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Labour and Lib Dems ask Tory leader to clarify details of alleged offer after former admissions staff dispute account
Labour and the Liberal Democrats have called for Kemi Badenoch to come clean about her claims of an offer from Stanford University at the age of 16, after former admissions staff said she had described an impossible scenario.
The Labour MP Peter Prinsley has written to the...
How do you feel about the start of a new academic year?
Working parents are now able to access 30 hours of childcare per week, paid for by the government.
I’ve examined how commercial technologies reshape education – often in ways parents instinctively resist, but are told to ignore
Dr Velislava Hillman is an academic, teacher, writer and consultant on educational technology and policy.
A quiet transformation is unfolding in schools: commercial technology is rapidly reshaping how children learn, often without much public debate or inquiry.
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Schools in Banbury and Wallingford are relying on parents’ help to improve
Survey says children avoiding subjects such as geography and languages because of fears about extra costs
Secondary school pupils from low-income families are “bounced out” of studying subjects such as geography and languages because of fears about extra costs, according to a survey of children in England.
Nearly a quarter (23%) of those surveyed who were in receipt of free school meals (FSM)...
The impending ban is popular with many parents, but experts have raised concerns over privacy and age verification technology.
The low pass rate in compulsory retakes is one of many challenges in 16-19 education
For years, rigid rules and a shocking failure rate in compulsory GCSE retakes have been one of the exam system’s dirty secrets. At last this dire situation is getting some of the attention it deserves. This year, nearly a quarter of all maths and English language entries in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
It comes as data shows children who missed some of the first week of school were more likely to be persistently absent.
Education secretary targets 800 schools as she attempts to turn around post-Covid trends with enhanced support
Parents and caregivers “need to do more” to reverse post-Covid trends of poor attendance and behaviour in schools, the education secretary has said, announcing new measures to support schools in England before the start of the new school year.
Bridget Phillipson unveiled a UK...
President Trump has cut hundreds of thousands of jobs from the federal work force, disproportionately affecting Black employees.
Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence. Experts see President Trump as borrowing some of their tactics.
Members of the group offered on Telegram to draw armed officers to schools, malls and airports, though their claims are unverified. Such false emergency calls have disrupted campus life in recent days.
As a new academic year begins providers say national insurance rises and food price inflation has forced up prices
Parents across England are facing higher prices for school lunches as the new school year begins, with caterers blaming the government’s national insurance increase alongside rising food and energy costs.
Lunch providers say increases in staffing costs, including employer national...
President Trump’s repeated claims about having “solved” the India-Pakistan war infuriated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. And that was only the beginning.
As school returns, we look at a scheme that pairs teenagers with toddlers from a local nursery in a bid to help increase school attendance.
By systematically devaluing the liberal arts, we are leaving students unprepared for the demands of democratic life
No part of the Trump 2.0 agenda has been more revealing to the ideological intentions of the administration than the sustained efforts that insist upon a “pro-American” version of history. It is an effort that has taken many forms, including a recent letter sent by the White...
But Black student enrollment is lower at the two universities after years of turmoil in elite higher education.
Study finds outdoor play has positive effect on children’s social and emotional skills
One in three children do not play outdoors after school and a fifth do not at the weekend, according to research that found outdoor play has a beneficial impact on young people’s developing social and emotional skills.
The University of Exeter study looked at data from 2,500 children between sevenand 12 from...
Educating Yorkshire Part 2 shows inspirational teachers negotiating challenges in young people’s lives
“Basically, there’s summat wrong with me. I’m like … a psychopath. Genuinely!” A teenage girl with the face of an angel is confiding in Mr Wilson, one of the student managers. He listens solemnly, but his mouth twitches with the beginnings of a smile.
“I’m going to start by disagreeing...
Our colleagues deliver educational and cultural programmes in some of the world’s most dangerous places. And they don’t give up when things get tough
Scott McDonald is chief executive of the British Council
On Wednesday night, our office in Kyiv was damaged in a Russian missile attack. It was a stark reminder of the risks that an organisation such as ours faces in conflict-affected areas. I was...