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Move by Pete Hegseth marks latest escalation by Trump administration against the Ivy League school
The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has said the Pentagon is ending all military training, fellowships and certificate programs with Harvard University, marking the Trump administration’s latest escalation against the Ivy League school.
“The @DeptWar is formally ending ALL Professional...
Campaigners have criticised the terms of loans that were issued in England and still exist in Wales.
Bard College’s president, Leon Botstein, said his school needed cash. But a rare watch and a Caribbean visit show how his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein sometimes veered into the personal.
A recent report found that a majority of grades given out at Harvard were A’s. Professors will vote on a proposal to limit the number to around 20 percent.
Teachers, Ofsted and unions will study how new report cards affect school leaders’ wellbeing.
As their debts rise, graduates reveal how loans are reshaping careers, finances and faith in the system
Student loans: why is Martin Lewis clashing with Rachel Reeves?
Growing anger over the plight of millions of graduates saddled with ballooning student loan debts is threatening to develop into a fresh crisis for the government, with Martin Lewis leading the demands for an urgent rethink.
The...
Many Americans will see bigger refunds and new deductions, while others may be revisiting the dreaded alternative minimum tax. Don’t panic just yet.
The current situation in England and Wales is akin to generational warfare – Martin Lewis is right when he takes ministers to task
As someone who receives close to the maximum student loan from the government each year, I try my best not to think too hard about the crushing financial burden I am going to carry into my postgrad years. After all, for those of us who need a degree to enter their...
The internet and a new film have breathed life into old conspiracy theories about one of the world’s most famous landmarks.
A cross-party group calls on the government to “align funding to need”, as ministers consider SEND reforms.
Demonstrators, who were demanding that the university provide more protection for international students, blocked Broadway.
As head of the New York Foundation for the Arts, he oversaw almost $23 million in grants and helped bring arts education to struggling schools.
Councils call on ministers to write off special educational needs and disability deficits that are predicted to reach £14bn in 2028
Eight in 10 English local authorities will be in effect bankrupted by rising special educational needs spending unless the government introduces significant reforms to the system, council leaders have said.
Councils have called on ministers to write off special...
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The government is due to publish plans to reform the special educational needs system in early 2026.
Operator Merlin Entertainments said the pass was no longer working as intended because of increasing demand.
The administration took a crowbar to a site that focused on George Washington and slavery. But can the contradictions of the Founding Era be erased?
Surrey County Council puts forward proposals to reduce the speed limit near schools.
The president, Beong-Soo Kim, had served on an interim basis and already faced pressure from the Trump administration to join a higher education compact to follow a set of conservative ideas. He refused.
Campaigners say they appreciate attempt to use Cornish but mistake points to need for more access to language
Shoppers in Cornwall could have been forgiven for feeling bemused after a supermarket put up bilingual signs – in Welsh.
A branch of Tesco in Helston – about 200 miles from south Wales by road – pointed shoppers towards pysgod, which is Welsh, not Cornish, for fish. It also labelled...
The lawsuit is challenging a Trump administration policy allowing federal agents near locations such as schools, churches and hospitals.