28 h. ago College staff member used work laptop to send sexually explicit messages, panel told

Gaio Ze Kouyate, a virtual world learning specialist at Cardiff and Vale College, faces a number of allegations related to virtual worlds used at the college

Politics

54 h. ago More than 600 jobs face axe at University of Dundee to tackle £35m deficit

The University and College Union described the news as a ‘hammer blow’ for staff.

Economics

3 d. ago College chief 'asked staff for preferential treatment for relative', tribunal finds

An Employment Tribunal has ruled the staff were unfairly dismissed

Politics

4 d. ago One of Them Days review – SZA and Keke Palmer spar and sparkle in raucous LA buddy movie

The US singer makes a terrific screen debut opposite Palmer in this tale of two roommates working out how to not get evictedA race against time to stave off imminent eviction, with added peril due to a misunderstanding over a rare pair of Nike Air Jordan trainers, One of Them Days walks a relatively familiar buddy movie path. Dreux (Keke Palmer) and Alyssa (SZA) are best friends and roommates in a cheap and cheerful apartment in LA’s Baldwin Village. But then Alyssa’s feckless boyfriend spends the rent money and the women have until the end of the day to raise the cash.With its zingy colour palette and effervescent, unapologetically uneven storytelling, the film has a buoyant, almost cartoonish quality (albeit one laced with lip-smacking, sexually explicit dialogue). What elevates this raucous romp by music video director Lawrence Lamont is the crackling energy between Palmer (Nope) and singer SZA, making her acting debut here. Dreux also gets a love interest, in the shape of a myst...

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4 d. ago Abuse by Guildhall tutor in 1980s left me in despair, says opera singer

Idit Arad calls for better protection for music students as London college admits failing in its duty of care to herIt should have been the start of a great career in classical music for Idit Arad. Everything was lining up for the talented 18-year-old opera singer. She had arrived in London from Israel in 1987, the proud winner of a sought-after scholarship to train at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. But instead of building the foundations of a successful future, she was singled out by a tutor 20 years her senior for a long period of obsessive attention and abuse.Paul Roberts pursued her from their first lesson, Arad says, inviting her for coffee and then for a dinner to discuss her talent, before sending a stream of explicit letters, calling her a “witch” and urging her into sexual intimacy. Senior leadership, it is now admitted, knew of their involvement and yet failed to discipline Roberts. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Scots private school teacher arrested as police probe 'online video'

Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen has suspended a male member of staff after a video reportedly emerged on social media.

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2 w. ago Most banned books feature people of color and LGBTQ+ people, report finds

Study counteracts claims by conservative lawmakers that books being removed from classrooms are sexually explicitThe majority of banned books in US public schools last year dealt with people of color, LGBTQ+ people and other demographics, according to a new study from PEN America.The report also counteracts claims by conservative lawmakers that books being removed from classrooms are sexually explicit and that book bans are altogether a “hoax”, an assertion made by Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson's WhatsApp messages to the wife he is accused of assaulting amount to a 'set of confessions', court hears

In his closing speech to the panel of seven women and five men, Stephen Kemp said messages provide a clear window into the true nature of the couple's relationship.

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2 w. ago More than 100 US spies are fired for sexually explicit chats, Tulsi Gabbard says

Agents involved in the ‘disgusting’ chats were from the NSA, CIA, and DIA, according to a report

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2 w. ago Former Team GB swimmer jailed for 21 years for raping two teenage girls

Antony James, 35, groomed the girls while they were under 16 years old and got them to send him sexually explicit images and videos.

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