There have been 13,400 cases of hospitals treating girls aged 15 to 19 for self-harm in the past year compared to just 4,000 for boys of the same age. An analysis by the Health and Social Care Information Centre has revealed a stark contrast in what children are treated for in hospital according to gender. It also finds that while hospitals recorded 2,400 cases where boys aged 15 to 19 required treatment due to injuries caused by assault, there were just 420 such cases involving girls of the same age. The figures relate to the 12 months to June 2013.
A £500,000 fund has been set up to allow 60 Teaching Schools to buy state-of-the-art 3D printers. The Department for Education fund is aimed at boosting the teaching of STEM subjects. 3D printing is mentioned in the new design and technology curriculum and is already an established industrial technology used for prototyping and manufacturing products and components across a range of industries.
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