UK youth parliament concludes tech firms should do more to protect users from violent and inappropriate content

Banning teenagers from social media is neither a “practical nor effective” solution to the growing problem of youth violence, young people from across the UK have told MPs.

Although Australia has implemented a social media ban for under-16s, a better solution would be to strengthen...

Schools combining incentives with sanctions saw better response than those relying purely on punishment

Pizza parties and iPads are being offered to pupils as incentives to improve school attendance, according to a new report which says sanctions alone are less likely to work.

While some schools in England are using fines, detentions and letters home to crack down on absence, others prefer a...

Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’

A Yale professor who studies fascism is leaving the US to work at a Canadian university because of the current US political climate, which he worries is putting the US at risk of becoming a “fascist dictatorship”.

Jason Stanley, who wrote the 2018 book How Fascism Works: The...

The regulator has fined the University of Sussex £585,000 for failing to protect free speech on campus.

Parents are being charged a £10 admin fee to retrieve cash put into the sQuid app.

Universities UK say ruling may harm efforts to ‘prevent harassment and hate speech’ on campus

A landmark freedom of speech ruling against the University of Sussex that resulted in a fine in excess of half a million pounds, has prompted fears other institutions could face investigation and even bigger penalties.

The record £585,000 fine, the biggest ever issued by the higher education regulator...

Both parties are responsible for the mess facing Columbia and other institutions. It’s time for their leaders to take a stand

Donald Trump trying to cow higher education institutions into submission using the power of the purse. The administration has withheld $400m in federal funds from Columbia University and has vowed to remove even more if its demands are not met.

Columbia has an endowment...

OfS inquiry concludes into case of Prof Kathleen Stock, who was targeted over views on trans rights and gender issues

England’s university regulator has been accused of “perpetuating the culture wars” after fining the University of Sussex a record £585,000 at the conclusion of an investigation into freedom of speech on campus.

It marks the end of a three-and-a-half year investigation into the...

A new study contradicts received wisdom about underachieving boys. But concerns backed up by evidence should be addressed

New research showing that boys in English schools outperformed girls in maths and science tests offers a corrective to a narrative emphasising the extent to which boys have fallen behind in their learning. The analysis, from the UCL Institute of Education, found that the...

Outburst comes after anti-racism campaigners disrupt event in South Yorkshire and are escorted out

The Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accused “left-wing” teaching unions of poisoning the minds of young people “against everything this country has ever stood for”.

His outburst came after anti-racist campaigners disrupted a Reform UK event on Tuesday where Farage was due to announce the...

More than 80% of balloted union members support striking as they fight to stop redundancies.

Stuart Youens changed careers two years ago and says he’s a lot happier in his new job.

Pupils still eat meals in a marquee a year since dangerous concrete was found at their school.

Teachers unable to get divorced due to delays working out their pensions launch legal action against the government.

The University of Lincoln is calling for visa rules for international students to be changed.

Teachers say the Covid lockdown has led to a rise in pupils with special educational needs.

The education secretary says claims of student loan fraud point to one of the “biggest financial scandals” in the university sector.

A Lincolnshire mother says the council is paying thousands to take her daughter to a state school.

Childcare support for working parents varies across the UK, depending on the child’s age.

The decline comes after foreign student numbers reached an all-time high in the previous year.

The Coram charity’s survey shows annual nursery costs for a child under two in England have fallen.