Teachers are now eligible for a @bluelightcard. My boy has one due to working in NHS. The website is rather busy at the moment but, fellow teachers, make sure you get yours as they are really worth it. (Before anyone asks I don’t know)
V interesting piece on government's school spending statistical shenanigans on R4's More or Less just now. Real terms per pupil funding broadly flat since 2010, says @lukesibieta, but schools being asked to do more with it, partly because of big cuts in funding for LA support.
After the effect of 'Mr Bates vs the Post Office', let’s hope Toby Jones is also working on new TV dramas about water pollution, climate change, covid, PPE contracts, the refugee crisis, the cost of living, energy prices, and the NHS
I have written an article for @thetimes in response to the new draft menopause guidelines from NICE. They are a step backwards for women.
CBT may have a place when taking a holistic approach to managing the perimenopause, but it won’t improve every menopause symptom and won’t treat the underlying hormone deficiency.
Women deserve to have a choice and if they want to take HRT they should be allowed to. It is about time women are heard and their symptoms and future health is taken seriously.
Parcel delivery scams 📦 Shopping cons 🛒 Phishing emails 🎣 Fake HMRC tax requests 🧾 Attempted theft of data and money is an #OnlineSafety threat that continues to grow – our #WakeUpWednesday guide has tips to help protect your family 🛡
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Could the Government please explain why they think this is acceptable?
Blind and partially sighted people will lose access to public transportation if ticket office closures go ahead
This is shocking!!! #TicketOfficeClosures#TrainTravel
I’m a professor of theatre and performance. I have been teaching ‘rip-off’ degrees all my adult life. Let me summarise the pointless skills and experiences my students have accumulated: 🧵
There is currently a right in the UK that supports individuals to appeal decisions about harmful online content. Now, the #OnlineSafetyBill is looking to remove this, impacting the UK’s ambition of being the safest place to be online. #NowhereToAppealsaferinternet.org.uk/blog/do…
Daniel: I live in the Netherlands. We have too many tomatoes! We used to export them to the UK but it now takes a truck driver 77 hours of queueing to take tomatoes to the UK and all truck drivers simply refuse. So now we have cheap abundant tomatoes here in the Netherlands.
For #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth make sure you download our brand new cyber security checklist that includes essential practices schools need to carry out to keep their communities safe. Access for free here: swgfl.org.uk/topics/back-to-…
For those in need of an assembly or resources for today or next week to share with their students about the death & memory of Queen Elizabeth II, then I’ve searched & collated them for you here- trythisteaching.com/2022/09/…
All fully referenced to their kind creators. RT&Share
Calling all UK school teachers 👩🏫 👨🏫 You can now have FREE access to the Body coach App. Apply here bit.ly/3CCFkrU 😊❤️ Please RT to let other teachers find out about this 🙏🏼
I don’t know who needs to know this (I’m guessing everyone with boobs) but Marks and Spencer is doing shirts with added secret buttons in the chest area to prevent gaping and they just WON CLOTHES! It’s genius.
Question I'd like all potential Conservative leaders to answer (RT if agree)
The energy price cap's predicted to rise 64% in Oct taking a typical bill to £3,244/yr; & rise again in Jan to £500/yr more than when May's help package was announced. What'll u do to avoid this & when?