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AutisticMumTo3<p>Summer holiday childcare in UK now costs £1,000 a child, research finds | Childcare | The Guardian<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/jul/19/summer-holiday-childcare-in-uk-now-costs-1000-a-child-research-finds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/money/article/</span><span class="invisible">2024/jul/19/summer-holiday-childcare-in-uk-now-costs-1000-a-child-research-finds</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Childcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Childcare</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/SummerHoliday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SummerHoliday</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/SummerHolidayChildcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SummerHolidayChildcare</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/WorkingParents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkingParents</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Coram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coram</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/CoramsChildcareSurvey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoramsChildcareSurvey</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/NuffieldFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuffieldFoundation</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/SchoolCalenderOverhaul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolCalenderOverhaul</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>'<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/InfanMortality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfanMortality</span></a> is rising and births are plummeting. This is the legacy of 14 years of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryCruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryCruelty</span></a></p><p>Grim figures show that <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> are dying needlessly. We desperately need a government that puts them first'</p><p>'<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NuffieldFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuffieldFoundation</span></a>&nbsp;reported in 2021&nbsp;that <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a>’s rate of infant deaths was 30% above the median across <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> countries.'<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/07/infant-mortality-births-children-tory-government" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">article/2024/jun/07/infant-mortality-births-children-tory-government</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryInhumanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryInhumanity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GE2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GE2024</span></a></p>
Jon PENNYCOOK<p>'England should ditch its school calendar “stuck in place since Victorian times” and replace it with shorter summer holidays and longer half-term breaks to improve the lives of pupils and teachers, according to a new report.'</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/feb/26/school-summer-holidays-half-term-england-calendar-nuffield-foundation-report" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/education/2024</span><span class="invisible">/feb/26/school-summer-holidays-half-term-england-calendar-nuffield-foundation-report</span></a></p><p>Nuffield Foundation: "summer holidays in state schools reduced from six weeks to four, while half-term breaks in autumn and winter could each be extended from one week to two."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NuffieldFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuffieldFoundation</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Addendum 2</p><p>Regulating A.I. in U.K. for benefit of people/society<br><a href="https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/regulating-ai-in-the-uk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">adalovelaceinstitute.org/repor</span><span class="invisible">t/regulating-ai-in-the-uk</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@AdaLovelaceInst" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AdaLovelaceInst</span></a></span> </p><p>* report aimed at policymakers, regulators, journalists, AI practitioners in industry/academia, civil society organizations, others interested in understanding how AI can be regulated<br>* by: Ada Lovelace Institute: <a href="https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/about" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">adalovelaceinstitute.org/about</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>* part of: Nuffield Foundation: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuffield_Foundation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuffield</span><span class="invisible">_Foundation</span></a></p><p>#<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/robotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robotics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIsafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdaLovelaceInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdaLovelaceInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NuffieldFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuffieldFoundation</span></a></p>