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series of views of an examination hall or room images with exam tables set up ready for students. empty chairs and tables. End of school exams university entrance or higher school certificate scene.

Exams must follows online learning’s lead

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A view of small boats thought to be used in migrant crossings across the Channel at a storage facility in Dover, Kent.

Migration: The missing media voice

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A man walks through an illuminated walkway in Covent Garden, London, which has moved into the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions as a result of soaring case rates.

Liberal values ‘provide hope’ in the time of Covid

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British flags line the famous promenade to mark the monarch’s birthday celebrations

Labour’s patriotic problem

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The reality for many potential female victims of trafficking is that they are unable to access safe-housing

Lack of safe housing puts trafficking victims at risk

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Fisherman Dean Fryer at his shack on Aldeburgh Beach (photo: Laurie Churchman)

‘They’re gambling with our way of life’: Town’s last fishermen fear Brexit sell-out

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Lockdown has seen the social way of life, vital to sustaining our mental equilibrium, sacrificed

Mental health ‘missing’ from Covid response

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BASC responds to Scottish Government’s announcement on deer management

Scotland’s Net Zero Secretary today announced the government’s climate change plans, including details on how these new measures will affect deer management in Scotland. The Scottish Government has stated they ‘will build on the current Cairngorms Deer Pilot to develop a national scheme which incentivises increased management and investment in the venison supply chain’. Peter… Read more »

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Ofsted report into Religious Education shows long overdue need for reform, says Humanists UK

The UK Government must carry out long overdue reform of the teaching of Religious Education (RE) in England to meet the needs of modern society, says Humanists UK in response to another Ofsted review. In its deep-dive report into RE – Deep and meaningful? – Ofsted found that the current curriculum often lacks ‘sufficient substance to… Read more »

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300 British troops will be spending Christmas in Mopti

Post-Brexit Britain must do better than ‘doomed’ Mali deployment

Last week the government announced that British troops have been deployed to Mali. The question is ‘why?’

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Under a policy enacted by successive governments, a cohort of people with NRPF are told they do not have a right to claim public funds

Covid crisis demands ‘safety-net for all’

The idea behind the NRPF condition – that people should not have access to public funds before they have been here and contributing for some time – does not stand up to scrutiny during a national crisis.

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