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Ex-Google CEO backs global refugee education initiative with $1.6m donation

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Schmidt Futures, co-founded by Wendy Schmidt and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, has pledged $1.6m towards a new refugee education initiative. The project is a collaboration with global education movement United World Colleges (UWC) and refugee education providers Amala, which was founded by two UWC alumni. The collaboration sees the launch of an education programme in […]

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Global movement forms to help protect education for children

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A global coalition has come together to help protect the future education of children and young people across the world. The Save our Future campaign is made up of more than 600 civil society organisations, research organisations, foundations, media, youth, and influencers. The coalition estimates that nearly 1.6 billion had their education disrupted during the […]

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Public asked to back a better post-pandemic future

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Securing a better future for key workers and the public services that have been supporting communities across the UK throughout the coronavirus pandemic is the aim of UNISON’S No Going Back to Normal campaign. The campaign highlights how services like health, local government, social care and education need greater investment.  Unison wants the people who have been keeping everyone safe […]

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Vulnerable children get home learning boost due to £50,000 grant

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The latest from the home of positive news reveals that social enterprise Equal Education is to provide iPads for looked after children and those with SEND thanks to Innovate UK grant.

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Gender Equity for Africa’s Scientists

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The next Einstein could be an African woman, but Africa’s gender gap in science education and jobs means the world may never know.

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First ever Rhodes Scholar from Afghanistan announced

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Today’s positive news story from the Rooftop: the first ever Afghan has been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. Summia Tora will begin her postgraduate at Oxford University in autumn 2020.

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More kids with visual impairment getting into work

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The latest results long-term study show an increase in the number of young people with visual impairments entering employment.

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Closing the technology and education gap

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As advances in artificial intelligence and automation continue, the distance between high-skilled elites and everyone else will only grow. To counter this problem, we should be using new technologies to educate more people at lower cost argue former Prime Minister GORDON BROWN and ANANT AGARWAL.

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Public urged to help prisoners of conscience living in the UK

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This December, the British public can transform the lives of these brave individuals, thanks to the Big Give Christmas Challenge, which will double the value of all donations made to Prisoners of Conscience between 3 and 10 December.

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New tech helps autistic children improve communication skills

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A new interactive floor system which helps children with autism develop communication skills has been unveiled at Springhallow School in Ealing.

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