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First lift since 2017 staves off fuller reckoning with higher-education funding but gives no confidence for the future
It was always going to be difficult for a Labour government to get it right on tuition fees. Having once promised they would be abolished, Keir Starmer’s team have been forced to announce an increase just months after assuming office.
In the face of mounting warnings about the...
The body representing universities in Wales says “pressing, urgent challenges” are being faced.
By ending the freeze, ministers will ease funding pressures. But student loans need further reform
The announcement that the tuition fees paid by English students (but not Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish ones) are to rise next year is a response to the financial crisis threatening the sector. With about 40% of England’s universities suffering deficits, course closures and a fall in...
What can I borrow and when do I have to start paying back my loans?
Fees could rise from £9,250 to about £9,500 and the move is expected to come into force from September 2025
Starmer went on to say the government was “going to treat people smugglers like terrorists”. And he explained what that meant.
So we’re taking our approach to counter terrorism, which we know works, and apply it to the gangs with our new Border Security Command.
We’re ending the...
The education secretary is expected to announce details to MPs in Parliament on Monday afternoon.
Ministers to announce increase in annual fees, which have been capped at £9,250 since 2017
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University tuition fees in England are to go up next autumn for the first time in eight years, the government will announce this afternoon.
If linked to inflation, it could take fees up to a record £9,500 in October 2025, providing some respite for universities who have...
Eight charged in connection with murder of Samuel Paty in Paris suburbs in 2020
It was a killing that started with started with a lie. In October 2020, an Islamist terrorist tracked down and decapitated professor Samuel Paty as he left school on the last day before half-term holidays.
In the days preceding his murder, Paty, 47, who taught geography and history, had been the subject of an...
Research shows that those with easier to pronounce names are more successful in the workplace
Names matter. I’ve written a whole book about our country being called Great Britain at a time when things haven’t been going great. And being called Torsten causes all kinds of trauma – there was the distant relative who just gave up and called me Tristram.
But I’ve not worried that having a weird...
Sector faces ‘catastrophic loss’ as more than 9,000 thirtysomething women leave state education in a year
Schools across England are ramping up maternity pay and offering flexible working in a bid to stem the exodus of thousands of women in their 30s from teaching.
In Wednesday’s budget chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed she would fund recruiting 6,500 new teachers by pressing ahead with...
Faculty members are used to sharing power with presidents and trustees to run universities. But some presidents and lawmakers have made moves to reduce their say.
One week into the job, the Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson resigned amid criticism by elected leaders that his past posts were anti-Semitic and misogynistic.
Israeli student filed lawsuit after suspension for spraying pro-Palestimian protesters with foul-smelling substance
Columbia University has reached a $395,000 settlement with a student who in January sprayed student protesters with a foul-smelling substance at one of several campus demonstrations in support of Palestine.
The Israeli student who received the payout had been suspended until May.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha’s forceful push to increase voter turnout could help boost critical support for Democrats from Black voters.
A record number of books were banned in districts across the country during the 2023-2024 school year, according to a free speech organization.
The children’s charity says the police data shows people are “still waiting” for social media to be made safe,
Messages among leaders at Harvard and other universities, published by House Republicans, reveal discussions on how to balance public statements about the war and how to negotiate with protesters.
Independent Schools Council says its focus is on children and it is concerned about impact on specialist schools
The Independent Schools Council (ISC) has said it will launch legal action against the government’s decision to impose VAT on independent school fees.
The council, which represents more than 1,400 private schools in the UK and abroad, reached its decision after a board meeting held...
Rachel Reeves made funding the NHS a priority but people working in other areas said they were disappointed
Rachel Reeves’s first budget emphasised raising taxes to help the NHS, as the health service tries to cope with huge waiting lists and an ageing population. Funding the NHS was a top priority but people in other sectors – from universities to social care – feel the budget was a...
The Independent Schools Council, which represents 1,400 schools, votes to proceed with legal action.
But school leaders do not agree on how quickly the government should be pacing itself.