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Good work-life balance tops wish-list when looking for new job, survey suggests
2+ hour, 28+ min ago (285+ words) Having a good work-life balance is more crucial to workers than getting a higher salary when looking for a new role, a survey indicates. A good work-life balance was the most common "must have" cited by workers, with 43% of people…...
Four-course meals to nutritionists in every school: Around the world in school meals
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (1653+ words) While deep-fried foods and high-sugar desserts are finally off the menu, less is still being spent on school dinners in the UK than in many other countries. Radhika Sanghani checks out how other children around the world live School meals…...
Teacher banned from the classroom after taking indecent photos of himself in school
13+ hour, 33+ min ago (370+ words) Benjamin Lillicrap admitted that he had taken indecent images of his genitalia on school premises A science teacher who took indecent images of himself on school premises during working hours has been banned from the profession. Benjamin Lillicrap, who worked…...
Readers compare "stodgy" UK school food with France and Spain
15+ hour, 55+ min ago (733+ words) As reforms spark debate, our community recalls forcing down heavily processed UK school dinners " and contrasts them with fresher meals in France, Spain and beyond Independent readers have been debating how UK school dinners stack up against those served in…...
Student loan caps by Trump will cost nursing and medical students thousands
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (736+ words) President Donald Trump placed limits on how much graduate students could take out through federal student loans with the signing of his One Big Beautiful Bill Act last summer New federal student loan caps imposed by the Trump administration will…...
Chronic shortage of educational psychologists could "derail special needs reforms
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (649+ words) Only one educational psychologist for every 9, 400 pupils in some areas, new report reveals A "chronic shortage" of educational psychologists poses a significant threat to government ambitions for more inclusive mainstream schools for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND),…...
Sorority apologizes for recreating Nazi-era banner used for philanthropy event
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (280+ words) The Independent Sorority apologizes for recreating Nazi-era banner used for philanthropy event - A Syracuse University sorority, Delta Delta Delta, apologized for briefly displaying a banner on its house that resembled a Nazi-era 1936 Berlin Olympics poster. - The sorority stated the banner…...
Syracuse sorority slammed for recreating Nazi-era poster for philanthropy event
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (507+ words) The banner evoked a poster from the 1936 "Nazi Olympics" in Berlin A Syracuse University sorority is apologizing for briefly displaying a banner on its house that resembled a Nazi-era Olympic poster. "The creation and display of this banner was done…...
Staff at Northern Ireland's largest university told of redundancies
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (131+ words) Ulster University, Northern Ireland's largest higher education institution, is set to make approximately 450 staff redundant. - The proposed job losses are understood to be part of a voluntary scheme, as announced by Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Bartholomew to employees. - The university said…...
Northern Ireland's biggest university to make 450 staff redundant
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (380+ words) The university is home to over 30, 000 students and 3, 100 staff across its Belfast Northern Ireland's largest higher education institution, Ulster University, is set to make approximately 450 staff redundant. The university, home to over 30, 000 students and 3, 100 staff across its Belfast, Jordanstown, Coleraine,…...