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Malaysia, Germany shine in study on international higher education  - Research by the British Council regarding national policies on openness to international higher education , has singled out Malaysia and Germany as ...

Six things to change in community healthcare for older people  - Phil McCarvill, deputy director of policy, NHS Confederation: The social care funding crisis, plus other pressures on local government and social care providers alike, is having a real impact on the NHS. Health and care must be seen as one system: under-resourcing of one has inevitable implications for the other.

We need to talk about the cost of dying  - It's shocking, but when the average funeral in the UK costs £3,700 it's not ... Funeral poverty is an issue that has been largely ignored, partly due to ...

Poverty grows, health declines among UK children  - Fairness for Children ,” a report by UNICEF, reveals the income disparities that exist in the 41 richest countries and the devastating impact of inequality ...

Woman has ten children removed amid concerns of domestic violence  - A woman has had 10 children taken from her care more than a decade after social workers raised concerns about substance abuse , domestic  ...

Mother-of-10 has all her children taken into care over drug abuse and domestic violence concerns  - A mother has had all her 10 children taken in to care due to concerns about drug abuse and domestic violence . A court has decided the woman, now ...

Kids Across the UK Kept out of School in Strike Against Tests  - Children's mental health is at risk because of the increased pressure they face through primary school testing,” the letter said, adding, “by the time ...

Power of media can help aid mental health understanding,' says Cambridgeshire expert  - Power of media can help aid mental health understanding,' says ... there are now more than 700,000 people in the UK living with the condition.

How growing up in the digital world is shaping our LGBTI identities  - I very clearly remember being 13 and being a bit concerned that I might not actually be straight as I had expected to be. I also remember thinking, ...

Only 8 Major Studio Films In 2015 Had Significant Gay Characters  - The rating system identifies films as "good", "adequate" or "failing" and for LGBTI representation, Paramount Pictures, Walt Disney Studios and Warner ...

Community members call for T2 building to be converted to LGBTI museum  - Members of the local community are calling for the City of Sydney to put off the sale of the iconic T2 building and instead convert it to an LGBTI  ...

Al Qaeda claims killings of LGBTI activists in Bangladesh  - Xulhaz has been running Roopbaan, a magazine and activist group for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community in the country.

Joan Rivers' daughter donates mom's rainbow coat to raise money for LGBTI cause  - Now the coat she originally wore at the Las Vegas Pride Parade four years ago will be auctioned off to raise money for the LGBTI rights group Family ...

International human rights groups launch campaign to support the LGBTI community in Indonesia  - Increasing homophobic and transphobic rhetoric by political and religious leaders has caused growing hostility toward members of the LGBTI  ...

New anti-smoking campaign targets LGBTI youth  - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a new stop-smoking campaign targeted at LGBT young people ages 18-24.

Birmingham Pride ticket sales up 25% on last year following lineup release  - The LGBTI festival takes place 28-29 May, the Spring Bank Holiday weekend. This year's list of performers features 100 acts and DJs, including Katy B ...

Homophobia abroad: Why shouldn't my gay nephew enjoy the same freedoms as me?  - Among the responses from readers on our Facebook page was one asking why I hadn't mentioned the fact it's illegal to be gay there. I didn't mention it ...

Senior Saudi Islamic cleric says homosexuals should not be punished  - Salman al-Ouda has denounced the use of the death penalty against LGBT people in the ultra-conservative Islamic country.

New advert shows how ridiculous North Carolina's anti- LGBT law is  - New advert shows how ridiculous North Carolina's anti- LGBT law is ... A new advert highlights the negative effect that North Carolina's anti- LGBT law ...

Kenya: Call to ban forced anal examinations to 'prove' homosexuality  - degrading treatment that may amount to torture, and they represent rights abuses against lesbian , gay , bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) people.

Lesbian forced from bathroom by police officers who refuse to believe she is a woman  - Footage has emerged appearing to show a woman being forced out of the female bathrooms in a US coffee shop by police who thought she was a ...

Why I refuse to be a part of David Cameron's PR effort to impress gay people  - Of course, I am delighted Britain now has some of the best LGBTI human rights protections in the world. But let's not forget they want to opt out of the ...

Global LGBTI rights and finding one's identity  - Of the respondents, 20% said that they had no access to any local LGBTI community or group, and 16% said they had no visible LGBTI role models in ...

Tally of LGBTI rights, wrongs in 29 sub-Saharan countries  - Several countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made progress in recognizing the human rights of LGBTI people, but much work remains to be done in ...