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Watchdog finds complaints against City of Sanctuary UK were ‘misleading and false’ after online attacks over its migrant welcome project
A refugee charity subjected to vicious social media attacks over a migrant welcome project in schools has been cleared after watchdogs found allegations it encouraged pupils to send Valentine’s Day cards to asylum seekers were misleading and false.
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A new partnership will provide training for school leaders about knife-crime risk, the government says.
The Education Authority says as of Tuesday morning about 80% of post-primary schools are back online.
The cap on Plan 2 and postgraduate loan interest rates comes amid a risk of rising inflation.
Minister says change for plan 2 and 3 loans in England and Wales will ‘protect borrowers’ from impact of global conflict
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The interest rate on plan 2 and plan 3 student loans will be capped at 6%, the Department for Education has announced.
Graduates with plan 2 loans currently pay interest rates based on the retail price index (RPI) measure of inflation, plus...
Education officials are planning an overhaul to English and social studies in the nation’s largest Republican led state.
Headteacher Julia Polley says students get quicker and more detailed feedback, without teacher bias.
These companies now own everything from nurseries to care homes, squeezing vital services for profit while we foot the bill
It was the free croissants that gave it away. And the Scandinavian-style furniture. And the tasteful pastel walls. It was different from other nurseries I’d viewed: marginally more expensive, the aesthetic equivalent of a WeWork for toddlers. I was eight months pregnant,...
Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s policies affecting the Roma minority have put those voters in play in upcoming parliamentary elections. In a tight race, they could make the difference.
Universities in Britain rely on overseas applicants paying full fees, which has given rise to some unscrupulous recruiters and left many hopefuls and their families deep in debt
When Sam started looking into studying abroad, it didn’t take long for his phone to start ringing. At 24, he was living with his parents in a small city in the southern Indian state of Odisha and he’d been stuck in...
A Vietnam veteran-turned-academic historian, he drew acclaim for portraying conflicts from the perspectives of generals as well as grunts on all sides, both in Vietnam and in World War II.
Home Office will use mapping technology and crime data to identify up to 250 schools in areas of greatest risk
Schools across England are to receive dedicated support to prevent knife crime incidents in a hyper-targeted Home Office programme that uses mapping technology to identify areas of risk down to the level of specific groups of streets.
Under the £1.2m scheme – part of a series of...
Philanthropy increases the gap dividing highly selective, elite higher education from the rest. Ministers need a plan for the sector overall
About 2% of UK universities’ income came from donations and endowments in 2024-25 – slightly less than the previous year. At a time when charitable giving overall is down, the announcement last week of a record £190m donation to the University of...
Natasha Blackmore, 36, met students outside of school and told them of relationships and drunken nights.
The former pupil was awarded £18,900 in 2024 but that was reduced after an appeal by the school.
The Royal College of Paramedics said it expected to see similar recruitment freezes across the UK.
NASUWT’s leader said there is a “ticking time bomb” if male pupils cannot be helped with misogyny.
Reports on English policies seen in Wales as relating to whole of UK contribute to widespread confusion, researchers say
UK media is failing to report properly on devolved issues in Wales, leaving voters ill-informed about May’s Senedd elections, a report has found.
A Cardiff University study of more than 3,000 news items found repeated patterns in coverage across different broadcasters and...
Misogynistic abuse of female staff is increasing, leaving teachers feeling ‘traumatised’ and ‘humiliated’
Teachers’ leaders have said a “masculinity crisis” is fermenting in schools across the UK, with misogynistic abuse of female staff on the increase, leaving victims “traumatised”, “demeaned” and “humiliated”.
Almost a quarter of female teachers who took part in a union survey said they have...
Aria Fani of University of Washington’s Middle East Center is latest critic of Israel to lose position at US university
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A University of Washington professor was removed as head of the school’s Middle East Center after reportedly using newsletters from the center to criticize the US and Israel’s war on Iran and...
Effort to curb grade inflation, by limiting top marks to 20% of students in a course, is opposed by most students
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Harvard’s faculty is set to vote next week on a faculty committee proposal to cap the number of A grades per course in an effort to curb grade inflation.
The proposal, which was first reported earlier this...