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Should there be a new statutory duty of care for students in higher education?

by Michelle Lowe | Nov 18, 2022 | Parents & Carers

Twenty-five bereaved families have petitioned Parliament, wanting a statutory duty of care for students in higher education. University documentation frequently refers to a duty of care, so most people will be astonished to learn that it is only a ‘moral intention’....

“I make prosthetic arms with Lego”

by Michelle Lowe | Nov 16, 2022 | Parents & Carers

Daniel Dylan Wray tells The Guardian why ‘People shouldn’t have to pay £100,000 for a prosthetic. People shouldn’t pay that much – it’s not a luxury.’

Alarm grows over government’s ‘appalling’ blackout planning failure

by Michelle Lowe | Nov 14, 2022 | Parents & Carers

There is growing alarm over the government’s “appalling” and “deeply concerning” failure to show that disabled people who need electricity to run lifesaving medical equipment in their homes will be protected if there are power blackouts this winter.

Three weeks on, still no sign of plans to protect disabled people in blackouts

by Michelle Lowe | Nov 11, 2022 | Parents & Carers

NHS bodies have this week been unable to point to any evidence that plans have been drawn up to protect people who need electricity to run lifesaving medical equipment in their homes, in the event of power blackouts this winter. It is now the third consecutive week...

New trolling law to be named after Zach Eagling after online epilepsy bullying

by Michelle Lowe | Nov 9, 2022 | Parents & Carers

An 11-year-old from West Yorkshire who was targeted by internet bullies is set to make history with a new law in his name which could see trolls jailed for up to five years. Zach Eagling, from Liversedge, has autism and cerebral palsy but defied his conditions to walk...
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