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- Did you solve it? How to outsmart a shy voter October 28, 2024The answer to today’s polling puzzleEarlier today I asked you the following puzzle, about voters who give wrong answers to opinion polls because they embarrassed to admit to their preferences. Here it is again with a solution.The shy voter puzzle Continue reading...Alex Bellos
- David Shrigley urges schools to prioritise arts – with aid of giant mantis October 28, 2024Artist installs new work at his former college in Oadby, as number of arts students in England plummetsThe artist David Shrigley has said Stem subjects should be expanded to prioritise the arts, adding that children’s creativity is being stymied by the narrow focus on maths and the sciences.The Turner prize-nominated artist says “Stem” – which […]Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent
- UK loses out on £19bn in annual GDP growth due to lack of social mobility October 28, 2024Co-op/Demos report details how people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are far less likely to earn good incomesA lack of social mobility is costing the UK £19bn a year, a report produced by the cross-party thinktank Demos and the Co-op has found.The Social Mobility Commission, which advises the government, defines social mobility as “the link between […]Chris Osuh Community affairs correspondent
- Schools in England and Wales use dogs and prize draws to lure absent pupils back October 28, 2024Steep fall in attendance after Covid could become ‘generational’ if not urgently tackled, school leaders saySchools are turning to innovative techniques to entice children back into the classroom, as school leaders warn that high levels of absence will become “generational” unless urgently tackled.Therapy dogs, prize vouchers, wellness sessions, taxi rides and shepherd’s huts are being […]Richard Adams Education editor
- VAT on UK international schools ‘could prompt hundreds of pupils to leave’ October 28, 2024Private schools are expected to begin paying 20% duty but EU diplomats want international institutions to be exemptImposing VAT on international schools in the UK could lead to hundreds of pupils leaving, European diplomats have said, as they called for the institutions to retain the exemption from the 20% duty that private schools are expected […]Kevin Rawlinson
- The Delights review – in-depth look at rural schoolboys reveals a hidden Argentina October 28, 2024An agro-technical boarding school is the subject of this striking documentary, which offers vignettes of growing pains and childlike wonderEduardo Crespo’s sensitive documentary follows a cohort of boys at an Argentina agro-technical boarding school called Las Delicias (The Delights), and makes magic out of the mundane. On the surface, the students’ day-to-day rituals in the […]Phuong Le
- Can you solve it? How to outsmart a shy voter October 28, 2024The perils of opinion pollsUPDATE: Solution now upToday’s puzzle is about voters who are embarrassed to tell pollsters what they really think.In elections past, right wing parties like the Conservatives have often done better than opinion polls predict. One explanation is that ‘shy Tory’ voters lie to pollsters because they are embarrassed to admit their […]Alex Bellos
- Numbers studying nursing down sharply in all parts of England, RCN says October 28, 2024North-east the worst-affected region, recording 40% drop in acceptances on to pre-registration courses, union findsThe number of people studying to become nurses has fallen substantially across England, with some areas recording a 40% drop in successful applications, according to analysis by the largest nursing union.The latest regional data from Ucas, the university admissions service, shows […]Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent
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