We would like to hear from UK students about their experiences of being targeted by criminals trying to steal their money
A survey by NatWest has found that 57% of UK students have been scammed by fraudsters, or have had close shaves.
Young adults had an average of £300 stolen by scammers in the last year, with one in four targeted by scammers impersonating their bank, according to a survey of...
Sutton Trust’s research reveals huge inequalities in how parents navigate Send system, with poorer children ‘doubly disadvantaged’
One in eight children in special schools have parents who spent £5,000 or more on their assessments, according to research that reveals huge inequalities in how parents navigate England’s special educational needs system.
One in 10 people unwilling to live next to someone who has been mentally ill even if they have recovered, Mind reports
The number of people in England who are frightened of living near people with mental health problems has nearly doubled to one in seven, which experts warn reflects an “alarming rise in stigma”.
Even if the mentally ill person had recovered, one in 10 people said they would be...
Backlash as California governor rejects measure allowing preferential treatment for descendants of enslaved people
California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, is facing backlash from progressives over his veto of a reparations bill that would have allowed universities to give preference to applicants descended from enslaved people.
Assembly Bill 7, widely supported by Democratic lawmakers, established...
I studied Old and Middle English. Although I didn’t know it, I couldn’t have chosen a better subject to train me to become a children’s author
Hwaet! When I was a Yale undergraduate, I hated being asked what my major was. “Medieval studies? What will you do with that?”, was the inevitable question from non-students. When I went on to Oxford and studied Old and Middle English, the...