From September 2015, 14- to 16-year-olds will be able to study practical subjects such as textiles and electronics as part of a shake up in vocational education, the government has announced. The technical awards will have the same standing as GCSEs, and aim to better prepare young people for work. Teenagers will be able to study up to three of the awards alongside a minimum of five core GCSEs, including English and maths, the BBC reports.
The number of young people admitted to hospital with Crohn’s disease has quadrupled over the past decade, new data shows. The Health and Social Care Information Centre says 19,405 16 to 29-year-olds were admitted for treatment in England in 2013 compared to 4,937 in 2003/4. Experts are blaming the rise in the disease, which attacks the intestine and can cause severe diarrhoea and tiredness, on young people’s increased exposure to junk food and antibiotics, BBC Newsbeat reports.
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