Northwestern Agrees to Deal With Trump Administration
The university will pay $75 million to regain its research funding and end investigations, the second highest payment by a school facing pressure from the administration.
Education
At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo
With the help of A.I., a historian has identified the killer in a 1941 image that defined the savagery of the Nazi regime.
‘Predatory’ head teacher struck off after exposing himself in school
James ‘Jamie’ Richards left several staff traumatised and was described as “predatory” by a panel.
A ‘Floor’ on Abortion Is Still a Limit
Readers respond to an editorial about access to abortion. Also: A citizenship test for our leaders.
Parents threatened and blamed by authorities as 1,000 adopted children returned to care
Families seeking help for their children’s complex needs describe threats of police action against them.
Ban harmful content from social media instead of us, say Australian teens
From 10 December, social media firms must ensure Australians aged under 16 cannot have accounts.
Ministers face calls to explain how £6bn Send funding hole will be paid for
Bridget Phillipson has reassured MPs that Send costs will not fall on core schools funding but on government budget
Ministers are to reduce the rising cost of funding special educational needs provision through their overhaul of the system, as they faced calls to explain how a £6bn funding hole would be paid for.
The government is under pressure to clarify how it will pay for special...
Freeze on student loan repayment threshold could leave graduates struggling, NUS warns
Graduates in relatively low-paid jobs earning close to minimum wage will have to repay ‘more, much sooner’
The National Union of Students (NUS) has warned that a three-year freeze on the salary threshold for loan repayments could leave new graduates struggling to afford food, rent and bills.
In Rachel Reeves’s budget on Wednesday it was announced that from April 2027, the salary at which...
Ministers insist plans to absorb council Send debts won’t hit school budgets
Ministers say the Office for Budget Responsibility’s projections do not take into account upcoming reforms.
Mum travels 80 miles to take her son to ‘priceless’ cerebral palsy school
The Buddy Bear School in Dungannon, County Tyrone, opened in 1993 and is the only school of its kind in Northern Ireland.
Courtauld to embark on £82m campus project at Somerset House in London
‘Once-in-a-generation transformation’ of Grade-I building will bring teaching spaces under same roof as gallery
The Courtauld has unveiled an £82m campus redevelopment it is calling a “once-in-a-generation transformation” of its Grade-I listed building at Somerset House in London.
The Stirling prize-winning architects Witherford Watson Mann will take charge of the project at the teaching and...
Warning of £20bn timebomb as Reeves switches Send funding in England to education department
Councils welcome move but OBR says it is a significant fiscal risk and could lead to 4.9% real fall in spending per pupil
The government will take over full responsibility for special educational needs spending from local councils, it was revealed at the budget, prompting warnings that the Department for Education could be facing a £20bn timebomb in two years.
The Office for Budget...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
The school, one of several to face pressure campaigns from the Trump administration, would pay a $75 million fine and have its research funding restored under terms of the agreement being discussed.
Teenage dreams are never practical. But where would we be without the people who chased theirs? | Adrian Chiles
It can feel wrong to encourage young people to shoot for the stars – yet if no one did, our world would be empty of the artists, actors, athletes and visionaries who give it so much pleasure and meaning
Who wants to crush a kid’s dreams? Not me. But what to say when asked by a teenager about a career in the media? With tens of thousands of media, journalism and other graduates crowding into...
‘Teenage Wasteland’ Review: Young in Age, Mature in Reporting
This documentary looks back at a group of teenagers who, in the early 1990s, created a high school video project that ended up breaking real news.
‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future | Stephen Burgen
What does it mean to lose a language? And what does it take to save it? Those were the big questions being asked in Barcelona recently
There’s an Irish saying, tír gan teanga, tír gan anam: a country without a language is a country without a soul. Representatives of some of Europe’s estimated 60 minority languages – or minoritised, as they define them – met in Barcelona recently to...
Missing High School Coach Travis Turner Facing Charges, Officials Say
An Appalachian community in Virginia was electrified by its high school team’s winning streak. Until the team’s coach disappeared — and allegations against him surfaced.
School Groups Sue to Stop Dismantling of the Education Department
The new complaint is aimed at changes the Trump administration would make to shift significant functions from the department to other federal agencies.
Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told
Regulator says 24 are at more immediate risk and may have to stop degree courses within next 12 months
Fifty higher education providers in England are at risk of exiting the market within the next two to three years, MPs on the House of Commons education committee have been told as part of their inquiry into university funding and the threat of insolvency.
The evidence follows last week’s...
‘A fire, a dog, and the starry sky’: the teens overcoming phone-addiction through Arctic pursuits
A new documentary from the makers of Jesus Camp follows the students enrolled at one of Norway’s 85 ‘folk high schools’. Can sledding and survival skills cure their social media-induced anxiety?
Nineteen-year-old Hege is stricken by all the common anxieties of her generation. She spends too much time scrolling through socials on her phone, and as a result she is obsessed with how other people...
Scottish school cancels Christmas play after ‘racist and abusive’ messages
Show at Cauldeen primary school in Inverness had included a scene explaining hardship faced by Syrian refugees
A primary school in Scotland has cancelled its Christmas show after receiving “racist and abusive” messages because it featured sympathy towards Syrian refugees.
The decision by Cauldeen primary school in Inverness follows rising tensions at other schools in Scotland over adult English...