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Post-16 education 'must improve' says charity  - Post-16 education must improve to help all teenagers without good GCSEs to catch up, says a charity. Too many of those who retake English and ...

Why is my professor still not black?  - As higher education institutions scramble for more international students, they have come to realise the ... British Science Week runs until 20 March.

Gap year after school is just a 'waste of time' according to top businessman  - Sir Martin Sorrell, a top UK businessman whose company, WPP, employs ... He said teenagers need to continue their education beyond school to ...

Poverty , child marriage, violence decline when women own land -World Bank  - When women have rights to land, argues Klaus Deininger, a lead economist and organizer of this week's World Bank conference, children's health ...

Top Tory called for 'pensioners to work as crop pickers to help tackle immigration'  - Mr Paterson, it was claimed, suggested exploiting the elderly by plucking ... It shows a lack of understanding of the nature of growing old in the UK .

Oxfam says UK's top 1% took quarter of all new wealth over past 15 years  - In a report that singled out “wealthy British tax-dodgers” for withholding funds that could be used to fight poverty , the charity called for a crackdown on ...

Changes to North Somerset's mental health services ?  - One of the schemes being pioneered by the CCG is a project which could potentially see mental health experts take up positions in Avon and ...

University students at Durham and Newcastle suffering depression and anxiety over fees  - Students at top North East universities are feeling the pressure with a huge jump in the numbers using mental health services , new figures reveal.

In Indonesia, homophobes say the craziest things  - But the country remains very squeamish about LGBT life. ... such as the US, France and the UK — actually enjoy relatively warm ties with Indonesia.

GayFriday celebrates a year of LGBT events in Cheltenham  - GayFriday.org was launched last year following the closure of the last of the LGBT bars and clubs in Gloucestershire. GayFriday provides a free ...

Loud, proud, full of love  - Mr D'Algenio said he believed society still had a long way to go in acceptance of Lesbian, gay, bi, trans and intersex ( LGBTI ) people but public events ...

InsideOUT releasing guide for schools and students  - Youth LGBTI organisation InsideOUT is disappointed in the latest Family First attack on LGBTI youth and say they will soon be releasing their own ...

Conservatives dismiss 'true cost' of plebiscite  - The human cost of this plebiscite would also be enormous with the report showing the mental health of LGBTI Australians would also be adversely ...

Gay rights campaign aims to educate schoolteachers and prevent teenagers from feeling ashamed ...  - They want teachers to be trained in LGBTI issues. ... In January, TIE petitioned the Scottish Parliament to make teaching LGBTI issues “statutory” in ...

Media retracts inaccurate report on Indonesia's Social Ministry using boiling water to treat LGBT ...  - campuses in response to a recent controversy over a poster advertising counseling services for LGBTI students at the University of Indonesia.

Marriage plebiscite would cost Australia half a billion dollars  - At last $20 million should be set aside to deal with the impact on the mental health of LGBTI people as a result of the intense public pressure on our ...

Embracing LGBTI Jews  - STATE Minister for Multicultural Affairs Robin Scott launched a video on Monday night highlighting the openness of the Jewish community to Jews of ...

LGBT spies to be celebrated by US spy agencies  - An email from the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said LGBTI employees had been 'forced to stay closeted to keep their jobs,' which has lately ...

Same-sex couples wait less time than the average to adopt  - Speaking to Gay Star News about the news, James Lawrence from LGBTI adoption charity New Family Social said: “Rather than facing discrimination, ...

Marriage equality plebiscite's 'true cost' estimated at $525m  - The PwC report noted LGBTI Australians suffered higher levels of psychological distress and would be further harmed by a “high profile, national, ...

Prince William and Kate give support to gay suicide awareness  - The pair will meet gay anti-suicide campaigner Jonny Benjamin (pictured) and attend suicide awareness events aimed at breaking down stigma.

Death on The 100 prompts huge donation by furious fans to the Trevor Project  - They also started a campaign for The Trevor Project, bringing more attention to representation of LGBTI people on television. 'Since the airing of ...

You have to watch this cute gay presenter's video for kids  - Olly has created a series of LGBTI educational videos for young kids that he narrates and presents. The aim of each video is to teach about creativity, ...

Lesbian's visa bid rejected by Hong Kong's High Court  - A disappointed Billy Leung, of LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ... He said societal acceptance of LGBTI people was rising and the ...