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Meet the AI refugees: white-collar workers retrain as teachers
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1201+ words) With jobs in impressive fields, many 40 and 50-somethings may have felt their school days were long behind them. But with the onset of AI, professionals are returning to the classroom " as teachers. Now Teach, which since 2016 has helped those with…...
Eight ways to get your child excited by nature — and off their screen
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (698+ words) Eight ways to get your child excited by nature " and off their screen'The Times Eight ways to get your child excited by nature " and off their screen The nature expert and wildlife presenter Nadeem Perera shares his tips for helping…...
The special needs crisis — blame the system, not us parents
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (932+ words) My daughter is 14. She's not on her phone, she's not slumped over a laptop on the bed in her foetid teenage bedroom, she's not stomping around the house being horrible. I recently found her zooming around the patio crouched down…...
University sector needs wealthy philanthropists like Chris Rokos
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (214+ words) The single biggest donation to a university in modern times would be notable in itself. But the fact that Chris Rokos, the hedge fund billionaire and one of the country's richest men, is handing over "190 million to the University of…...
Billionaire donates record £190m to Cambridge University
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (854+ words) A billionaire hedge fund manager is making the largest single donation to a university in modern times. Chris Rokos, who is one of Britain's richest men and biggest taxpayers, is giving "190 million to the University of Cambridge to create the…...
Why I’m giving middle-class kids £10 million to go to private school
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (1312+ words) Dear, a cofounder of the investment company Tetragon, oversees assets worth billions of pounds, but at home in Gloucestershire he is second in command on the cattle and chicken farm led by his wife. He was also coerced by the…...
Curbing excessive screen time requires a collaborative effort
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (522+ words) Solutions to stop the overuse of tech among children must come from many sources Curbing excessive screen time requires a collaborative effort Solutions to stop the overuse of tech among children must come from many sources Parents of under-fives will…...
NHS to give British doctors priority for training jobs
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (613+ words) The NHS will give young British doctors priority for jobs over international applicants under a new law being fast-tracked through parliament." Wes Streeting will introduce emergency legislation today to overhaul a "catastrophic" system that means thousands of UK graduates miss…...
No child needs protecting from any book
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (467+ words) Last week came the eyeroll-evoking story of a secondary school library in Greater Manchester removing 193 books as "inappropriate: likely to upset pupils and thus a "safeguarding risk. Moreover, the school admits it used AI to select the villainous volumes. Not…...
Is ‘gentle parenting’ to blame for violence in primary schools?
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (919+ words) Shielding her unborn baby from the furious punches, kicks and bites of a five-year-old pupil, Anna, a reception teacher who was seven months pregnant, vowed to leave the profession. The teacher, at a mainstream primary school, had been separating a…...