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Politicians write to ministers about Palestinians who cannot take up scholarships because they are barred from bringing families
A cross-party group of more than 100 MPs has written to the government, highlighting the plight of Palestinian students unable to take up scholarships at UK universities because they have been barred from bringing their children.
The British government has now...
The Oxbridge e-learning website offered GCSE and A-levels but entered administration in September.
Hopscotch Nurseries’ managing director says funding covers less than half of what it spends.
How to keep friendships alive as an adult alongside work, family and endless to-do lists.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says Jewish students do not feel safe, as she sets out measures to tackle antisemitism.
Phone bans are now well established in many Australian primary and secondary schools. Have they made a difference?
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When Australian Christian College, a high school in the Melbourne outer suburb of Casey, implemented a phone ban on its campus, there were multiple reasons for the crackdown. Peer conflicts between students were escalating...
Experts say the move could eliminate the federal government’s power to cancel educational loans
Officials in the Trump administration are reportedly weighing the possibility of selling portions of the federal government’s $1.6tn student loan portfolio to private investors, which experts say could carry risks for both taxpayers and borrowers – potentially reshaping the student loan landscape...
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.