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Coronavirus: Return to schools ‘good day for young people’0
- BUSINESS
- September 1, 2020
Image copyright STEPHEN DAVISON Image caption More than 300,000 children and young people will return to the classroom on Tuesday Almost all schools in Northern Ireland will open fully to pupils on Tuesday for the first time since mid-March. More than 300,000 children and young people will return to the classroom. Education Minister Peter Weir
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How the coronavirus pandemic is affecting young people’s career plans 0
- BUSINESS
- August 17, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has had a serious and potentially detrimental impact on the lives of young people in the UK. The disruption to A-level results is one significant example, but is not the only way the future career prospects of young people have been affected. Those aged 16 to 24 have been among those hardest
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UK coronavirus live: women and young people hardest hit psychologically – study | Politics 0
- BUSINESS
- July 22, 2020
4.54am EDT04:54 According to a report on homeschooling during the lockdown from the Office for National Statistics out this morning, more than half (52%) of parents with a school-aged child said they were struggling to continue with their education from home. But lack of motivation was cited as the main reason for this (cited by
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Impact on young carers – Covid-19 0
- HEALTH
- April 20, 2020
New project examines impact on young carers of COVID-19. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young carers is being examined in a new research project involving the University of East Anglia (UEA). Dr Kate Blake-Holmes, of UEA’s Centre for Research on Children and Families, is working with support organisations Caring Together and Norfolk Young
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Not all young people are ‘digital natives’ – inequality hugely limits experiences of technology 0
- BUSINESS
- March 15, 2020
There is a belief that younger people are fully engaged with the digital world. But I am currently leading a project exploring people’s knowledge and use of online data, and the preliminary findings from our research has found that data literacy is not uniformly high among younger people, as is often assumed. Instead, some young
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The season of sniffles – common causes of breathing difficulties in young children and how to help 0
- HEALTH
- October 3, 2019
Emma Hammett A qualified nurse, author and first aid trainer with over 30 years’ healthcare and teaching experience Autumn is the prime time for colds, coughs, sneezes and sniffles. As the weather steadily becomes colder and damper, existing breathing issues such as asthma can become unstable and need more careful management. Added to which, infections
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