
‘I overcame Covid panic attacks to get my GCSEs’
Tamsin says a scheme from her Droitwich school helped her boost her post-pandemic attendance.
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Tamsin says a scheme from her Droitwich school helped her boost her post-pandemic attendance.

The levy will pay for maintenance grants, but North East universities say there will be challenges.

Parents say use of isolation room damages mental health and children’s learning
One in 12 secondary pupils put in isolation rooms at least once a week, study finds
Max was 11 and had just started his new secondary school when he was first put into isolation. He had asked to use the toilet between lessons, which was not ordinarily allowed, and was told to go quickly.
“He knew he wasn’t...

Children with special educational needs more than twice as likely to be put in isolation, say Manchester researchers
‘Publicly humiliated’: parents describe difficulty of children’s isolation at school
One in 12 secondary pupils report being put into school isolation rooms at least once a week where they often spend in excess of eight hours, missing more than a full day of lessons, according to...

The Institute for Public Policy Research says there should be more comprehensive support for Send students in mainstream schools.

School joins University of Pennsylvania, Columbia and Brown in bowing to White House to restore funding
The University of Virginia (UVA) has become the latest school to agree to the Trump administration’s demands concerning discrimination in admissions and hiring following significant pressure from the justice department.
The deal, which the department announced on Wednesday, comes after the...
National cultural issues have pervaded Nassau County as its Republican leaders have embraced President Trump’s brand of politics.
The Justice Department had been scrutinizing one of the nation’s premier public universities over accusations of civil rights violations.

Family seeks tutor from ‘socially appropriate background’ who can provide infant with ‘comprehensive British cultural environment’
Getting paid £180,000 a year to tutor a single child might sound like a dream job but there’s a catch: the child is only one-year-old and you need to get him into Eton.
A wealthy family near London is “searching for a tutor to provide a comprehensive British...
[ANGOP] Malanje — The Province of Malanje is to have branches of the “Science on Wheels Project” in some schools, starting in January 2026, an initiative of the Luanda Science Center (CCL), the institution’s deputy director-general for science, Hélder Francisco, announced Tuesday.

The government’s funding plans, announced in this week’s white paper, won’t do much to alleviate a deepening crisis of morale among university staff
The prospect of university tuition fees passing the £10,000 threshold in this parliament will not put a song in the heart of Labour MPs desperate for some good news stories. Nevertheless, the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, had little...
[Namibian] The government has allocated N$663 million to cover registration and tuition fees for the first quarter of 2026 as part of the phased rollout of subsidised free tertiary education.
[Liberian Investigator] – Liberia’s student community is mourning the death of Varney Alieu Jarsey, a former president of the Liberia National Students Union (LINSU), who passed away at age 40 in India after a period of illness.

The government says it needs more time to test proposals for the special educational needs system.
[The Point] Gaye Njorro Skills Academy in collaboration with Afro Hair Science, recently unveiled a Textures Intercultural Exchange 2025, a first-of-its-kind programme dedicated to exploring the science, art and heritage of afro-textured hair.
[Premium Times] The Nigerian Army donated the books as part of activities marking Nigeria’s Independence Day.
[UCT] Discussions about values – especially between university leaders and student leaders – are never simple. Add South Africa’s complex social realities, and you can expect sparks to fly. Yet, when these conversations are grounded in kindness and a spirit of problem-solving, they can become deeply constructive.
[Nyasa Times] Malawi has finally taken a step that history will remember — the decision to make secondary education free from January 2026. Critics call it reckless. Realists call it revolutionary. And if the lessons from Ghana, Sierra Leone, Kenya, and Zambia are anything to go by, this is the single most transformative policy the country could ever take for its future.

Plans had been expected this autumn but government wants more time to build support for changes
The government is to delay publishing its long-awaited overhaul of special educational needs provision in England as ministers seek to build a coalition among parents to support its changes.
The schools white paper, which had been expected to be published this autumn, will not appear until early in...
[New Times] As the 2025/2026 academic year opens for institutions of higher learning, there are a number of scholarships that Rwandans can take advantage of. If your interests lie in technology, economics, health, or entrepreneurship, here are some scholarships you may want to apply for.
Massive cuts to health, education and immigration are disproportionately taking a toll.