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We have created the most stifling and sanitised imaginative space conceivable for children, says teacher Brendan James Murray. Today true imagination has become a radical act
The six children sit together at the waterline in roaring wind. Seagulls dip and strain, beating their wings against the gusts as, far below, waves crest, thump, whisper. A girl, scarcely three years old, stands suddenly...
The problem wasn’t just the perfectly polished, yet mediocre prose. It’s what’s lost when we surrender the struggle to translate thought into words
I have been teaching fiction writing at MIT since 2017. Many of my students last wrote fiction in middle school, and very few have experienced a proper workshop, so at the start of every semester I offer these directions for writer and reader...
Readers discuss artificial intelligence and writing in the classroom. Also: President Trump’s latest assault on science; election workers.
A gunman’s attack at the April dinner has spurred more debate than usual about one of Washington’s most dissected rituals.
A new tool on the university’s website tells you what the first year “will” cost if you get in.
The National Education Union says it will hold a formal ballot this autumn without “urgent action”.
At the city’s Great Exhibition of 1904, 57 Somali men, women and children cooked, weaved and danced for visitors
It was, the posters said, a rare chance to see a “little known but interesting people”: a live display of 57 Somali men, women and children who cooked, weaved and danced for the entertainment of hundreds of thousands of Edwardians who flocked to Yorkshire to see them.
More than 120...
Harvard’s boxing club is drawing new members. So are boxing clubs at other colleges, as students look for real-life connection.
A key judicial decision in Mr. Khalil’s immigration case was expedited significantly and included the recusal of multiple judges.
Harassment reported by 35% of students at ‘high tariff’ institutions compared with 17% at those with lowest entry grades
Students at England’s leading universities were more than twice as likely to experience sexual harassment than those at “lower tariff” institutions, according to analysis.
Data from a national survey of undergraduates shows that 35% of students at “high tariff”...
The Ultimate Picture Palace opened in 1911 and is housed in a Grade II-listed building which is in need of renovation
The survival of one of the UK’s oldest independent cinemas is under threat while its landlord, Oxford University’s Oriel College, refuses to extend its lease to allow vital renovations.
The Ultimate Picture Palace in east Oxford opened in 1911, and has entertained generations of...
Athlete and sport bodies call for rethink after health and education departments each propose £60m funding cuts
Mo Farah and more than 70 leading UK sporting bodies have demanded the government rethink potential £120m cuts to school sports in England, after a clash between two departments over the funding.
The Guardian reported earlier this year that the Department of Health and Social Care had...
As the traditional route of school, university and entry-level job is ever more precarious, it’s no wonder parents are feeling the strain
Called on to do long division, how would you fare? I had no illusions going in. I couldn’t do it the first time round and, four decades later, it seemed unlikely the situation had improved. (For a split second I thought AI might help, but it was like...
Objection after museum removes word ‘Palestine’ from list of countries of ancient Levant and Egypt and from some explanatory panels
The Palestinian ambassador to the UK has called for Foreign Office intervention after the British Museum removed references to Palestine from its exhibits.
The UK recognised the state of Palestine in September 2025, but the same year the museum removed the name...
Researchers say findings are not reason to shy away from restrictions as MPs consider ban in England’s schools
Strict bans on mobile phones in schools have “close to zero” impact on student learning and show no evidence of improvements in attendance or online bullying, a study has found.
Researchers at US universities including Stanford and Duke looked at nearly 1,800 US schools where...
The advice puts babies at risk of serious harm, even death, medical professionals have told the BBC.
Job ready graduates program will also leave almost two-thirds of humanities and creative arts students with debts exceeding $50,000
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One in four humanities students will take more than 25 years to fully repay their student loans because of Morrison government changes to university fees, newly public Treasury modelling reveals.
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Once violently defended from extinction, Welsh is still a part of daily life. By learning my family’s language, I hoped to join their conversation
By Dan Fox. Read by Matt Addis
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Education is being targeted across Palestine, with the murder of 14-year-old Aws al-Naasan only the latest in a spree of violence
The Israeli reservist shot 14-year-old Aws al-Naasan in the head just outside the western gate of the Mughayyir boys’ secondary school, where he was studying in ninth grade.
Aws collapsed instantly, bleeding heavily. More shots rang out as his friends ran to his...
Teachers and tutors share tips for students to get through exam season.
NAHT leader says schools watchdog for England does not raise standards, amid opposition to ‘Nando’s-style’ scoring
School leaders are being pressurised “to the point of destruction”, the head of a teaching union has said, as he put the education establishment “on notice”.
During a speech to the union’s annual conference in Belfast, Paul Whiteman, the general secretary of the National...