Etiqueta: applications
Menos que 10% of NSW small business flood grant applications have been paid
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Thousands of applications for grants to support communities devastated by floods in the New South Wales northern rivers and western Sydney have not been processed, while thousands of others have been rejected. The sta...
Deportations from UK at record low as asylum applications soar
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The number of people being deported from the UK is at a record low while asylum applications have soared over the last year, according to Home Office data. Government statistics, which have measured irregular migratio...
Rise in university applications from UK 18-year-olds, las cifras muestran
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The number of British 18-year-olds aiming to go to university directly from school continues to increase at a record pace, according to figures that show a surge in applications this year. The number of school-leavers...
Do university applications favour middle-class kids? Yes – because their parents write them
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It wasn’t until my elder daughter applied for university that I became aware of personal statements – 4,000 words with which the applicant can persuade the seat of learning that they are made of the right stuff. I sou...
Texas county rejects half of mail-in ballot applications amid new voter restrictions
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Election officials in the Texas county that includes the state capital, Austin, have rejected about half of applications for mail-in ballots, following new voting restrictions brought in by Republicans. The voter iden...
Afghans have Cop26 delegate applications rejected days before event
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Six environmental experts from Afghanistan who were due to attend Cop26 as their country’s delegates to the global conference have had their applications rejected just days before the event begins. The six – five men ...
Applications to US nursing schools rise as students want to ‘join the frontline’
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Nurses around the US are getting burned out by the Covid-19 crisis and quitting, yet applications to nursing schools are rising, driven by what educators say are young people who see the global emergency as an opportu...
Dreamers in turmoil after Texas ruling blocks new Daca applications
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For Kimberly, an undocumented 20-year-old in Missouri, last week’s decision by a Texas judge to not allow immigrants to file new applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca), a program that shielded ...
Why 6m settlement applications doesn’t mean 6m EU citizens live in the UK
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La semana pasada, the Home Office announced it had received 6m applications for the EU settlement scheme, prompting some to conclude the number of Europeans living in the UK was almost double previous estimates. Some on soci...