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Student loans: The main problems caused by changes announced in the budget
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1051+ words) Changes to the student loans system quietly announced in the last budget have provoked a loud and angry response that has woken up Westminster to what anyone who did a degree in the 2010s, and their parents, already knew. The debt…...
Gender-affirming hormone treatment for teenagers halted by NHS
1+ week, 5+ day ago (405+ words) Hormone drugs will not be prescribed by the NHS to new under-18 patients who are transitioning genders following a review into the treatment's effectiveness. The masculinising or feminising hormones have been available on the NHS for 16 and 17-year-olds diagnosed with…...
'Kids do love reading, if you give them the right stuff': Campaign to get children back into books
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (695+ words) How to get children reading again has become one of the highly debated questions in education. At the centre of it sits an argument over what young people should be reading at school, with the campaigners behind the Lit in…...
Huge rise in UK adults using ADHD medication
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (366+ words) The use of medication to treat Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has risen sharply in the UK, largely due to growing prescription rates among adults - particularly women. New research shows the proportion of people taking ADHD drugs has tripled over the…...