Teachers striking again over behaviour concerns
Members of staff at Tewkesbury Academy could strike for nine more days.
Education
Zambia: Free Education Becomes Zambia’s Election Battleground
[Namibian] Although campaigns for Zambia’s August general election officially begin in May, education has already emerged as one of the race’s topical issues.
Nigeria: Nathaniel Idowu Foundation Takes Girls to Pitch With ‘Let Her Play’
[This Day] In line with its commitment to education, health, and sport, the Nathaniel Idowu Foundation has rolled out another landmark initiative for the girl-child, themed “Let Her Play.”
Starting at Harvard and Falling for Your First Tree
A freshman seminar encourages students to behave differently in the world and feel more passionately about biodiversity.
South Africa: MSc Student Builds Pilot House With Soil, Waste Material
[UCT] University of Cape Town (UCT) MSc student Matimba Mabonda and his team have recently completed construction on a three-bedroom house, built using soil and other waste material.
Nigeria: Govt Begins Payments of University Lecturers’ Renegotiated Salaries, Allowances
[Premium Times] He said some federal universities had already reflected the increase in salary payments. The federal government has begun implementing key welfare components of its renegotiated agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Rethinking Economics, the movement changing how the subject is taught
Born of student disquiet after the 2008 crash, the group says it reshaping economists’ education
As the fallout from the 2008 global financial crash reverberated around the world, a group of students at Harvard University in the US walked out of their introductory economics class complaining it was teaching a “specific and limited view” that perpetuated “a problematic and inefficient...
Spanish is clearly now the world’s coolest language. So why do we push British children to learn French? | Gary Nunn
As Bad Bunny showed at the Super Bowl, español is the coming thing. No wonder it’s now the top GCSE language choice
“Now, Gary, repeat after me: Quiero una margarita, por favor,” my Spanish tutor instructs. I cringe at the butchered Spanglish my estuary accent produces. Like Del Boy Trotter ordering a cocktail: “Key – yeah – row oon margari’a, pour far four.”
It’s 2023, I’m 41, living in...
Nigeria: ASUU – Govt Says Implementation of Agreements On Salary Increase Consolidated Tools Allowance Has Commenced
[This Day] Abuja — The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has announced the federal government has fulfilled its obligation to implement 40 per cent increase in the Consolidated Academic Allowance (CAA) for ASUU members, with effect from 1st January 2026, in line with the agreement reached with the union.
Ghana: MP for Karaga Hands Over 300-Bed Dormitory to Ambariyya Islamic School
[Ghanaian Times] Former Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for Karaga, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, on Sunday handed over a newly constructed 300-bed dormitory facility to the Ambariyya Islamic School in Tamale, the regional capital of the Northern Region.
Number of home-schooled children attending ‘social’ learning sessions rises
Deb Hadden runs drop-off sessions, where children can play and learn with each other.
How these schools are improving behaviour and attendance
The government says schools needing “intensive support” will receive “one-to-one sessions”.
Nigeria: Federal Government Begins Implementation of New Tax-Free Allowances for Varsities
[Leadership] The Federal Government has asked universities to commence the payment of the tax-free Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance across the country.
Tanzania: Tanzania Begins Educational Reforms to Suit Global Labour Demands
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam — TANZANIAN Vice President, Dr Emmanuel Nchimbi, has launched an educational reform programme aimed at strengthening cooperation between employers, vocational training institutions and universities to ensure graduates acquire skills suitable for the global labour demands.
‘I saw the writing on the wall’: Austria offers safe haven for US academics as Trump wages war on universities
Other countries benefit from the Trump brain drain as administration wages war on academia and research
Wali Malik no longer has to worry that a rightwing bureaucrat – or influencer – will decide his research is “woke”.
He doesn’t have to fear government retaliation for speaking his mind or following the science wherever it may lead. And like others who have left a polarized United States for...
‘A hug, a quick kiss’: How to reconnect after having children
Relationships often change after children. Here are ways to help get your partnership back on track.
The Horological Society of New York Achieves Its 160th Year
Industry figures say the friendly welcome at the Horological Society of New York has a lot to do with its longevity.
£5bn council SEND debts to be paid off by government
It comes days after the Local Government Association warned that eight in 10 English councils would face bankruptcy, if they had to honour deficits.
New Email Shows Bard President Leon Botstein Thanked Epstein for Caribbean Trip
Leon Botstein, Bard’s president, also invited Jeffrey Epstein to visit a high school linked to Bard College and sent him well wishes after stories were published about his sexual abuse of minors.
Reform-led Worcestershire set to issue England’s largest council tax rise
Cap-busting tax hike will be embarrassing for the party, which has made low council tax a priority
Reform-led Worcestershire county council is likely to issue England’s largest council tax rise this April after it was given special permission by the government to increase it by up to 9%.
Worcestershire is one of a handful of authorities whose requests to be allowed to increase local rates above...