NatWest financial education workshops aim to ‘break down barriers’ to investing
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Erika Kirk’s planned visit to Arizona high school irks some students and parents: ‘I’m surprised it’s even happening’
NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsErika Kirk’s planned visit to Arizona high school irks some students and parents: ‘I’m surprised it’s even happening’Erika Kirk skipped an event in Georgia after she received ‘some pretty serious threats,’ according to a Turning Point USAGraig Graziosi in Washington, D.C. Thursday 16 April 2026 22:44 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","b...
HSY champions culture, craft and entrepreneurship at Harvard's Pakistan Conference
Hassan Sheheryar Yasin (HSY) represented Pakistan as a key speaker at the annual Pakistan Conference held at Harvard University this Sunday, where he participated in two sessions focused on culture, entrepreneurship and national identity. Organised by the Pakistan Student Association at Harvard Graduate School of Education, the conference brought together prominent voices from entertainment, politics and business to foster dialogue between Pakistani and international participants on the country...
New student loan caps by Trump administration will cost nursing and medical students thousands in the fall
NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsNew student loan caps by Trump administration will cost nursing and medical students thousands in the fallPresident Donald Trump placed limits on how much graduate students could take out through federal student loans with the signing of his One Big Beautiful Bill Act last summerRachel Dobkin in New York Wednesday 15 April 2026 23:29 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share"...
Teen whose eye was surgically removed after DHS shot him files civil rights complaint: ‘I’m in no way an agitator. I just had my camera’
NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsTeen whose eye was surgically removed after DHS shot him files civil rights complaint: ‘I’m in no way an agitator. I just had my camera’Tucker Collins seeks $100M in damages after less-lethal munition struck his face and destroyed his eyeAlex Woodward in New York Wednesday 15 April 2026 20:09 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark"...
Girlguiding chief – We need to advocate for girl-only space
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Campaigners quietly confident single-sex spaces guidance not watered down
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DU’s Master of Operational Research programme not in UGC list, likely to get MSc tag, again
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65,000 young people to be offered defence, clean energy and digital training
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SNP promise ‘Welcome to School Bag’ to build on Baby Box
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Furor grows over UVU commencement speaker after Charlie Kirk posts
NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsFuror grows over UVU commencement speaker after Charlie Kirk postsCharlie Kirk was fatally shot while speaking on the college’s campus last yearKatie Hawkinson in Washington, D.C. Monday 13 April 2026 17:07 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true...
Fried foods and sugary treats cut from school meals in sweeping reforms
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How to enter the AXA Startup Angel competition: tips from previous winners
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Bible stories might be made required reading for Texas public school students
Politics Bible stories would be required reading under controversial proposal for Texas public schools April 8, 2026 / 7:02 AM EDT / CBS/AP Add CBS News on Google Biblical stories like Jonah and the whale would be required reading for Texas public schools students under proposals that are putting the state at the center of renewed contentious wrangling over the role of religion in classrooms. Religious leaders, teachers, parents and students spent hours Tuesday before the state education board a...
Texas students could soon be forced to read from the Bible in public schools
NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsTexas students could soon be forced to read from the Bible in public schoolsRequired readings would include passages from Old and New Testament for students in middle school Ariana Baio Tuesday 07 April 2026 15:27 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmar...
UK government caps student loan interest rates at 6%
Minister says change for plan 2 and 3 loans in England and Wales will ‘protect borrowers’ from impact of global conflictUK politics live – latest updatesThe interest rate on plan 2 and plan 3 student loans will be capped at 6%, the Department for Education has announced.Graduates with plan 2 loans currently pay interest rates based on the retail price index (RPI) measure of inflation, plus up to 3% based on their earnings. Current students on plan 2 and plan 3 loans attract an interest rate of R...
Trump administration scraps transgender student protections in schools
NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsTrump administration scraps transgender student protections in schoolsTrump has taken a hard line on trans rights since returning to officeAnnie Ma Tuesday 07 April 2026 09:24 BSTBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":false,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"CF1:2952614To1","articleMeta":{"url":"...
Education Secretary Linda McMahon accuses critics of having ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said critics who disapprove of the Trump administration’s plans to dismantle the federal department suffer from what she described as "Trump Derangement Syndrome."McMahon discussed her unusual mandate from President Donald Trump to fire herself by eliminating the department and how politics should be handled in the classroom during an appearance on "Planet Tyrus.""I think there is some 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' out there that they just have to push ba...
Schools in England must be compelled to offer pupils healthy food, not junk
School food has suffered at the hands of politics and economics for almost 50 yearsAlmost a generation has passed since Jamie Oliver’s four-part Channel 4 documentary series Jamie’s School Dinners exposed the unhealthy reality of the food served to pupils at lunchtime, including – notoriously – fat-...