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‘Publicly humiliated’: parents describe difficulty of children’s isolation at school

Today at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

Parents say use of isolation room damages mental health and children’s learning

One in 12 secondary pupils put in isolation rooms at least once a week, study finds

Max was 11 and had just started his new secondary school when he was first put into isolation. He had asked to use the toilet between lessons, which was not ordinarily allowed, and was told to go quickly.

“He knew he wasn’t...

Education

One in 12 secondary pupils put in isolation rooms at least once a week, study finds

Today at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

Children with special educational needs more than twice as likely to be put in isolation, say Manchester researchers

‘Publicly humiliated’: parents describe difficulty of children’s isolation at school

One in 12 secondary pupils report being put into school isolation rooms at least once a week where they often spend in excess of eight hours, missing more than a full day of lessons, according to...

Education

University of Virginia agrees to Trump administration demands over admissions and hiring

Today at 00:15 AM, via The Guardian

School joins University of Pennsylvania, Columbia and Brown in bowing to White House to restore funding

The University of Virginia (UVA) has become the latest school to agree to the Trump administration’s demands concerning discrimination in admissions and hiring following significant pressure from the justice department.

The deal, which the department announced on Wednesday, comes after the...

Lifestyle

A new era of indulgence at Sandton

Today at 09:44 AM, via The South African

The Spring/Summer 2025 season arrives with a bold new Italian-inspired menu, where artful dining and modern luxury meet in Sandton.

Science/Tech

Volvo Cars’ Multi‐Adaptive Safety Belt, Debuting In The Upcoming EX60

Today at 09:57 AM, via Tech Financials

The world-first multi-adaptive safety belt, set to debut in Volvo Cars’ soon-to-be-revealed fully electric EX60 SUV, has been recognised as one of the Best Inventions of 2025 by TIME. Today, TIME revealed its annual list of the Best Inventions, which features 300 extraordinary innovations changing our lives. For the second year in a row, Volvo […]

Health

Bird Flu Is Back

Yesterday at 11:02 AM, via New York Times

After a quiet summer, the virus is hitting poultry flocks hard in the run-up to the holidays — and in the midst of a federal government shutdown.