Aspiring young actors are being given a hand to get their “show on the road” by Hugh Bonneville. The actor, famous for Paddington and Downton Abbey, is working with the National Youth Theatre to launch the Auditions Access Fund. The scheme will start in 2019 and will see the NYT travel to ten schools and […]
Image copyright Getty Images Teenagers who are victims of neglect, bullying, crime, family violence and sexual exploitation are more likely to self-harm and have suicidal thoughts, a study from King’s College London finds. The report says the picture is complex, with other pre-existing vulnerabilities like low self-esteem or an unsupportive home also playing a part. […]
Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption A Los Angeles high school holds a drill to prepare for the threat of attacks This year, 113 people have been killed or injured in school shootings in the United States. That’s the sobering finding of a project to count the annual toll of gun attacks in schools. At the […]
Image copyright Getty Images Young people are highly sceptical about advancement being a reality, according to a survey from the relaunched Social Mobility Commission. It found many young adults expected to be worse off than previous generations and believed opportunities depended on social background rather than talent. The previous commissioners resigned over a lack of […]
The NHS recommends that mums exclusively breastfeed for around the first six months of their baby’s life. But those that struggle – or choose not to breastfeed – can feel judged or guilty about it. We invited five mums with a range of experiences to tell us how they found their own way to feed […]
Image copyright Woebot Labs/TouchkinImage caption Woebot and Wysa are part of a new wave of mental health chatbots Two mental health chatbot apps have required updates after struggling to handle reports of child sexual abuse. In tests, neither Wysa nor Woebot told an apparent victim to seek emergency help. The BBC also found the apps […]
Image copyright Getty Images Oxford and Cambridge are being accused of being so socially exclusive that they recruit more students from eight top schools than almost 3,000 other English state schools put together. The Sutton Trust social mobility charity says the leading universities are failing to attract a wide enough range of talent. Trust founder […]
Former MPs have consulted schoolchildren on plans for a Holocaust memorial at Westminster. Ex-Labour MP, Ed Balls, and former Tory MP, Eric Pickles, joined a Year 11 class at the Sacred Heart School in Camberwell for a discussion about the Holocaust. More stories from the Today programme here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46481067
Image caption The pay gap left Meenakshi Sarkar feeling depressed and devalued When Meenakshi Sarkar landed a job as a teaching fellow at Leeds University after a successful career in business in India, she was delighted. But the university put her on the lowest possible academic pay band, leaving her struggling financially. It became clear […]
Image caption Hollie says a call to Childline probably saved her life Grandparents should be brought back into children’s lives to help tackle a surge in youth anxiety and mental ill health, says Dame Esther Rantzen. The Childline founder said children’s wellbeing was being harmed by the “fragmentation of the family” and a lack of […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionYouTubers have been ignoring the site’s ban on essay-writing adverts YouTube has deleted thousands of videos promoting academic cheating in the last week after a BBC Trending investigation. The videos all advertised essay-writing services, which can lead to serious penalties for students. Facebook and Google have been […]
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