BBC reporter Laura Trevelyan has said that her family will apologies and pay reparations for the role their ancestors played in the slave trade. According to The Telegraph: A British family whose ancestors had slaves in the 1800s is to apologise to the people of a Caribbean island and pay reparations. One of the family … Read more
Black Mountains College in Talgarth, Powys, has launched a BA course in sustainable futures. It has joined forces with Cardiff Metropolitan University, the Brecon Beacons National Park and industry partners. The college says its course is the world’s first dedicated entirely to taking action against climate change. According to the BBC: The course will be … Read more
A survey has found that staff working for MPs face similar levels of psychological distress as frontline NHS workers. It also suggested that Westminster staffers have a toxic workload and fear for their safety. According to The Guardian: A study of 315 parliamentary workers, the largest of its kind, found many were struggling with the … Read more
The number of staff working on processing asylum appeals in Ireland fell by 8% since 2019, this despite a huge surge in applications and a backlog of hundreds of cases. According to the Irish state broadcaster: Figures obtained by RTÉ’s This Week programme show that there are currently 850 appeals cases pending before the International … Read more
Courses for teachers on how to tackle Andrew Tate’s views are selling out. Schools believe that teachers should persuade boys not to engage in Tate’s so-called toxic masculinity. According to The Times: Schools that do not tackle misogyny are laying the foundations for rape culture, according to an expert who runs workshops challenging such beliefs. … Read more
Brits are getting less sleep, which is having a significant impact on the long-term health of the nation. The average person gets around 6 hours 19 minutes sleep each night. Writing in today’s Telegraph, Boudicca Fox-Leonard says: Sleep has been marginalised by our 24/7 culture and many of our habits during the day aren’t supportive … Read more
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