What are BTecs and how are they graded?
Hundreds of thousands of students do the vocational qualifications known as BTecs every year.
Education
What are T-levels and what are the grades worth?
T-levels are equivalent to three A-levels, and focus on practical rather than academic subjects.
The U.S. Says Britain Is Chilling Free Speech. Many Britons Point the Finger Back.
To some in the U.K., the criticisms from the American right over arrests of people for hate speech seem hypocritical, given President Trump’s attacks on those who disagree with him.
Trump Escalates a Fight Over How to Measure Merit in American Education
President Trump’s most recent executive order wades into a debate over how elite colleges should weigh grades and test scores versus the obstacles students have overcome.
What Is Mamdani’s Vision for New York City’s $40 Billion School System?
Zohran Mamdani has not released a detailed plan for public education, but his biggest proposal centers on weakening mayoral control and giving power to teachers and parents.
Students reminded of exam stress text support
The free service provides confidential 24/7 support to students struggling with exam-related worry.
School to be rebuilt years after finding RAAC
Education chiefs hope the rebuild will ease pressure on school places in the area.
International student levy could cost English universities £600m a year
The proposed 6% surcharge has prompted warnings from vice-chancellors over its impact on budgets and global competitiveness
The government’s proposed levy on international student fees could cost universities in England more than £600m a year if it goes ahead, a study has found.
The 6% surcharge on tuition fees paid by overseas students, floated in the Home Office’s recent immigration white...
Trump signs action forcing higher education to surrender admissions data
Move requires colleges and universities to prove they do not consider race in admissions
Donald Trump signed an executive action on Thursday forcing colleges and universities to submit data to prove they do not consider race in admissions, as the White House intensifies its scrutiny of higher education institutions that receive federal funding.
The Trump administration is accusing colleges of...
Health experts urge ban on school materials backed by food, drink and gambling firms
Exclusive: Education secretary told sponsored resources misrepresent evidence about diets, alcohol and betting
Health experts have urged Bridget Phillipson to stop schools using educational materials funded by the food, drink and gambling industries, in order to protect children from “harmful” influences.
Dozens of doctors, health charities and public health specialists have written to the...
Baltimore Schools Face Investigation Over Antisemitism Allegations
The Trump administration has scrutinized colleges over their handling of antisemitism. The new investigation suggested the government was widening its focus.
Home Office reveals how people will be chosen to come to UK from France under ‘one in, one out’ scheme – as it happened
People will be chosen via three-stage process, with government expected to accept around 50 migrants a week when scheme starts
Rushanara Ali, the homelessness minister, is facing criticism for hiking rent on a property she owns by hundreds of pounds, reportedly just weeks after the previous tenants’ contract ended, PA Media reports. PA says:
Four tenants who rented a house in east London from...
Trump to Require Universities to Submit Data on Applicants’ Race
The administration has become increasingly focused on admissions data in its effort to bring the higher education system in line with President Trump’s political agenda.
Tuition fees are rising again and nobody is happy – it’s time to actually fix our broken university sector | Zoe Williams
The figures simply don’t add up for higher education in England and Wales. Yet delusional politicians from all parties seem intent on avoiding the issue
Tuition fees in England go up this year for the first time in eight years and the response from universities has ranged from tepid to dismayed. It’s not hard to see why: Russell Group analysis found that the new amount of £9,535 a year –...
Trump’s Deals With Top Colleges May Give Rich Applicants a Bigger Edge
The public release of data on test scores and race could wind up making wealth even more influential in admissions.
SUNY Downstate Hospital Official Sentenced for Stealing $1.4 Million
Dr. Michael Lucchesi, the former chairman of emergency medicine, used hospital funds on personal vacations, concert tickets and luxury pet care.
More teens to get their choice of uni even if they miss their grades, says Ucas
A record number of 18-year-olds will get into their first choice, even if they miss their grades.
Extra-strong nicotine pouches packaged like children’s sweets
Nicotine products designed to appeal to children are being openly sold in shops in Scotland.
Stanford Newspaper Challenges Legal Basis for Student Deportations
A new lawsuit brought by a First Amendment watchdog group argues that the use of a rarely invoked immigration law to target pro-Palestinian demonstrators is unconstitutional.
Reimagining the Humanities to Make Them A.I.-Proof
Technology is making the old ways of teaching ineffective. A new way is starting to emerge.
Dismay as north of England universities miss out on share of £54m talent fund
Exclusive: MP presses minister for explanation as thinktank says omission undermines innovation in the north
Ministers have been accused of undermining innovation in the north of England after five universities from the south-east were awarded £10m to hire overseas talent – with none selected between Birmingham and the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
Twelve universities across Britain...