[ad_1] 5 hours agoBy Alex Pope, BBC News, in BedfordAlex Pope/BBCMoyosore was in charge of her school's flowers and chard area at Bedford Market on Wednesday Schoolchildren who became market traders for the day selling produce they grew themselves said it helped boost their confidence.Pupils from across Bedford sold fresh goods like flowers, strawberries, potatoes and chillies at the town's market on Wednesday.Organised by charity School Food Matters and Bedford-based Food etc,
[ad_1] University of SunderlandThe completed blanket will go on tour across EnglandA giant blanket made by parents of pupils who have been excluded from primary and secondary schools has been officially unveiled.The crocheted blanket was made from 2,999 pieces of fabric, which represents the number of children who were excluded, on average, each school day in 2021/22.Dr Sarah Martin-Denham from the University of Sunderland, who led the project, said it
[ad_1] A toddler was found wandering in the middle of a road after escaping unnoticed from a nursery.Talks are now being held between council chiefs, Wales’ care inspectors and Tiny Tots Llanfoist Nursery in Monmouthshire to stop it happening again.The boy, understood to be between 12 and 18 months old, was spotted by two drivers on Llanellen Road, Llanfoist, at about 11:00 BST on 27 June.The nursery declined to comment.According
[ad_1] 3 days agoBy Joshua Nevett, @JoshuaNevett, BBC political reporter, Coventry and WarwickshireGoogleThe head of Princethorpe College has urged parents to voice concerns about Labour's plan to add tax to private school feesThe principal of a private school foundation in Rugby has urged parents to lobby parliamentary candidates over Labour’s plan to add tax to private school fees.Ed Hester emailed parents to say Princethorpe Foundation was "scenario planning" for Labour's VAT policy.In the
[ad_1] 4 days agoBy Martin Heath, BBC News, NorthamptonshireBBCThe University says it has "has no wish to part ways with valued colleagues"A University is offering a voluntary severance scheme to 500 staff to help it cope with a predicted £19.3m deficit.The University of Northampton (UON) said a drop in international student numbers was partly to blame.The institution said other factors were also involved, including rising pension costs and repayments on a new
[ad_1] Children in Middlesbrough who qualify for free school meals will be automatically enrolled in a pilot scheme from September.At present families must apply for the meals, meaning some pupils slip through the net.Under auto-enrolment, parents would remain able to opt out.Professor Amelia Lake from Teesside University said she "strongly welcomed the move" but said there is more to be done around the issue of vulnerable children going hungry during
[ad_1] University exams taken by fake students using artificial intelligence beat those by real students and usually went undetected by markers, in a limited study.University of Reading researchers created 33 fictitious students and used AI tool ChatGPT to generate answers to module exams for an undergraduate psychology degree at the institution.They said the AI students' results were half a grade boundary higher on average than those of their real-life counterparts.And
[ad_1] 5 days agoBy Anna Savva, BBC News, GuernseyPA MediaJersey's children's commissioner is among those who think the use of smartphones should be monitored but they have their place in schoolsBanning smartphones in schools has a positive effect on students' learning and emotional wellbeing, Channel Island educators say as some call for a blanket ban.Over the last few years the majority of secondary schools in Guernsey and Jersey have adopted policies to
[ad_1] 4 hours agoBy James Bovill, BBC Midlands TodayBBCAxel Pritchedd was forced to move out after telling their housemate they were non-binary"Everything can be good one day, and the day after you decide you're going to come out to your family, and within 10 hours you could be on the streets." Dean Marsh from the homelessness charity Concrete, based in Stoke-on-Trent, has helped more than 80 LGBT+ people get back on their
[ad_1] 4 hours agoBy Laurence Cawley, BBC News, EssexFamilyMum Alexandra says she wants providers to be held to account if and when they fail to deliverThe county of Essex currently has the worst record in England for assessing children educational health care plans (EHCP) within 20 weeks. What do parents of children with special educational needs want their would-be MPs to know?"I'm feeling really frustrated at the moment because none of the
