Education
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Department for Education, Education, Education policy, England, Exams, GCSEs, Mental health, Northern Ireland, Politics, Schools, Secondary schools, UK news, Wales, Young peopleCompulsory GCSE resits in England harm teenagers’ mental wellbeing, study finds
Forcing teenagers who fail GCSEs into multiple resits has a negative impact…
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Children, Education, England, Kent, Mental health, Parents and parenting, School attendance and absence, Schools, Social exclusion, Society, Teaching, UK news, Young people‘Cheap travel is not a defence’: the parents facing court for school absences in England
As the long school summer break approached its mid-point recently, Margate beach…
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childhood trauma, community care, crime, debt, Editor Laura Hemming, Education, employment, ethnic minorities, ethnicity, family, family carers, finance, Gender, Housing, offending, physical health, poverty, Race, social connectedness, social determinants, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, social skills, socioeconomic status, substance use, systematic review, victimisationSocial interventions for mental illness: who do they actually help?
When working as a psychiatrist people often tell me their main worries…
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The Guardian view on mental health: the new secretary of state should make it a priority | Editorial
The rise in children and young people with mental health problems makes…
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behavioral genetics, cognitive ability, Education, heritability, iq, neuroscience, occupational status, polygenic scores, Psychiatry, Psychology, social mobility, socioeconomic status, TwinLifeIQ and Socioeconomic Status: TwinLife Study Finds 69-98% Genetic Overlap
A 2026 TwinLife analysis found that cognitive ability at age 23 predicted…
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Children, Education, Fostering, Homelessness, Labour, loneliness, Mental health, Politics, Prisons and probation, Social care, Society, UK news, Young peopleThe Guardian view on the care system: support for teens must go beyond reunions with old friends | Editorial
It might sound obvious that – as Benjamin Zephaniah wrote – “People…
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Carla Denyer, Education, Green party, Mental health, NHS, Nursing, Politics, Primary schools, Secondary schools, Society, Teaching, UK news, Women, Work & careersNot all teachers will soldier on regardless | Letter
Gaby Hinsliff’s article about the Green MP Carla Denyer refers to “angry…
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Education, Health, Inequality, Mental health, Politics, Society, UK news, Unemployment, Welfare, Work & careers, Young people‘A record of failure’: what’s in the first part of Alan Milburn’s Neet report?
Alan Milburn, the Blair-era cabinet minister turned social mobility adviser, has delivered…
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Bridget Phillipson, Children, Education, Health, Mental health, obesity, School sports, Schools, SocietyThe Guardian view on support for youth: someone in government should grab hold of school sports | Editorial
With remarkably poor timing, days before closing a consultation on children’s social…
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Almost half of primary teachers in England see pupils with eating disorders, survey finds
Almost half of primary school teachers are seeing pupils with eating disorders…
