It’s a thumbs up from the country’s 3 million students, who can now buy cheap meals up to twice a day

Where in France can you get a nutritious and balanced three-course meal for €1?

If you are one of the country’s estimated 3 million students in higher education, the answer is: the university restaurant or cafe.

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Alan Milburn warns of ‘lost generation’ after number of young people not in work or education rises to more than 1m

Britain risks a financial hit worth £125bn a year from a worsening crisis in youth worklessness after a rise in the number of young people not in employment or education to more than 1 million.

In a landmark government-backed report, Alan Milburn warned Britain’s economy and the...

The former minister paints damning picture of structural issues affecting 1 million young people in the UK

Alan Milburn, the Blair-era cabinet minister turned social mobility adviser, has delivered the first part of his government-commissioned report on why increasing numbers of people aged 16 to 24 are not in education, employment or training (Neet).

Its 217 pages cover the extent and causes...

The BBC has been contacted by hundreds of users who claimed they had been wrongly banned from the sites.

Waltham Forest in the east of the capital has seen a wave of industrial action in schools, with more to come

The gates to South Grove primary school in Walthamstow were closed to pupils last week.

Teachers were on strike as part of a disparate wave of industrial action by members of the National Education Union (NEU) in schools across the borough of Waltham Forest in east London.

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Students blame the CBSE’s newly-launched digital evaluation system used for marking this year’s Grade 12 exams.

The Treasury inquiry is looking at student loan plans in England and whether repayment terms are “reasonable”.

Treasury select committee hears that interest rate and repayment terms are ‘extortionate’ and ‘not reasonable’

Thousands of graduates have told an official inquiry their horror stories and bad experiences relating to student loans, underlining what the chair of an MPs’ committee called massive levels of “frustration and upset”.

Amid an ongoing row over the ballooning cost of degree course...

Russell Group university promises students, from chemical engineering to classics, ‘meaningful real-world experience’

A leading UK university is promising work placements to all undergraduates – regardless of their degree – to better equip them for the challenges of the current job market.

In what appears to be a first for a large Russell Group institution, the University of Manchester is...

With concerns about childhood obesity and screen use sky-high, cuts to primary PE are an unforced error

With remarkably poor timing, days before closing a consultation on children’s social media use, the government announced last week that it is cutting an annual £320m sports premium for primary schools in England. A new scheme worth £193m will cover secondaries too, and resurrect a...

Those affected will have to resit, or will get a mark based on their performance in other assignments.

The content creators behind channels like Chloe VS History are using AI tools to ‘bring history to life in a really visceral way’

“I have just arrived in Tudor London, 1536,” a young woman in a green puffer jacket tells the camera. “I’m going to check in at my room in the inn, get into the market. Then, later I am meeting the actual king – yep, Henry VIII – in person.”

On YouTube and other...