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Press release: UK aid to connect UK schools with classrooms around the world
Film director Richard Curtis joins International Development Secretary, Education Secretary and the British Council to launch new education programme.
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Published: 14 September 2018
Generation of young carers 'neglected by society'
<img alt="Generation of young carers &#39;neglected by society&#39;" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/235b45c3-7c62-425e-bae1-e75fd47a9442/3/ScreenShot20180125at111828-320x198.png" /> <p> Carers Trust said figures gathered following a survey give an "incredibly worrying sense of the scale of this issue for the first time in a decade", adding that they "blow all previous figures out of the... </p>
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Published: 14 September 2018
Early Years Publications of Research Reports
This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Councils, Early Years Childcare Development Co-ordinator, Clare Thompson, for the attention of Childminders, PVI's, Nurseries, Nursery Schools, Primary Schools with Nursery classes and Primary Schooks offering breakfast, afterschool and holiday provision.
Action required
Published: 14 September 2018
Students blamed for university and college cyber-attacks
University cyber-attacks might often be caused by students rather than hacking groups.
bbc
Published: 14 September 2018
Children's mental health services 'turning away cannabis-related cases'
<img alt="Children&#39;s mental health services &#39;turning away cannabis-related cases&#39; " src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/ab16e129-f87a-4e10-8ed4-6697de809755/3/blurcannabiscloseup606506-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The report by drugs policy think-tank Volteface found that shrinking resources in community mental health provision is creating intense competition for support, with conditions such as eating disorders... </p>
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Published: 13 September 2018
Apprenticeships in Schools Survey - Deadline 9am, 17th September 2018
This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Slough Academy Project Manager, Sarah Trahaern, for the attention of Nurseries, Primary and Secondary Schools.
Action required
Published: 13 September 2018
Generation Sensible: The 18-year-olds of today
Statisticians set out what life is like for 18-year-olds today and how it has changed.
bbc
Published: 13 September 2018
Ofsted calls for action on assessments at 'inadequate' council
<img alt="Ofsted calls for action on assessments at &#39;inadequate&#39; council" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/8956e20b-c159-47a3-b6af-ab777ba819ee/4/towerhamletsshutterstock-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Ofsted's latest monitoring visit of Tower Hamlets children's services, which it rated as "inadequate" last year, found that in June 160 children did not have an updated assessment - representing more than... </p>
cypn
Published: 13 September 2018
Care applications fall 5.7 per cent over two years
<img alt="Care applications fall 5.7 per cent over two years" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/7229d5f2-1eea-4932-8b2f-9cfe0ef433f3/2/cafcasspetercraneposedbymodels-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Figures published by Cafcass show that in August 2018, Cafcass received a total of 1,179 new care applications. This figure is 5.1 per cent lower than August 2017. So far in the first five months of... </p>
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Published: 13 September 2018