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    How do you give Britain’s hidden army of young carers a break? | Is Mum OK? Documentary

    In Walthamstow, east London, we meet a group of young carers as they are collected for a rare night off that brings a sense of community and a glimpse of fun for a few hours every few weeks. It’s hosted by Satvinder, a tenacious council worker who fights to improve the recognition of young carers in her borough and provides them crucial emotional support. There are more than one million young carers in the UK – with an average age of 12 – which is the equivalent of two kids in every school class.

    This film is released during Carers Week in the UK.
  • There are more than one million young carers in the UK – with an average age of 12 – which is the equivalent of two kids in every school class. Do they feel supported? In Walthamstow, east London, we meet a group of carers as they are collected for a rare night off that brings a sense of community and a glimpse of fun for a few hours every few weeks. It's hosted by Satvinder, a tenacious council worker who fights to improve the recognition of young carers in her borough and provides them crucial emotional support

    How do you give Britain's hidden army a break? | Is Mum OK? Documentary

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  • The Daphne Steele building at the University of Huddersfield

    Healthy cooperation: how northern universities are linking with NHS trusts to drive innovation

  • Pupils sit around a table writing in their schoolbooks

    The London school that has screen-free days for pupils, teachers – and parents

  • Liz Kendall

    Labour will make AI ‘work for the workers’, says Liz Kendall

  • Students raise their hands as the teacher stands at the front of the classroom

    Number of teachers in England’s state schools drops for second year in row

  • Kimberlé Crenshaw.

    UK university’s axing of black studies MA has ‘dangerous parallel’ with US, says academic

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    After viral graduation walk, paraplegic student calls for greater accessibility: ‘It doesn’t have to be so hard’

  • A student works with a pipe during a plumbing class at City of Westminster College in London

    Fee hikes, big bonuses, then bosses exit: the curious case of City & Guilds privatisation

  • Students in the lunch hall at Richard Challoner school in New Malden.

    ‘No cheeseburgers … they would go bankrupt’: pupils reject plan to cut fatty foods from lunch menus

  • Grid of silhouetted head fading into a glowing screen, gradually dissolving

    ‘Masquerading as a university’: inside the brazen rightwing plan to conquer American schools

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    ‘Studying here has made me a more confident leader’: behind the University of Birmingham’s online MBA

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    ‘This will attract a new type of student’: how Goldsmiths’ digital-first degrees will help people supercharge their careers

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    double quotation markSunak is right that our students need financial literacy – but that shouldn’t mean yet more maths

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    The Guardian view on jobs and training: boosting young people’s chances should be a national mission

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