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Eating ice lollies ‘should be part of school curriculum’, experts urge | UK News
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Primary school pupils should have the chance to eat ice lollies, plant vegetables and knead bread dough to help them learn about science, a group of experts have told ministers. Four major science bodies have urged the government to include a series of “essential experiences” in plans for three to 11-year-olds, along with playing with…
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Infected blood scandal: Experimented on and exploited – the Treloar’s School pupils who ‘lost everything’ | UK News
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Returning to Treloar’s School brings back many bittersweet memories for Gary Webster, Steve Nicholls, Richard Warwick and Ade Goodyear. This life-transforming school in the Hampshire countryside is where these men were sent as haemophiliac children to live and learn among other kids who needed the best round-the-clock medical care. The school, with its on-site NHS…
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Disgruntled school worker accused of using AI to create fake recording of principal on racist rant | US News
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A high school athletics director has been accused of using AI to create a fake recording of the principal going on a racist and antisemitic rant. Dazhon Darien allegedly impersonated Eric Eiswert’s voice with artificial intelligence, in a clip that went viral and was widely shared on social media. In the forged audio, it sounded as…
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Children first see ‘unavoidable’ violent content at primary school, says Ofcom | Science & Tech News
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Children first see violent online content at primary school and believe it is “unavoidable”, according to an Ofcom study. All 247 children who the watchdog spoke to said they had seen things such as adult-only video game content, fighting and verbal discrimination. Social media and group chats were the most common way they came across…
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AI increasingly used by students to do their school work and many teachers can’t tell | UK News
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The majority of teachers believe students are using Artificial Intelligence apps to do their work for them, according to a new study. A survey by education tech firm RM Technology found that two thirds of teachers believe they are regularly receiving work written by AI, with around one in ten teachers (9%) admitting they can’t…
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How much of a difference did school closures make to spread of COVID and impact on NHS? | Science & Tech News
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The latest dump of WhatsApp messages between ex-health secretary Matt Hancock and former education secretary Sir Gavin Williamson might be shocking in what they reveal about the men’s attitudes to teachers. But what isn’t surprising, or even that revelatory, is that there was a long-running spat about the benefits of closing schools to control the…