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Find out what are Britain's highest paying degrees, according to graduate salary  A nursing degree can earn you a better salary than reading English at Oxford or Cambridge, official data shows. Graduates of nursing at Brunel University earn £35,700 on average after five years, compared to their peers who graduated with English degrees from Oxbridge an go on to earn £34,600, according to figures published by the Department for Education. The highest paid degree in the country is business and management at Oxford where graduates earn £74,100 on average after five years, the data shows.   Meanwhile, the lowest paid degree in the UK “subjects allied to medicine” at Bedfordshire University, where... … [Read more...] about How studying nursing can earn you a better salary than an English degree from Oxbridge

Shocking figures show that more 6,000 children have been victims of a sexual attack at school in three years. The research shows there are an average of 10.5 serious sexual offences committed in England’s schools a day. These include rape, grooming, exposure and sexual assaults. A Freedom of Information request by the Lib Dems found there were 6,015 sexual offences reported in schools in the last three years. Lib Dem Education spokesman John Pugh MP said: “I believe these figures are the tip of the iceberg and that is an utterly horrific thought. “It is good news that more victims have the confidence to come forward and report abuse, which, I believe, in part, explains the figure but I’m shocked and angered by the levels uncovered by our research. “Our research shows serious and life changing crimes being committed on school premises.” Derbyshire Police recorded 1,360 offences between 2013/14 and 2015/16, Thames Valley Police recorded 543 and West … [Read more...] about Sex crimes on children in English schools hit shocking 6,015 in 3 years

YSR Congress Party MLAs Botsa Appala Narasayya, Sambangi China Venkata Appala Naidu, Aljangi Joga Rao and P. Rajanna Dora on Tuesday strongly defended the move to introduce English medium education in government schools saying that it would benefit the poor and downtrodden children. They alleged that the Opposition parties were misleading people by linking the medium of education with religion. Speaking to the media here, Mr. Rajannadora said that his children studied in missionary schools but remained as Hindus. “Jana Sena Party leader Pawan Kalyan is trying to mislead people with his statements while forgetting that all his children are studying in English medium schools,” he added.Mr. Appala Narasayya said that poor families would get relief from hefty fees collected by private schools with the introduction of English medium in government schools. … [Read more...] about YSRCP MLAs defend move to introduce English medium in government schools

There is an old saying in English Channel swimming that most crossings are won or lost before the first stroke is taken. So last year, before I attempted to swim the length of the English Channel – from Land’s End to Dover – I made three promises to myself. The first was that I would leave all my doubts at the start in Cornwall. The second, that I would swim 10km every day. The third promise I made was that if it was too dangerous to swim on a specific day, the following day I would do a double session. These three promises steered me through the toughest swim of my life. I swam through storms, through injury, and through a number of large swarms of jellyfish. I was swept backwards around The... … [Read more...] about I swam the length of the English Channel to highlight threats to the ocean – now the UK leads in its protection

THE champions Manchester City are up for Chelsea in a massive clash as the Premier League returns this weekend. Callum Hudson-Odoi is among a host of Blues contingent returning from international duty with the youngster a wanted man as Real Madrid circle. Meanwhile, Chelsea have joined the race for Wigan forward Joe Gelhardt with Manchester United and Liverpool also linked to the 17-year-old. Follow ALL of the Chelsea news, updates and transfer gossip below... William Pugh42 minutes agoNovember 19, 2019 Hernan @Crespo with this goal in our 3-0 home win v Newcastle #onthisday in 2005! 🗓 pic.twitter.com/NcZepa1Uxu — Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) November 19, 2019 William Pugh2 hours agoNovember 19, 2019EDEN HAZARD claims he is in perfect condition despite Arsene Wenger calling him overweight. Hazard's former teammate John Obi-Mikel also claimed the Belgian never trained as much as everyone else at Chelsea but Hazard has hit back. Talking to Sky Sports while on international … [Read more...] about 9am Chelsea news LIVE: Man Utd and Liverpool in Gelhardt transfer race, Hudson-Odoi to Real, Blues nearly signed Aguero