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Office for Students plans new complaints system as Bridget Phillipson says academics too often are being silenced
Universities in England that fail to protect free speech could face fines of £500,000 or 2% of their income, and in some cases risk losing public funding, under a new complaints system, the government has said.
The Office for Students (OfS) will run a “first-of-its-kind” scheme...
Former minister leading review into young people and work cites survey showing most teachers decry lack of ‘soft skills’
An “exam-obsessed” school system is leaving young people unprepared for work, Alan Milburn has said, as new polling suggests teachers believe pupils are leaving education without the skills they need for adult life.
Milburn, a former cabinet minister under Tony Blair and now...
I was a newcomer, negotiating all of the usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attack
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Universities could face fines of £500,000 or 2% of their income if they are found to have failed to protect free speech.
He was one of 5 University of Buffalo faculty members fired for not signing loyalty oaths. In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled in their favor.
Higher nutritional standards are a good idea. But ministers, like hungry pupils, must avoid looking for ‘grab-and-go’ fixes
For growing children, lunchtime is a vital moment in every day. Full-time education is demanding. Afternoon lessons only work because they come after a break – and food. And children, like adults, often mind a great deal about what they eat. So school menus are...
Shortly before 2 a.m., a fight broke out at the downtown pedestrian mall. When police officers arrived, they heard gunshots.
Readers respond to an Opinion essay by Frank Bruni. Also: An arch near Arlington; cuts in mental health care; transformation in prison.
Sale of vocational training brand and million-pound executive pay deals now subject to Charity Commission inquiry
When electrician Charlie Butler was contacted by City & Guilds last autumn, he received a shock.
He had branched out to launch a new company schooling future sparkies in Essex, offering City & Guilds-affiliated courses and qualifications. When the representative from the training...
On college campuses from the Northeast to the Southwest, the conflict in Iran is testing the fealty of young Republicans during the second Trump administration.
Advice on building a rewarding work life, even amid employment gloom.
The $7 million KidSTREAM museum was the brainchild of a former teacher looking for a place to entertain her young daughters.
Across the nation, news museums are opening, and existing ones are expanding.
Technology must return to its proper place in the classroom — as a supplemental tool rather than the source and summit of education.
Students at the University of Arkansas disagreed with Turning Point’s direction, pointing to challenges ahead for the conservative group.
Many teachers say they struggle to balance the pressures of their job with the demands of being a parent.
Rumeysa Ozturk, who was detained for weeks by the Trump administration after co-writing a pro-Palestinian opinion essay, has graduated and returned home.
For nearly 80 years, Carleton College in Minnesota has kept a place where students and others can come, bake and share. After a recent renovation, we checked in.
Asad Dandia, 33, an ally of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, will take over from Ron Schweiger, who has held the unpaid position for 24 years.
Birthrates are down. Families are leaving New York City. So educators, especially at charter schools, are expanding their marketing efforts on social media and in subway stations.
Though welcomed by chefs and campaigners, many schools say the government’s plan to remove ‘grab and go’ options from the menu is a step too far
It is lunchtime at Richard Challoner school, a Catholic comprehensive for boys in New Malden, south-west London. The familiar smell of school lunch is beginning to waft around the corridors.
In the canteen, there is a moment of calm as the kitchen team...