Introduction In the realm of facility management and infrastructure development, Condition Improvement Funding(CIF) stands as a vital resource that plays a significant role in ensuring the upkeep and enhancement of various establishments. This funding mechanism is designed to address the maintenance needs of schools, colleges, and academies in the United Kingdom, fostering a conducive...
Dubai-based Global Educational Venture (GEV) and UK’s King’s College London have partnered to establish a chain of schools across Asia and the Middle East. The schools will offer a British education to students from kindergarten to grade 12. The partnership is part of GEV’s ambition to become a leading provider of international education. The company has already established...
Sage Sunak’s national drive to improve the UK’s maths skills needs extra support to boost the confidence of women and girls, a leading numeracy charity has said. In a report released on Thursday, National Numeracy said low confidence in maths among women is hampering their career prospects as it sought a more appropriate approach to the government’s planned expansion of...
Getting into university and studying for a program can be the start of a bright future. Entrance to university and completion of a program can open up so many doors and opportunities for you and for your future. Competition for places will always be high, and you need to know what you can do to improve your chances of getting the place you desire. Taking positive steps and action will be required...
The Public Affairs Committee report cited inadequate management and under-investment at the site in Weybridge.It said the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs had comprehensively failed in its historical management of the center.Defra said that work was already underway to boost the laboratories.They operated Animals and Plants through the center, Health Agency (APHA). It is...
The 2021 autumn international series has been eventful, with northern hemisphere nations enjoying some striking successes over their increasingly weary southern counterparts. Here is The Breakdown’s definitive end-of-year report … Best game France’s 40-25 thrashing of New Zealand in Paris offered a tantalising glimpse of what might lie ahead in the 2023 Rugby World Cup. It was the first time the...
Jean Liu has a vision. Not far in the future, the president of Didi Chuxing, the world’s largest ride-sharing service, imagines calling a car to her Beijing home. “I probably don’t even need to use this,” she says, holding up her smartphone. “Now it’s just some cool audio app that allows me to just say: “I need to go. Right now.” A vehicle will arrive a minute later. She need not specify what...
It’s November 2019 and I’m standing in an Airbnb in Battersea, south London. But this is not the Airbnb I booked. Everything is slightly, confusingly, off. All the rooms are the wrong sizes, all the furniture in the wrong places. There are hints everywhere that something is up: the apartment block, a barely finished newbuild sandwiched between Battersea Park station and a Catholic church, is...
Forget programming – the best skill to teach children is reinvention. In this exclusive extract from his new book, the author of Sapiens reveals what 2050 has in store for humankind.Part one: Change is the only constant Humankind is facing unprecedented revolutions, all our old stories are crumbling and no new story has so far emerged to replace them. How can we prepare ourselves and our...
Scientists have announced the discovery of an exquisitely preserved dinosaur embryo from at least 66m years ago that was preparing to hatch from its egg just like a chicken. The fossil was discovered in Ganzhou, southern China and belonged to a toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviraptorosaur, which the researchers dubbed “Baby Yingliang”.“It is one of the best dinosaur embryos ever found in...