'Worrying' number of teens lose payments at age 16

‘Worrying’ variety of teenagers lose funds at age 16

Joanna Morris BBC Shared Knowledge Unit Getty Pictures Private Independence Fee, which isn’t means-tested, is meant to assist disabled individuals fund further prices related to their disabilities Youngsters with incurable circumstances are amongst a whole bunch every week being stripped of incapacity advantages after their sixteenth birthdays. Almost a 3rd of those that obtained Incapacity…

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School mobile phone ban call rejected after Senedd inquiry

College cell phone ban name rejected after Senedd inquiry

Getty Photos Smartphones shouldn’t be banned “outright” from faculties in Wales, a Senedd inquiry has concluded. As a substitute the Petitions Committee report stated faculties ought to get extra Welsh authorities assist to set their very own restrictions. The committee stated there was “loads of proof” that smartphones brought on hurt but it surely additionally…

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Job cuts could affect reputation, says watchdog

Job cuts may have an effect on popularity, says watchdog

Bethan Lewis Schooling & household correspondent, BBC Wales Information Getty Photos The top of Medr says he’s optimistic in regards to the future regardless of the “challenges and issues” in Welsh greater training Excessive profile bulletins about job cuts at universities may have an effect on the sector’s popularity, the pinnacle of Wales’ new universities…

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Dundee University to cut 632 jobs

Dundee College to chop 632 jobs

BBC Workers protested outdoors the college forward of the assembly outlining job cuts Dundee College is to chop 632 jobs in a bid to handle a £35m deficit. Workers had been knowledgeable of the information by interim principal Shane O’Neill at a gathering within the college, which was additionally held on-line. The transfer represents about…

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Nothern Ireland further education lecturers balloted on strike

Nothern Eire additional schooling lecturers balloted on strike

Robbie Meredith BBC Information NI schooling and humanities correspondent PA Media Unions, pictured right here throughout earlier industrial motion, say their employers had not delivered on previous guarantees Unions representing additional schooling lecturers in Northern Eire are balloting their members on strike motion. The College and Faculty Union (UCU) has claimed its members have been…

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