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...students who are sharing their varied experiences, including young carers, those with autism, and those who have joined university later in life. ...This series of videos is documenting the journeys of university students from backgrounds currently underrepresented in higher education. Tom's story Hear how Tom overcame health challenges and adapted to life as a student....

...become the greatest astronomical observers of the time. On 15th June I went from Windsor to (Slough?) to Doctor Herschel where I saw the great telescope. It is 40 feet long and 5 feet in diameter. The machinery is very big, but so ingenious that a single man can put it in motion with the greatest ease. Sometimes he sits for 5 or 6 hours under the open sky in the bitterest...

...become academies. It's the end of a local tradition in education, says James Williams...By announcing that all schools will be expected to become academies, George Osborne has foretold the death of local authority involvement in education. Born on December 18 1902, Local Education Authorities (LEAs) will likely have their life support switched off sometime in 2022, by...