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Eat Your Catfish Review: A Family Is Divided by ALS in an Uncompromising, Emotionally Ra

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Co-director Noah Arjomand chronicles his own mother's struggle with the degenerative disease to courageously intimate, brutally moving effect. A close-quarters study of the daily trials of living with ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease — co-directed by the patient’s son with equal parts adoration and despairing frustration — “Eat Your Catfish” is a documentary every bit as tough-minded as its title is unexpectedly playful. Read More...

Funding should be made available for lifelong learning | Universities

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UniversitiesLettersFunding should be made available for lifelong learningProf Jonathan Michie says lifelong learning is vital for the economy and society – there will be no levelling up without it You are right that Britain needs a universities review (The Guardian view on universities: Australian lesson might spark much-needed change, 16 January). The final report from the Australian review is not yet published, but the interim report stressed the importance of lifelong learning, calling for the university system “to be better at providing a more flexible and adaptive approach to learning”. Read More...