Guardian investigation finds almost 7,000 proven cases of cheating – and experts says these are tip of the iceberg

Thousands of university students in the UK have been caught misusing ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools in recent years, while traditional forms of plagiarism show a marked decline, a Guardian investigation can reveal.

A survey of academic integrity violations found...

Most dads in the UK get two weeks of leave when their baby is born – but new fathers in many other countries get more.

For the past decade, the US press has fueled a moral panic over leftists on campus while failing to report on the right’s assault

US universities are facing the Trump regime’s fury. The justification given by the regime is that universities are run by leftist ideologues, who have indoctrinated students to adopt supposedly leftist ideological orientations, as well as hostility to Israel,...

Three high court judges have rejected a judicial review into the government’s VAT policy on school fees.

Surcharge was a Labour party manifesto commitment at the 2024 general election

The high court has dismissed a wave of legal challenges against adding VAT to private school fees in the UK, saying that the government’s decision was a rare example of Brexit freedoms.

The judges noted that adding 20% to private school fees would not have been possible under EU law, stating: “This is therefore one...

Local authorities say a £5bn shortfall in special needs funding could leave dozens effectively insolvent within months

Council leaders in England have warned that a multi-billion pound deficit from years of overspending on special educational needs has become a “burning platform” that will push scores of councils into bankruptcy within months.

They say time is running out to resolve rapidly...

It marks the highest proportion since government statistics were collected in this way.

Students say rise in prices was trigger but underlying anger was communist government’s increasing reliance on USD

Having endured electricity blackouts, water shortages, transport failures and the spiralling cost of food, Cuba’s students appear to have finally lost patience with their government over a ferocious price hike for the country’s faltering internet.

Local chapters of Cuba’s...

Schools that have already changed their uniform policy say is allows children to play for longer.

BBC correspondents analyse how departments have fared and the impact decisions could have on you.

We would like to hear from university students and teaching staff about the impact of AI on studies

The use of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools are becoming increasingly commonplace in UK higher education. A February survey of 1,000 students showed an “explosive increase” in use of generative AI in particular over the previous 12 months.

With this in mind, we’d like to find...

Chancellor pledges to end spending on asylum hotels in four years, as she contrasts Labour investment with Conservatives’ austerity

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Spending review 2025: key points at a glance

Five charts underpinning Rachel Reeves’s decisions

Rachel Reeves has pledged billions to be invested in energy, housing, transport and infrastructure, promising that the effects would be...

Tina Farr has put play-based learning at the heart of lessons at her Oxford primary – with ‘phenomenal’ results

When Tina Farr visits the year 2 classroom at her Oxford primary school, she can feel the changed atmosphere since play was put firmly back on the curriculum.

“When I walk in there, I just feel the energy. The children come running up with things they have made, there is always a...

Chancellor will reveal how the government plans to spend almost £1.4tn in 2026-27, rising to almost £1.5tr in 2028-29

Good morning. The government plans to be spending almost £1.4tn in 2026-27, rising to almost £1.5tr in 2028-29. Those annual limits are already agreed. Today, when Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, stands up at 12.30pm to present the spending review, she will explain how she has...

A message tucked into an old book serves as a reminder that the assault on the institution is part of a long-planned effort

On the shelf in my library, I have an autographed copy of a book written by a former Republican congressman from New York, John LeBoutillier, titled Harvard Hates America: The Odyssey of a Born-Again American. It was published in 1978, two years before LeBoutillier was...

Annual survey of young people’s reading habits which began two decades ago shows its lowest-ever result, most pronounced among boys aged 11 to 16

Reading enjoyment among children and young people in the UK has fallen to its lowest level in two decades, with the decline particularly pronounced in teenage boys, according to new research.

While the past year saw boys’ reading enjoyment fall...

Year 5 children’s punctuation pun scoops top prize in the Beano’s Britain’s Funniest Class competition

A joke about punctuation has been chosen as the funniest in a competition run by the Beano comic.

Year 5 pupils at Riverley primary school in Leyton, east London, won the accolade with their joke: What do you call the fanciest punctuation? An a-posh-trophe.

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They have shaped the fortunes of young people in the UK for four decades. But now even the former education secretary who introduced these exams wants to see them abolished …

It’s approaching 8.30am on a Wednesday in June and 140 grim-faced teenagers are making their way into an exam hall. Today it’s GCSE maths paper 2 (calculator). A posse of smiling staff encourage and cajole: “Good...

Experts say outdoor play in England has declined by 50% and are calling for urgent change.

A trade union says vice chancellor’s pay rise could have saved multiple university staff jobs.

Campaigners including Arlene Phillips and Mathew Bourne welcome funding for National Dance CATs they say keeps art form from being preserve of elite

Campaigners from the world of dance including Arlene Phillips and Matthew Bourne have been celebrating after a training scheme for children was saved that they say stops the art form becoming the preserve of the elite.

The National Centres for...