Voluntary student loan repayments rise in England
Campaigners have criticised the terms of loans that were issued in England and still exist in Wales.
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Bard College President Leon Botstein Was Close With Jeffrey Epstein
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.
Harvard Proposes Capping As at 20 Percent to Curb Grade Inflation
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.
Inspections impact on headteachers to be monitored
Teachers, Ofsted and unions will study how new report cards affect school leaders’ wellbeing.
£99,987 and counting: graduates trapped by ballooning student loans
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.
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2025 Tax Returns: Here’s What to Know About Filing This Year
Many Americans will see bigger refunds and new deductions, while others may be revisiting the dreaded alternative minimum tax. Don’t panic just yet.
Bad and getting worse: for students like me, the loan system is the disaster that never ends | Rohan Sathyamoorthy
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...
An Indian Film Embraces a Taj Majal Conspiracy Theory
The internet and a new film have breathed life into old conspiracy theories about one of the world’s most famous landmarks.
Increase school funding to meet need for special education, MPs urge
A cross-party group calls on the government to “align funding to need”, as ministers consider SEND reforms.
12 Columbia Professors and Students Are Arrested at Anti-ICE Protest
Demonstrators, who were demanding that the university provide more protection for international students, blocked Broadway.
Ted Berger, Indefatigable Patron of Artists and Schools, Dies at 85
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.
Rising Send costs will ‘bankrupt’ eight in 10 English local authorities, leaders say
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...
At the Bronx Biennial, the Promise of New Voices
This group show is less self-conscious than slicker surveys, but its offerings are just as worthwhile.
What is SEND and why are councils struggling to pay for it?
The government is due to publish plans to reform the special educational needs system in early 2026.
Alton Towers to remove disability pass for people with ADHD and anxiety
Operator Merlin Entertainments said the pass was no longer working as intended because of increasing demand.
How Trump Brought the Fight Over American History to Philadelphia
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?
Parents back 20mph speed limit plans near schools
Surrey County Council puts forward proposals to reduce the speed limit near schools.
University of Southern California Names a Lawyer, Beong-Soo Kim, as Its New President
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.
Tesco sorry for putting up Welsh bilingual signs in Cornwall
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...
Greenwich and Kent announce merger to become UK’s first ‘super-university’
Formal approval given for new university group to operate from August, with both institutions keeping their names
The universities of Greenwich and Kent have confirmed they have been given formal approval to merge into the UK’s first “super-university”.
The merged entity will be the third-largest higher education institution in the UK, the universities said, and is consulting on being named the...
Private school to close after ‘misconduct’ concerns raised
The Scottish Charity Regulator said Fernhill School in Rutherglen had not submitted accounts for years.