Children studying in a clandestine school in the Kovno ghetto, Lithuania. USHMM, courtesy of Eliezer Zilberis 
A priest and several nuns pose with a group of children at a Franciscan convent school in Lomna, Poland where Jewish children were hidden during the German occupation. USHMM, courtesy of Lidia Kleinman Siciarz 
German passport for Hilde Schindler with the given middle name of Sara and stamped with J for Jude (Jew) Courtesy of the Jewish Museum London
Jewish children at the children’s home in Izieu, France. Soon afterwards they were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and murdered. Copyright © Yad Vashem 
Identity cards like this one were issued to all children who came to Britain with the 'Kindertransport', the organised groups of Jewish refugees who escaped from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia in 1938-9 Courtesy of the Jewish Museum London
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Loan backlog angers universities
Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:15:34 GMTThe Student Loans Company says as many as 50,000 students in England might not get all their money until mid or late October.
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Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:05:07 GMTThe Student Loans Company says as many as 50,000 students in England might not get all their money until mid or late October.
Read MoreBenefits plan to 'make work pay'
Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:49:03 GMTChanges to benefits are needed to get 600,000 more people into work, says a think tank set up by Iain Duncan Smith.
Read MoreStudent cash fears as term starts
Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:57:31 GMTStudents starting university courses are complaining they have been left stranded by delays with student finance.
Read MoreVetting concerns 'legitimate'
Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:58:15 GMTConcerns over the way a new vetting system for people working with children operates are legitimate, the man tasked with reviewing it says.
Read MoreSchool nurses overburdened - RCN
Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:39:39 GMTA survey by the RCN suggests school nurses take care of an average of 2,590 pupils each and feel increasingly overstretched.
Read MoreParents targeted on child poverty
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Read MoreA university has devised an iPhone app to help freshers
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