Teachers’ strike extended by nine days
Staff at 20 West Midlands schools are currently on the picket lines in a dispute over job cut plans.
Education
Trump Administration Backs Down in D.E.I. Schools Lawsuit
The administration withdrew its challenge to a ruling halting its effort to strip funding from schools and colleges with D.E.I. programs. It did not say why.
Namibia: Support for Marginalised Students Strengthened
[Namibian] The government has reaffirmed its commitment to improving access to tertiary education for students from the San, Ovatue and Ovatjimba communities.
Namibia: Namibian Teacher Robert Andreas Named IFIP Educator of the Year for Boy Child Inclusion
[Namibian] A Teacher and boy child inclusion activist from the ||Kharas region has been named educator of the year for inclusion by the International Forums of Inclusion Practitioners (IFIP).
Namibia: Nust to Refund Registration Fees As Government-Subsidised Tertiary Education Begins
[Namibian] The Namibia University of Science and Technology (Nust) announced yesterday that it will refund eligible students who had already paid their registration fees, after some students made payments themselves.
Tunisia: Prime Ministry Announces Suspension of Classes Across 15 Governorates
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis, Jan. 20 — The Prime Ministry announced in a statement Tuesday the suspension of classes for the entire day on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at all public and private educational, training and university institutions, as well as public and private childcare centres, in 15 governorates, due to continued weather instability, poor conditions and heavy rainfall.
Rwanda: New Details Emerge On University Lecturer Charged With Sexual Abuse
[New Times] The case of a university lecturer arrested on Monday, January 19, over alleged child defilement and sexual exploitation has been submitted to the prosecution, according to Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB).
Schools to reopen after odour cleared
City of Wolverhampton Council says work was done on the school’s heating and air handling systems.
Nigeria: Schools, Offices Shut As Fcta Workers Begin Strike
[Daily Trust] Workers on Monday shut the gates of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), and several other agencies as they began an indefinite strike over unresolved welfare issues.
Nigeria: NDU Dept Inducts Pioneer Set Into Building Institute
[This Day] Yenagoa — The Department of Building, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Niger Delta University (NDU), in Bayelsa, at weekend inducted its pioneer set into the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB).
Inside Trump’s Campaign to Tame Higher Education
Donald J. Trump has unleashed the power of the presidency against American colleges, with mixed results.
‘Crunch time’ on rising costs of Send provision in England, says thinktank
IFS says system failing to deliver for those who need it and ministers face stark choices with white paper imminent
The government is facing “crunch time” over the rising costs and failures of special needs education for children in England, according to a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
The IFS said government spending on educating children with special needs would double between...
Los Angeles School Desegregation Policy Hurts White Students, Lawsuit Says
Schools with more white children miss out on smaller class sizes and other benefits, the lawsuit says. The policy dates back to desegregation efforts in the 1970s.
Cursive Makes a Comeback in New Jersey Schools
In one of his final acts in office, Gov. Philip D. Murphy signed a bill on Monday requiring third, fourth and fifth graders to learn cursive.
University of Pennsylvania Rebukes Trump Administration for Demanding Information About Jewish Staff
The federal government has sued the University of Pennsylvania for lists of Jewish employees. The university said the request recalls a “frightening” history.
Teacher banned for inflating pupils’ grades
Sunjit Kang who was head of ICT at Stockton’s Grangefield Academy, is banned from teaching.
SEND overspend could hit £136m – councillor
This predicted figure includes the £70m deficit from the 2025-26 budget period.
UK consulting on bringing in social media ban for under 16s
The government said it expected schools to be “phone-free by default” as a result of the announcement.
‘Just not monetizable’: humanities programs face existential crisis at US universities
Fears over the future of humanities spread amid layoffs and restructurings at scores of public and private universities
Last month, students at Montclair State University in New Jersey held a mock funeral outside the university’s college of humanities and social sciences building. Carrying bouquets of flowers, they stood by a tombstone inscribed with the names of the school’s 15...
New City & Guilds owners tripled bosses’ pay amid £22m cost-cutting drive
Total pay of the qualification body’s top six executives has risen by 240% to £6.2m since charity sold it
The new owners of the vocational training body City & Guilds appear to have more than tripled the pay of its top six executives right at the moment the company is cutting £22m of costs and shrinking its UK workforce.
The large increases to salary and bonuses have emerged during a scandal...
UK ministers scrap foreign students target in shift to overseas hubs strategy
Government replaces recruitment goal with plan to increase ‘education exports’ to £40bn a year by 2030
Ministers are scrapping target numbers for international students in the UK and will instead focus on encouraging universities to open hubs abroad, as part of a plan to bring British education to people “on their own doorsteps”.
The government’s new international education strategy will set...