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More than 60,000 students have applied to study nursing as the coronavirus crisis drives tens of thousands to ‘safer’ and secure careers including medicine, engineering and architecture. Sign ups for courses in nursing surged by almost a third (32 per cent) this year to a total of 60,130 applicants, according to the Universities and Colleges … Read more
Five million EU citizens apply to stay in Britain after Brexit – larger than the population of seven European nations Home Office has received 4.9m applications under the EU settlement scheme Officials have granted permanent resident status to around 4.3m applicants Experts have criticised quality of the Government’s data on previous population By Rory Tingle … Read more
The Biden administration has put a secret ‘help wanted’ sign for crack computer coders on the revamped White House website. Shortly after Wednesday’s inauguration, a hidden section of HTML code was added to Whitehouse.gov, inviting applicants to apply to work for the United States Digital Service (USDS), an elite non-partisan technology unit in the Executive … Read more
Boost for Priti Patel after 100,000 people apply for 20,000 police jobs as Home Secretary steps up crime-busting drive Home Secretary Priti Patel is due to launch a new phase of a crime-busting police recruitment campaign today So far 6,000 police officers have been hired across forces in England and Wales Police numbers fell by … Read more
Fed up with your home office? Holiday firm is offering two people the chance to work from one of its stunning villas in Corfu for FREE for a month Applicants will be asked to detail why they think they deserve to do business somewhere more luxurious The winner and a friend will be put up … Read more
How to escape Covid: Thousands are set to apply for volunteer posts on idyllic virus-free Lundy Island (but the only pub is still under Tier 2 rules) Lundy is advertising for five volunteers to assist the warden with conservation Promises ‘breath-taking land and seascapes, interesting and thoughtful people’ Not a singular case of Covid-19 has … Read more
Almost one million more EU citizens have applied to stay in the UK after Brexit than had been expected as applications hit 4.2 million EU citizens living in UK have until June 30 next year to apply for settled status The UK’s EU Settlement Scheme has now had more than 4.2 million applications Official estimates … Read more
The UK admissions body is calling for an overhaul of the university application process to allow A Level students access to more accurate information before they decide their future. Ucas, the body behind university admissions in the UK, says the system of using predicted grades for university applications is unreliable and can penalise disadvantaged students … Read more
US whistleblower Edward Snowden and his wife are applying for Russian citizenship in order not to be separated from their future son in an era of pandemics and closed borders, he said today. Snowden’s wife, Lindsay, is expecting a child in late December, the RIA news agency cited Anatoly Kucherena, his Russian lawyer, as saying. … Read more
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