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Education

DfE failure to plan for Covid school closures was ‘extraordinary dereliction of duty’, academy head tells inquiry

06 October at 20:13 PM, via The Guardian

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

06 October at 17:55 PM, via New York Times

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

06 October at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

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

06 October at 12:02 PM, via New York Times

With humanities funding vanishing, stories and those who protect them remain our greatest hope.

A united Labour party is making Britain work better for all. We cannot allow our mission to be disrupted | Bridget Phillipson

06 October at 11:00 AM, via The Guardian

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

06 October at 10:00 AM, via The Guardian

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

06 October at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

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...

Six out of 10 UK secondary schools hit by cyber-attack or breach in past year

05 October at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

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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This Program Rescued Army Recruiting

04 October at 11:00 AM, via New York Times

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

04 October at 09:00 AM, via The Guardian

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...

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