Anxiety and depression caused by childhood bullying decreases over time, showing that children are able to recover, a study suggests.
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BBC
06 Oct 2017
The Duke of Cambridge learned about the project’s progress in its drive to “change the conversation on mental health”.
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BT.com
09 Oct 2017
Between 2011 and 2014 reports of self-harm among British girls aged between 13 and 16 rose by 68%, experts at the University of Manchester found.
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ITV News
19 Oct 2017
Researchers found millions of mums and dads are so busy with looking after their families day-to-day they haven't thought about asking their kids how they are
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Mirror
19 Oct 2017
The UK has a consumer debt crisis and it is young people, aged 18 to 34, who are most vulnerable.
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The Conversation
20 Oct 2017
Tackling childhood obesity is about more than just diet and exercise
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The Conversation
24 Oct 2017
Petition for compulsory mental health discussed by Adam Shaw, Philanthropist & Co-founder of The Shaw Mind Foundation
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Huffington Post
25 Oct 2017
FE News reports that many head teachers underestimate how often subject teachers – who do not have careers advice training – are asked about careers by students, new research has found.
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Schools Improvement Net
26 Oct 2017
Young people are facing long waiting times and unequal access to mental health services, a review by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said.
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BBC
27 Oct 2017
The global statistics show that, by-and-large, young people are pushed towards an entrepreneurial career through necessity, rather than pulled by the kind of “passion” on display for Alan Sugar every week in the UK version of the show.
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The Conversation
30 Oct 2017
Appointment comes as government aims to make subject compulsory in schools from September 2019
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TES
07 Nov 2017
School-leaders union the NAHT is calling for personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education to be made statutory for all pupils and in all schools to support the successful and effective delivery of relationships and sex education (RSE).
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Education Business
08 Nov 2017
More than a third of children feel their teachers do not talk enough about what to do if they are bullied at school, a new poll suggests.
And yet almost two-thirds (64 per cent) of children have come across someone being bullied because they were different, according to the survey.
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TES
10 Nov 2017
A poll by the Diana Award, for Anti-Bullying Week, which starts on Monday, also found over half of young people have experienced bullying at school.
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TES
13 Nov 2017
The number of children receiving counselling over cyberbullying has more than doubled in five years, prompting the NSPCC to call on ministers to put pressure on social media sites to do more to protect children from online abuse.
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The Guardian
14 Nov 2017
The Children's Commissioner for England has supported calls for the government to review the impact of social media on the mental health of young people.
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TES
15 Nov 2017
There is a severe lack of informative and aspirational careers advice in the UK. As a nation we are underperforming, under-motivated and are nowhere near as productive as we should be, especially when compared with other European countries.
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FE News
15 Nov 2017
Schoolchildren will be encouraged to take up cyber security as a career in a government scheme. The initiative called ‘Cyber Discovery’ aims to ‘find the next generation of cyber security talent. With some £20 million worth of investment, the program is aimed at young people in years 10 to 13.
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PCR
16 Nov 2017
Ofsted will conduct early monitoring visits at new providers entering the apprenticeship market to sniff out any “scandalous” attempts to waste public money, the chief inspector has said.
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FE Week
16 Nov 2017
A recent report by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender charity Stonewall, found that 80% of transgender youth have self-harmed, and 40% have attempted suicide. So the Church of England’s recent guidance to its schools, urging teachers to allow pupils to “explore the possibilities of who they might be without judgment”, is very welcome.
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The Conversation
16 Nov 2017