Manar al-Houbi’s husband and children refused entry despite her winning a scholarship to cover tuition fees, living costs and housing for them all

A Gaza PhD student who won a fully funded scholarship to the University of Glasgow has spoken of her heartbreak at her family being denied entry to the UK.

In May, Manar al-Houbi received confirmation of her successful application. “It felt almost...

The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen with her

I am at the shed where Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai smoked her first bong. No, there’s no punchline – it’s not that kind of anecdote. “My life has changed for ever,” Yousafzai...

Other universities still mulling proposal while MIT’s president said it would compromise academic freedom

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has become the first US university to formally turn down a Trump administration proposal that would overhaul university policies in return for preferential access to federal funding.

MIT’s president, Sally...

An inquest hears boarding school pupil Georgia Scarff had anxiety and was hit by a lorry.

Arif Ahmed says freedom of speech does not mean the freedom to harass and discriminate Jewish students.

Exclusive: Reform UK leader, speaking at event for private US college, also claimed the ‘Marxist left’ controls education

Nigel Farage has predicted teachers would go on strike within weeks of a Reform UK government, and accused them of “poisoning our kids” by telling them that black children are victims and white children oppressors.

The Reform UK leader set out his view on British schools in...

A number of schools issued warnings after a URL directed young readers to explicit material.

More and more parents in England are opting their kids out of the education system. I could never do it, but ‘wellbeing days’ do sound nice

If you want to get rich, a friend of mine said recently, set up an exam centre. We were talking about her decision to home school – or unschool, or home educate, depending on your tribal affiliation – her two children, making her simultaneously part of...

Abdallah, 27, and Soha, 31, describe adjusting to their new lives after leaving their war-torn home

The young man emerging from a backstreet accommodation block in a bustling corner of east London looks much like any other student, getting to grips with his studies at the start of a new term. But 27-year-old Abdallah carries more of a burden than most. A qualified doctor, he has recently been...

A judge criticises two parents as he halts a 10-year court battle over their children’s future.

The institution tops the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026.

Dorset young people says their devices help them stay in touch with friends and feel safer.

Incidents of young children bringing knives into primary schools have been revealed by a BBC investigation.

Sanaa el-Azab is one of 58 people who have been evacuated from Gaza to study at universities in the UK on scholarships.

Some children paid “the highest price” of death because of redeployments, says health visiting charity head.

Schools have issued a warning to parents after a URL directed readers to inappropriate content.

Puffin has urged UK schools and local authorities to remove books in popular Spy Dog series by Andrew Cope

The children’s publisher Puffin is hurriedly contacting UK schools and local authorities after it discovered that a website address included in a popular children’s book series had been hijacked by a pornography site.

The publisher has urged school libraries to remove the books after a...

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

Universities in the UK reassured arms companies they would monitor students’ chat groups and social media accounts after firms raised concerns about campus protests, according to internal emails.

One university said it would conduct “active monitoring of social media” for any evidence of plans...

Tory leader says proposal would ‘protect interests of taxpayers and students’ but university representatives say it is ‘economically illiterate’

Good morning. Kemi Badenoch is giving her first speech a Conservative party conference as leader. There are many people who assume it will be her last.

The Tories face an existential challenge from Reform UK. While Badenoch has tried to differntiate...

Three families share the realisations that enabled them to declutter and transform their homes and lives.

March through London and gatherings in Glasgow and Edinburgh proceed despite prime minister’s pleas

Pro-Palestine protesters in the UK have held demonstrations on the second anniversary of the 7 October attacks in Israel, despite pleas by Keir Starmer to cancel the “un-British” rallies.

The prime minister said the events showed “little respect for others” while Bridget Phillipson, the...