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Pausing the scrapping of existing qualifications was the right decision. But the wider battle over further education continues
The government’s granting of a stay of execution to popular courses including health and business studies BTecs, while alternatives are developed, is a victory for common sense. It should not have taken a years‑long campaign by the college sector to prevent the...
Ministers go to Brussels for talks amid tuition fees standoff, almost 10 years after Britons voted to leave EU
This week is “Brexit reset” week for the British government, as ministers engage in a flurry of activity intended to highlight their determination to forge closer ties with Brussels almost 10 years after the country first voted to leave the EU.
On Monday, Nick Thomas-Symonds, the...
National Secular Society to launch court action after failure to investigate alleged breaches of academic freedom laws
A university regulator in England has failed to investigate potential breaches of laws protecting academic freedom at a dozen theological colleges and is now facing legal action, the Guardian has learned.
The National Secular Society says it is preparing to pursue the Office...
British negotiators ‘blindsided’ by Brussels’ demand for a reduction that could cost universities £140m a year
Britain is in a standoff with Brussels over a demand to cut university tuition fees for European students, in a row that threatens to scupper Keir Starmer’s planned EU reset.
EU officials say European students should pay “home” fees of about £9,500 a year as part of the...
At once, Mahmood Mamdani’s fame was eclipsed by his son’s. At the same time, the election of Zohran Mamdani has attracted new interest in his father’s work.
Yasiris Ortiz, a 28-year-old star from the Bronx, is helping to bring free table tennis programing to children across the city.
A group of Democratic attorneys general had sued to overturn the Trump administration’s new policy that demanded the past seven years of student application data.
Education secretary has claimed lawyers’ criticisms of her department’s policy changes are motivated by profit
Lawyers have been accused of exploiting parents of children with special needs by the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, who claimed their criticisms of the government’s policy changes were motivated by profit.
Speaking at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL)...
In the National Year of Reading, teachers say a culture of enthusiasm, from dress-up days, story time and book clubs, can reverse a national decline
Ajmal, 7, is an avid fan of the InvestiGators comic books. They feature two crime-busting alligator secret agents called Mango and Brash. “It’s really funny,” he says, then outlines the plot of his current favourite in exhaustive detail.
Wren, 8,...
[New Dawn] Renowned Liberian human rights lawyer and Liberian People’s Party (LPP) political leader, Cllr. Taiwan Saye Gongloe has emphasized the urgent need for a knowledge-based economy in Liberia.
In first study of its kind, Cambridge researchers found AI toys could misread some children’s emotions.
Will Mair, who studies aging, lost almost all his research funds when the White House cracked down on Harvard. He was wholly unprepared for the upheaval that followed.
[Africa Check] No, South African government not removing English from public schools
University of Cambridge study finds AI-powered toys can misread emotions and respond inappropriately to children
It was all going well. Charlotte, five, was chatting with an AI soft toy called Gabbo at a London play centre about her family, her drawing of a heart to represent them and what makes her happy. She even offered a couple of kisses to the £80 toy with a face like a computer screen.
It...
[Unicef] Port Sudan — Reported drone attacks struck a secondary school and a primary healthcare centre in Shukairi village in White Nile State, Sudan, yesterday morning. At least eight students, four of them under the age of 18, and a health worker were killed. Many more were injured, and the schools in the locality have been closed as a result.
[This Day] Abuja — The Federal Government has announced the approval of N2 billion each as take-off grants for Bola Ahmed Tinubu Federal Polytechnic, Abuja, and Federal University of Science and Technology, Epe, Lagos State, as part of efforts to support their early operations and development.
[Premium Times] Mr Alausa said the initiative builds on earlier connectivity efforts under the Nigerian Research and Education Network (NgREN), which previously supported broadband connectivity for tertiary institutions under a World Bank-funded project.
[Premium Times] “Yes, I know him as a parent. He has children in my institution. He has four children at the American International School, Abuja,” the witness said of former Governor Yahaya Bello on Thursday.
A union says schools should practise emergency responses as they do with routine fire drills.
[Capital FM] Nandi — William Ruto returned to his former school, Kapsabet High School, on Thursday as the institution celebrated 100 years of continuous teaching and learning, describing the occasion as a personal homecoming.