Julie Henry

2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Julie Henry

Charities told not to use the word 'assertive' in job advertisements because it's claimed it puts them off applyingBy JULIE HENRY Published: 18:57 EDT, 26 April 2025 | Updated: 18:57 EDT, 26 April 2025 When it comes to doing good work for those in need, you might think it would be an advantage to be 'energetic' and 'assertive'. However, charities have been told not to use such adjectives in their job adverts, for fear of deterring possible applicants.

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Julie Henry

In a survey of undergraduates about the project, a Muslim student quoted Islamic text prohibiting "men who imitate women and women who imitate men" and those "practising lusts on men instead of women". Another said: "My religion does not allow me to endorse or be part of something that it prohibits."Some students said they had no issue with the LGBTQ+ focus but felt that the issues facing the community were "not exactly something that can be solved with electromechanical design".

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Julie Henry

When Paul Wiltshire studied his daughter's prospects for work after her degree, he found it's not the ticket to success trumpeted by manyWhen Paul Wiltshire 's daughter, the third of his four children to go to university, set her heart on studying law, the accountant decided to do some research into her future prospects. What he discovered shocked him and confirmed his growing concern, having already sent two children off to university, about the purpose and value of higher education.

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Julie Henry

Parents who favour single-sex schools are voicing their unhappiness at the rush to co-ed. In a recent discussion on Mumsnet, one mother cited two local girls' schools with plans to take boys. "I'm angry that the girls' welfare is being sacrificed for financial or strategic reasons, or because girls are supposed to have a 'moderating' effect on boys' behaviour," she says.

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Julie Henry

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has pledged the party will ‘go to war against the teachers’ unions’ after the country’s largest education union branded it ‘far-Right and racist’. The National Education Union is to demand at next month’s annual conference that pupils are taught the dangers of voting for Reform. Teachers are set to debate a motion accusing ‘far-Right and racist organisations, including Reform’ of scapegoating refugees, asylum seekers, Muslims and Jews.