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Adoption support: average payout drops by more than £2,000
<img alt="Adoption support: average payout drops by more than £2,000" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/d28c664a-257a-41b4-b682-7d4af1b7b3a0/1/childandmothershutterstock-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Figures released in parliament by children's minister Nadhim Zahawi show that in the first 11 months of the Adoption Support Fund (ASF), which opened to applications in May 2015, the average payout was... </p>
cypn
Published: 7 June 2018
Press release: Northern Powerhouse Minister calls for ‘Ivy League of the North’ to rival the best universities in the world
Jake Berry speaks at the first ever Northern Powerhouse Higher Education summit.
d_f_e
Published: 7 June 2018
News story: Universities Minister calls for a better deal for students
Universities risk jeopardising the credibility of the sector unless they improve the value offered by all courses, says Sam Gyimah.
d_f_e
Published: 7 June 2018
More than 350,000 children 'destitute', study finds
<img alt="More than 350,000 children &#39;destitute&#39;, study finds" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/25b3873d-ebba-42a0-bc3e-cce7b0860f2e/2/povertythorpejimvarney-320x198.jpg" /> <p> A report, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, found over the whole of 2017, 785,000 households experienced destitution in UK, defined as lacking two or more of six essentials over the past month,... </p>
cypn
Published: 7 June 2018
Background, subject and university 'all impact earnings'
New statistics give a detailed breakdown of what graduates earn five years after leaving college.
bbc
Published: 7 June 2018
Daily roundup 7 June: Age restrictions, mutuals, and Bob the Builder
<img alt="Daily roundup 7 June: Age restrictions, mutuals, and Bob the Builder" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/bb3e9cd6-5a79-48cc-80fd-960e33ea2b89/3/girlsusinganipad-320x198.jpg" /> <p> More than half of UK parents believe that age restrictions are not working effectively and want stricter regulations to be introduced online, researchers have found. A study of 1,500 parents, conducted... </p>
cypn
Published: 7 June 2018
News story: Members announced for new Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
The panel members, along with the chair Edward Timpson, will review the most serious child safeguarding cases to share lessons and improve practice.
d_f_e
Published: 7 June 2018
Schools found to be excluding increasing number of autistic children
<img alt="Schools found to be excluding increasing number of autistic children" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/24a0228f-8892-42f6-9a3e-3058787b608c/4/AmbitiousaboutAutism2-320x198.png" /> <p> Department for Education statistics obtained via a Freedom of Information request by the charity Ambitious about Autism, show a 59 per cent rise in exclusions among this group of children, from 2,831 in... </p>
cypn
Published: 7 June 2018
'Miss! Are your classes making me blind?'
Why spending more time in school and university could be damaging our eyes.
bbc
Published: 7 June 2018