Education

Bridgend Council Sex Ed Curriculum Under Fire

Alarm Sounds Over School Sex Ed Draft That Appeared to Endorse Strangulation A Welsh local authority encountered intense scrutiny after details emerged about draft educational materials. The materials, intended for school-based relationships and sex education (RSE), included content which seemed to support choking as part of sexual acts. Bridgend County Borough Council arranged for the…

May 13, 2025

Pi Day Art and Mathemalchemy Fun

Pi, Pastries, and "Mathemalchemy": A Mathematical Journey Duke University mathematician Ingrid Daubechies excels in diverse areas. Her passion extends beyond traditional mathematics into the realm of culinary arts. She enjoys baking pastries shaped like the mathematical constant pi. Pi represents the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, approximately 3.14159. While standard sugar cookie…

April 23, 2025

Teen Career Trends as NHS Tops Aspirations

Teen Career Trends: Healthcare and Tech Sectors Dominate Aspirations For the second year running, roles in healthcare and STEM fields have emerged as the most coveted career paths among UK teenagers, according to the BBC Bitesize Careers survey. Conducted by Survation between late November and mid-December 2024, the study gathered insights from 4,001 adolescents aged…

April 15, 2025