... </p>
cypn
Published: 17 January 2019
Ombudsman slams council over SEN failings
<img alt="Ombudsman slams council over SEN failings" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/d186536a-1181-41a3-9f98-bd2a508f7abe/4/DSC0036-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has upheld 11 complaints against Norfolk County Council, in the last two years relating to its failure to provide suitable provision for children with SEND.... </p>
cypn
Published: 17 January 2019
London state school secures 41 Oxbridge offers
A school in one of London's poorest boroughs aims to send 41 students to Oxford or Cambridge this year.
bbc
Published: 17 January 2019
GCHQ sets up all-female cyber-training classes
The UK's intelligence services say there are too few young women working in cyber-security.
bbc
Published: 17 January 2019
Liverpool University Chinese cheating email 'racist'
Liverpool University apologises after suggesting Chinese students didn't know what cheating was.
bbc
Published: 16 January 2019
'No deal' Brexit could divert DfE staff to other departments
<img alt="&#39;No deal&#39; Brexit could divert DfE staff to other departments" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/d9581643-8615-4fc4-9e02-4c7619ecc7e7/3/ScreenShot20190116at143812-320x198.png" /> <p> Asked what preparations had been made following Theresa May's crushing commons defeat yesterday, Education Secretary Damian Hinds said DfE staff could be temporarily sent to work in higher priority areas... </p>
cypn
Published: 16 January 2019
Low wages see four in 10 childcare workers reliant on benefits
<img alt="Low wages see four in 10 childcare workers reliant on benefits" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/82510eef-b9b5-4d11-919e-687ab922bef4/1/NURSERYhighwaystarzAdobeStock96380248-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) described levels of financial insecurity as "serious", with research finding that 44.5 per cent of childcare workers were receiving state assistance after... </p>
cypn
Published: 16 January 2019