Would-be paramedics hit with £27,500 bill to retrain for vital service
Professionals who want to retrain as paramedics are facing tough financial decisions after discovering they are barred from government funding. Read more
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Survey shows teachers unaware equality laws apply to pupils’ hair
Few teachers are aware that equalities legislation applies to their school’s policies on hair, despite high-profile court cases affecting black students who have been penalised or excluded for their hairstyles, a survey has found. Read more
UK government to scrap ‘BAME’ in response to race inquiry
Ministers will drop the term black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME), beef up local scrutiny of police stop and search and draft a model history curriculum to teach Britain’s “complex” past in response to the Sewell report on racial disparities. Read more
Thousands of students drop out of university as pandemic takes its toll
Thousands more undergraduates have pulled out of their studies since the start of the academic year, amid suggestions that the pandemic is continuing to take a toll on British universities and students. Read more
‘Legends are to be told’: Colombian library goes beyond books to keep stories alive
As dawn creeps over the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia, a small group of children trek downhill carrying cameras and sketch pads. Read more
Police seek motive in deadly Sweden school attack
Police in Sweden are attempting to determine why an 18-year-old student allegedly killed two teachers at a school in Malmö, as fresh details of the attack emerged. Read more
‘Is it a crime to study?’: outcry as Taliban bar girls from secondary schools
The Taliban are facing international condemnation after they announced on Wednesday that girls would not be allowed to attend secondary school, despite their previous assurances. Read more
Pupils had futures blighted during the pandemic: now they are being cheated again
A damning report says Covid school closures were a ‘national disaster’ in England. We need action to prevent a lost generation Read more
Government sets out plans to overhaul special educational needs system
Mainstream schools in England will be required to “change their culture and practice” to become more inclusive of children with special educational needs and disabilities, under government proposals designed to end the current postcode lottery. Read more
Church leaders object to keeping slave trader memorial in Cambridge college chapel
Leading black figures in the Church of England including two prominent bishops are among more than 160 signatories to a letter objecting to a recent judgment that a memorial to the slave trader Tobias Rustat should remain in the chapel at Jesus College, Cambridge. Read more
