Uni defends new Kazakhstan campus amid human rights concerns
Hundreds of students have started lectures at the new campus, which is 3,712 miles from Cardiff.
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A Harvard Professor Is Placed on Leave After Firing a Pellet Gun
The episode initially raised concerns because it happened near a synagogue, but the police say it was unrelated to antisemitism.
DfE failure to plan for Covid school closures was ‘extraordinary dereliction of duty’, academy head tells inquiry
Jon Coles tells of shock at lack of planning by government and says it was ‘perfectly clear’ schools would likely close
The leader of one of the largest academy trusts in England has described the Department for Education’s failure to do any planning for school closures before lockdown in March 2020 as “an extraordinary dereliction of duty”.
Jon Coles, the chief executive of the United Learning...
Harvard Has Identified Another Problem: Its Own Students
Many students don’t do the reading and don’t speak up in class, according to a report. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech.
Cycle tracking isn’t woo-woo or a tradwife tool. It’s essential education for everyone – no matter the gender | Freya Bennett
The 24-hour day might be perfectly synced to men’s hormonal cycle – but the menstrual cycle takes a longer view …
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Once a month without fail I decide to give up on all my goals and ambitions. “There’s just no point,” I sigh to my mother, who smiles and asks what day of my cycle I’m on. I grumble back, insisting it has nothing to do with...
How to Save a Book Festival
With humanities funding vanishing, stories and those who protect them remain our greatest hope.
We May Know Why Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance Really Sank
The explorer’s journey to Antarctica was likely doomed before it began.
A united Labour party is making Britain work better for all. We cannot allow our mission to be disrupted | Bridget Phillipson
I’ve delivered for tens of thousands of schoolchildren, lifting them out of poverty – as deputy leader I can deliver for all
Bridget Phillipson is the education secretary
Last week, conference showed the best of the Labour party: our collective strength, united, and with purpose. Our message to the British public was clear: that we offer decency, not decline, and that we’re determined to...
The fury at home left me terrified of anger. Until a teacher showed me how to use it as a force for good | Marisa Bate
In an eye-opening drama class, Miss Smith taught me that rage didn’t only belong to men
We always knew it was coming. There were signs we’d learned to read: a change in atmosphere, the sound of the fridge door opening, wine glugging into a glass. And then it would arrive. My stepfather’s anger filled the house, even the rooms he wasn’t in. We breathed it in and out silently, waiting for...
Home Office grants extra visas for UCL international students told to defer
Hundreds of students with promised places had been left in limbo after university exceeded its visa allocations
Hundreds of international students will be able to take up their promised places after negotiations between the Home Office and University College London ended with the government granting extra visas.
Hundreds of students, many from China, had been left in limbo after UCL...
AS-levels could be scrapped and GCSE grades changed under plans
The Department of Education is considering removing AS-levels and a return to a two-year A-level course.
MoD spends millions on private schools to avoid Welsh language
Military personnel receive a private education allowance to avoid lessons in Welsh in state schools.
The Superintendent’s Bio Seemed Too Good to Be True. It Was.
Ian Roberts rose through the ranks of American education with talent, charm and a riveting back story. He was also hiding a shocking secret.
Six out of 10 UK secondary schools hit by cyber-attack or breach in past year
Hackers are more likely to target educational institutions than private businesses, government survey shows
When hackers attacked UK nurseries last month and published children’s data online, they were accused of hitting a new low.
But the broader education sector is well used to being a target.
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Texas L.G.B.T.Q. Teenagers and Families Navigate a Public School Clampdown
Under a new state law, public schools can no longer sponsor gay and gender clubs or “assist” with transitioning, but implementation appears to be varying by the politics of the districts.
Teacher says pupils calmer after smartphone ban
Marie Lally says children are turning up at the school gates “more focused”.
The Problem Lurking Beneath the Church-and-State Debates in Texas
What exactly is religion, anyway?
When Attacks on Free Speech Come From Left and Right
Readers respond to a column by Bret Stephens pointing out examples.
This Program Rescued Army Recruiting
The defense secretary cites a ‘Trump bump.’ But the Army’s recruiting surge wouldn’t have been possible without the program started three years ago at Fort Jackson.
‘We’ve been inundated’: European private schools report surge in interest from wealthy British parents
VAT on school fees has led to a rise in overseas interest and even relocations as UK fees have jumped by as much as 22.6%
Wealthy British parents are turning to boarding schools in continental Europe as rising private school fees push families to look for cheaper options abroad.
German and Swiss institutions have reported rises in the number of queries from British parents who face higher fees...
Federal Workers’ Union Sues Administration Over Partisan Email Language
Department of Education employees this week found that their out-of-office emails during the government shutdown had been edited to include partisan language.