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Qualifications watchdog launches consultation amid complaints from pupils about writing fatigue in exams
Students could be sitting some of their GCSEs and A-levels on a laptop by the end of the decade, according to England’s qualifications watchdog.
Amid complaints from pupils of writing fatigue in exams because their hand muscles “are not strong enough”, Ofqual is launching a three-month...
More than £10bn was committed to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schools
Conservative governments spent £325m creating 67 free schools that subsequently failed or disappeared, many through lack of demand, according to data revealed by a freedom of information request.
The figures from the Department for Education (DfE) show that the...
Leaders of colleges and universities on a panel at the DealBook Summit said other challenges they face include government pressure and preparing graduates for a new world.
See how the central bank’s interest rate stance influences car loans, credit cards, mortgages, savings and student loans.
A suspect who is not a student was arrested after the shooting in Frankfort, Ky., the police said. The university said that a second student was critically injured.
They face long hours, mediocre pay and, at worst, no job, but their optimism is astonishing – let’s support them better
Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh
When I mentioned to colleagues in the NHS that I was helping with admissions interviews for medical students, several responded with the same wry smile and weary shrug: “Do they know what...
As three immigrants claim Nobel Prizes in science for the United States this year, experts warn that immigration crackdowns could undo American innovation.
Colleges should not be allowed to squeeze applicants in a vice.
The school has been brought to heel by conservative critics of higher education. It is part of a broader transformation at the state’s universities.
He was both the first Black person and the first educator to hold the cabinet position, but resigned amid discord over George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind.
In the Ozarks, the growing college town of Fayetteville, Ark., is using clean energy to power city facilities and embracing nature-based solutions to climate threats.
The government sets aside £500m it says is needed to revive services aimed at disconnected teens and young adults.
Report finds children at Mossbourne Victoria Park traumatised by disciplinary measures ‘designed to humiliate’
Staff at a London academy instilled a “climate of fear” among pupils, with a drive for academic success likely to have harmed vulnerable children including those with special needs, according to a damning independent investigation.
The report by Sir Alan Wood, one of the country’s...
Long Beach City college’s Safe Parking Program provides a protected space for students who are homeless to live in their car
When Edgar Rosales Jr uses the word “home” he isn’t referring to the house he plans to buy after becoming a nurse or getting a job in public health. Rather, the second-year student at Long Beach City college is talking about the parking lot he slept in every night...
Flu is on the rise, but ministers say schools should only close in extreme circumstances.
Review finds Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy’s policies are “harmful” to some vulnerable pupils.
Why proposals for a shorter working week are winning over teachers and parents – despite the logistical headaches
“A wonderful idea”, “Bring it on!”, “Yes!”, “Brilliant!”, “Absolutely”. If enthusiasm were all it took to change policy, a four-day week in England’s schools would be all but guaranteed.
A Guardian report this week saying that the 4 Day Week Foundation has urged the government to...
Louise Butcher is one of many parents who say a federation’s two schools are too strict with pupils.
Costs in England have now risen to £2.3bn a year, with local authorities arguing eligible pupils don’t always need a ‘door-to-door taxi service’
“Home-to-school transport” should be renamed “assisted travel to school” to help manage parental expectations, MPs on the public accounts committee have been told.
While councils are committed to helping children entitled to support to get to school,...
Funding will be used to help employ young people in sectors including AI, hospitality and engineering.
Teachers in England and Wales are burnt-out and barely functioning. Solving that will help young people and their families too
Tis the season to be jolly, unless you’re a teacher, in which case you are most likely a zombified wreck tenuously held together by caffeine and chocolate bars that aren’t even made of chocolate any more.
In the popular imagination, teachers finish at 4pm and have...