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Wee Scottish 👩 brought up to believe everyone is equal, knowing this isn't the case and supporting where I can. Family, Elvis, genealogy. Not clever, not complicated, just being grateful and happy.
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#WomenInSTEM
When science meets crafting!
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Tracing the threads of air pollution
Some of the stories shared by people with experience of air pollution were sobering: “The air was so bad my mum wouldn't let me go outside”; “The smog was so bad that our plane couldn't take off”; “Wh...
www.thelancet.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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london.gov.uk
Yesterday, we unveiled a memorial to Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah—a tribute to her life and a symbol of our fight for clean air. Her loss was a tragedy that must never be repeated.

We owe it to Ella, her family, and all Londoners to continue tackling air pollution in our city.
Mayor Sadiq Khan stands with Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah and two others next to a bronze statue of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah. A bronze statue of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah Mayor Sadiq Khan and Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah pulling a covering from the statue Three people stand looking at the bronze statue of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah
April 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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April 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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thetimes.com
British consumers will be able to opt out of targeted online advertising after a campaigner’s victory in her landmark case against Meta
One mother’s win over Meta will change social media for everyone
www.thetimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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bigissue.com
Mental health problems cost the UK economy at least £117.9bn annually 💷

But cutting the benefits of people with mental health conditions will not lead to savings for the government in the long term, the Mental Health Foundation warn ⬇️

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March 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Life "on the sick"(as BBC's Laura Kuenssberg terms #disability benefits) or an irresistible "lifestyle choice" as Rachel Reeves puts it.
🔺 1 in 4 can't afford pain relief
🔺More than 3 in 4 go without essentials
🔺4 in 10 skip meals
🔺1 in 3 can't heat homes
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Almost one in five people receiving Universal Credit and disability benefits used a food bank in the last month | Trussell
Hunger and hardship are already at record levels. Welfare and disability benefit cuts risk pushing even more people to the doors of food banks.
www.trussell.org.uk
March 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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voxeu.org
Better #management in schools significantly improved academic performance in Italy & increased students' aspirations to go to college. Targeted managerial training can improve student achievement.
A Di Liberto, @ludogiua.bsky.social, F Schivardi, M Sideri, G Sulis
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Leading schools, raising scores: The role of management in education By: Adriana Di Liberto, Ludovica Giua, Fabiano Schivardi, Marco Sideri, Giovanni Sulis There is clear consensus on the importance of teachers for student outcomes. This column focuses on a less studied factor: management quality. Exploting a quasi-natural experiment setting in Italy, where high schools underwent changes in leadership between 2011 and 2015, the authors show that better management practices significantly improved academic performance and increased students' aspirations to attend college. The results imply that targeted managerial training and rigorous screening of principals offer a cost-effective strategy for improving student achievement.
March 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM