By Peter Urwin, Director, Centre for Employment Research, University of Westminster
Here’s some advice if you haven’t achieved a grade four or above in maths, English or both on GCSE results day. While grades three and below aren’t fail grades, a grade four in these subjects is often seen as a target, and is required to progress into some study pathways.
First of all: you are not alone. Each year around 200,000 pupils in England find themselves in this situation.
Here is some idea…
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By Jennifer Mathers, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
Could we see Vladimir Putin’s control of Russia seriously challenged – or even destabilised in the coming months? Predicting when authoritarian regimes might fall is notoriously difficult. Their hold on power can appear solid until suddenly it crumbles. But there are signs that the Kremlin is concerned about the potential for upcoming elections to become a source of political instability.
In September, Russians go to the polls to elect the national parliament, the State Duma, as well as the parliaments and governors in Russia’s regions. At one level, it is hard to image why
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By Dylan Ryan, Lecturer in Mechanical & Energy Engineering, Edinburgh Napier University
The recent heatwaves mean that many people in northern Europe are now looking at new ways to cool their homes.
Historically, northern European building design has prioritised heating, but more home owners are considering adding air conditioning.
While 88% of US homes have air conditioning, only about 3% of UK homes have…
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By Richard Jones, Director of Media, Film, Journalism, Politics and History, University of Salford
Sport is the new battleground in the streaming wars. But it’s not action on the field they’re tempting us with.
Disney+ has signed a deal with Gary Neville’s football media brand The Overlap. It’ll host his Stick to Football talk show and a new Manchester…
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By Christian Dunn, Professor in Natural Sciences, Bangor University
Firefighters have been battling a vast wildfire in the hills above Blaenavon in south Wales, spreading across more than 4,000 hectares, for three weeks.
Around 200 military personnel were called in to support exhausted fire crews as more fires broke out across the south Wales valleys. Smoke from…
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By Adrián Carballo Casla, Postdoctoral Researcher in Geriatric Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet
A study of nearly 3,000 older swedes found long gaps between meals may speed up chronic disease – especially for those over 78.
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By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
What jobs are most associated with deaths from radiation-related cancer? Surprisingly, the answer is cabin crew and pilots – ahead of nuclear technologists, whose work involves handling radioactive materials used in medical imaging and treatment.
That’s the finding of a new study that analysed more than 12.7 million death records from 2020 to 2024, covering more than 500 occupations. The researchers ranked the occupations by the proportion of deaths in which a radiation-related…
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By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
Online gaming platform Roblox has given a court-enforceable undertaking to Australia’s online safety regulator to do more “to protect children from grooming, sexual exploitation and abuse”.
The agreement comes after the eSafety commissioner discovered adults were still able to see child accounts on Roblox, as well as sending requests to connect. This followed almost two…
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By Shannon Bosch, Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University
Critics say internal IDF investigations are too slow and biased, and the bar to holding soldiers accountable is far too high.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
A state-level byelection is rarely of interest to anyone outside the electorate in question. But the poll in Secret Harbour will test Pauline Hanson’s party.
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