Nicola Woolcock

4 days ago | thetimes.com | Nicola Woolcock

Selective universities have promised more support for teenagers from care, including lower entry grades, bursaries and priority accommodation. The Russell Group’s 24 members have vowed do more to help care leavers into higher education. They are among the least represented groups at university, with only 14 per cent starting a degree by the age of 19, compared with 47 per cent of their former classmates. Some universities are already helping students who recently left the care system.

6 days ago | thetimes.com | Ali Mitib |Nicola Woolcock

More than 30 British universities are yet to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism, The Times can disclose, as Jewish students warn of concerns that universities are fostering a culture where “the exploration of terror groups” is “amplified”.

1 week ago | thetimes.com | Nicola Woolcock

She sees the development as an opportunity to create jobs and bolster a coastal community reliant on tourism. Sizewell C has about 1,300 people on site, even though it is unlikely to open before 2035, and Pyke has already established a choir. Some of its male members are singing mentors, encouraging boys at a nearby school to be more confident and creative. About 1,500 apprenticeships are being offered and Pyke wants half of them to go to female candidates.

1 week ago | thetimes.com | Nicola Woolcock

2 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Fiona Hamilton |Nicola Woolcock