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Daily Record
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Scots student hands in dissertation before being told 'college is shutting down'
Scots students said they were told their college would be closing immediately after going into liquidation, with many left clueless as to what comes next. Scots students have told of being left 'in the dark' after their college announced its immediate closure. Scottish Institute of Theatre, Dance, Film and Television chiefs have notified students and teachers that the institution has entered liquidation, reports Edinburgh Live. Many who attend the college, who spent thousands on education, say they have been left wondering what happens now. Rachel Fiona Gilchrist, 21, handed in her final dissertation for her acting course on Thursday before being told that the college was shutting down operations. She branded the news 'really upsetting', and is still unclear on whether or not she will get her degree. Rachel, who is originally from Ayr but moved to Livingston to study, said: "I was quite lucky that I was in the building at the time. However, everyone else found out via social media. "That's including the staff, they were in the same boat. I think it's disgusting. They found out that the job they'd been at for 10, 15 years was done over Facebook. "We were meant to graduate this year. We've had absolutely no communication with the liquidators. "Our last dissertation hand in was technically this morning. Since I was set to graduate I've had it in my head that this was my last year. I'm lucky that I've got my agent to help me get work and stuff. "For younger students it's such a shame because they weren't far in, and it's almost too late to apply for other colleges." While Rachel has been gutted by the news, she said her time at the college was 'amazing' - and has enjoyed every minute since she started three years ago. She added: "I don't have a bad word to say, up until this point, about the college. The training I've received has been amazing. "They had people who had been working in the industry, and everyone was so close - from the admin staff to the lecturers and everyone. They all helped us in so many ways. "That's why this is so upsetting. The thing on the whole is so sad, because it was such a lovely place for people. "I've put almost £30,000 grand into this degree. We're all in debt. "I did raise that this could be hard for everyone's mental health, and asked if there was any help in place - but was told that there was 'plenty of services' available online." David Adams, whose daughter Calley was in her first year of a musical theatre and dance BA honours course at the facility, said parents have been left 'clueless'. The facility shared the update on their social media pages, which is understood to be how many students and teachers were informed. He added: "Calley heard in the morning, one of her friends mums works there. She turned up and found the place was locked, with some bits of paper with the liquidation notice on the door. "The friends mum had no communication from them. There's been nothing from them, we're all clueless. " Luckily enough we live in Linlithgow, so Calley managed to stay at home. But some of her friends had moved from Ireland and all sorts. "Calley had such a good relationship with the people she'd met at the college, and the teachers. I feel so sorry for the staff, and the people who had moved their whole lives to study there. "The other thing is, it's a brand new facility. They moved it from Edinburgh only a few years ago, and then this came totally out of the blue. "Calley has been dancing and singing since she was born, so she was always going to do something in performing. The college was amazing for her, she loved every minute of the course. "All of them worked so hard, hours of dancing and studying. It's just so sad." The Scottish Institute of Theatre, Dance, Film and Television provides degrees in theatre, dance, acting and performing for students. It opened back in the '00s, and moved to a space on Almondvale Way in Livingston a few years ago. A post on the college Facebook page reads: "By the order of the Sheriff of Lothian and Borders at Livingston Sheriff Court, Katie McLachlan of Middlebrooks Business Recovery & Advice Limited has been appointed as Interim Liquidator of The Scottish Institute of Theatre, Dance, Film and TV Limited, with effect from May 6, 2025. The company has ceased trading with immediate effect." The Scottish Institute of Theatre, Dance, Film and Television and its liquidators have been approached for comment. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. 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Fox News
05-04-2025
- Health
- Fox News
'FOOD BABE' VANI HARI: Don't boo the MAHA movement. Our health and safety are bigger than bureaucrats' egos
I couldn't believe my ears when I heard my friend and colleague Calley Means, co-founder of TrueMed and an adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy, being booed, laughed at and shouted down at the Politico Health Care Summit this week. Apparently, that room full of health care lobbyists and partisan critics didn't want to hear the truth: American health policy in its current form is an absolute and utter failure. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the largest health bureaucracy in the world, needs an overhaul and it needs to happen fast. The backlash Calley encountered Wednesday came just 24 hours after HHS began laying off 10,000 federal employees — including entrenched officials from agencies like the FDA, NIH, and CMS, who have presided over a stunning collapse in American health. Shortly after Secretary Kennedy's announcement of the restructuring, the former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf went on his LinkedIn page and stated "The FDA as we've known it is finished." Thank goodness it's finished. Decades of ineffectiveness have allowed our food and chemical corporations to inundate our food system with novel chemicals without third-party oversight or necessary safety studies. Decades of outdated regulatory actions have let American companies poison us with ingredients they don't use in other countries -- like artificial food dyes that are linked to hyperactivity in children and cancer in animal studies. Decades of poor nutritional standards have allowed infant formulas with the first ingredient -- "corn syrup solids" -- a form of added refined sugar -- to be given to newborn babies. If our health authorities worked, we wouldn't be the sickest developed country on Earth. We wouldn't have exploding rates of obesity, infertility, and depression. The facts speak louder than the boos. We need a total overhaul in how our regulatory bodies operate. We need to replace old thinking. We need new personnel who aren't riddled with conflicts of interest. We need gold-star science that will get to the root cause of why we are in this predicament and how to solve it. Our government has miserably failed to protect human health and there are countless examples of that -- but now with President Donald Trump and Secretary Kennedy's bold vision to reverse chronic disease, we have a turning point in history that we've never had before. What Calley said at the summit wasn't complicated: the people who helped create this crisis shouldn't be the ones running the response. And yet, when he pointed out that America has "the sickest children in the developed world" — and that laughing off reform in the face of that reality is disgraceful — the room turned hostile. He argued that Secretary Kennedy is doing exactly what voters — particularly MAHA moms like me — asked for: removing entrenched bureaucrats who labeled independent experts as quacks, punished dissent, and brushed aside soaring chronic disease rates-- ignoring the fact that food is medicine. To do otherwise, as Calley put it, is "to tell the MAHA moms that their votes and voices are not legitimate." People voted for change. Not for minor tweaks — for structural disruption. And that's why the MAHA moms are done being laughed at. I understand the outrage. But I also understand what's at stake. If our health authorities worked, we wouldn't be the sickest developed country on Earth. We wouldn't have exploding rates of obesity, infertility, and depression. The facts speak louder than the boos. And let's be clear: this isn't the first time reform has made the elite uncomfortable. Calley is a warrior like I've never seen before. He is doing what real reformers always do — facing down institutions that protect themselves at all costs. And he has an army of MAHA moms behind him. I'm one of them. As a longtime food activist and founder of the Food Babe movement, I've spent over a decade challenging the very same health establishment now being reformed. I've spoken directly with the MAHA moms in and and outside the White House driving this effort — women who've watched their kids suffer from chronic illness, only to be gaslit by the very agencies meant to protect them. These aren't fringe voices. They're citizens demanding accountability, transparency, and a return to common sense in public health. I'm proud to stand with them. I've traveled all over the country with Calley, in a grassroots effort to fix what the food industry has done to us -- testifying in various states that are looking to reform antiquated policies that allow harmful chemicals in our food and keep Americans sick. This moment isn't about optics. It's about outcomes — whether American children are healthier in five years. Whether families feel seen and served by public health institutions. Whether the government finally begins to prioritize prevention over pharmaceutical profits. Calley should not apologize for prioritizing America's health over bureaucratic egos. He shouldn't back down because insiders are uncomfortable. He is part of a team building a leaner, more transparent and reputable HHS. And if telling that truth gets him booed again, I have a feeling he'll take the mic every time.
Fox News
06-02-2025
- Health
- Fox News
Calley Means: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is The Biggest Cabinet Pick Of Our Lives
Calley Means, co-author Of 'Good Energy', tells Brian Kilmeade it is looking good for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be confirmed HHS Secretary with Senator Cassidy on board. Means believes this is the biggest cabinet pick of our lives and a massive win for President Trump and the grassroots going up against the most powerful industry in the country. Means said that the Democrats really disgraced themselves in the RFK Jr. hearing and one of the worst parts was Senators Wyden and Warren, who didn't talk policy but questioned his motivations and said he wants kids to be sick. Calley also weighed in on the left protesting in favor of giving children gender-affirming care and transition surgery. Calley calls this evil and a great example of the moral depravity of our healthcare incentives with the pharmaceutical companies funding the civil rights and LBGT groups that are pushing this. Calley says this issue sums up Kennedy and President Trump's message of staying the heck away from kids. Listen here:
