Teacher barred over secret email plan for pupils
Arfan Munir Rai taught philosophy and sociology at Kensington Park School when he broke the rules.
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Students told to vacate block over safety issues
Unite Group says it does not expect the art deco site to reopen for the next academic year.
South Africa: Gauteng Learners At Risk As 34 Schools Fail Safety Checks
[Scrolla] The DA said 34 Gauteng schools failed health and safety checks in 2024/25, putting learners’ and teachers’ lives at risk. Education MEC Matome Chiloane confirmed all schools now have safety committees but more than 40 also failed checks in 2022/23.
Top English schools take in half as many Send pupils as average comprehensive
School leaders believe some deploy a deliberate strategy to boost grades and improve finances, new research suggests
The top 500 secondary schools take in half as many disadvantaged pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) as the average comprehensive, in what is believed may be a deliberate strategy to boost grades and improve finances.
New research from the Sutton Trust...
Boston University Pulls Pride Flags, Raising Free Speech Worries
The university said the flags broke a rule against hanging signs, a policy embraced by other campuses that cracked down on protests. Professors and others say such rules chill speech.
Trump Administration Targets Harvard With Two New Investigations
The inquiries target antisemitism and admissions policies. The university called it retaliation for refusing to give in to the administration’s demands.
Liberia: G7+ Leaders Tell UL Students – Be Agents of Peace, Reshape Your Nation’s Story
[New Dawn] – Leaders of the G7+ have urged students of the state-run University of Liberia to use the knowledge acquired to safeguard peace and reshape the narratives of their nation.
Six students challenge Home Office visa ban on four countries
Sudanese and Afghan students with offers to study in UK say government’s ‘emergency brake’ is discriminatory
The women banned from studying in Britain
Six students from Sudan and Afghanistan have accused the home secretary of racial discrimination and launched legal action to try to overturn a ban on them taking up university places in the UK.
The students – five from Sudan and one from...
‘The UK is saying the same thing as the Taliban’: the women banned from studying in Britain
The Home Office has blocked new study visas for applicants from Afghanistan, Sudan, Myanmar and Cameroon. It means many women will miss out on life-changing opportunities – as five female academics explain
Six students challenge Home Office visa ban on four countries
Shahira Sadat was thrilled. She had received an invitation to interview for the prestigious Chevening scholarship. “I cannot...
N.Y.U. Professors Go on Strike, Seeking Better Pay and Job Protections
About 950 full-time faculty members who are not on the tenure track walked out. The university told students that classes would continue.
How Health Care Workers Use Medical Manikins
Medical manikns help health care workers learn how to handle fast-changing and complex scenarios.
‘Audiences told us we didn’t show enough teacher sex’: how we made Waterloo Road
‘In series one, it was bullying, drugs and alcohol. Twenty years on, it’s vapes, cyber-bullying and bloody energy drinks’
I was working on women’s prison drama Bad Girls when the idea for Waterloo Road came up. Bad Girls creators Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus had a fiery belief in social justice and did rigorous research. Those are often the foundations of successful serial drama. Ann had...
University to cut film and modern languages courses
A union claims up to 300 students will see offers withdrawn as a result of the decision.
Bereaved parents call for stricter minibus rules
A couple call for rule changes on teacher driving after 13 people from a Hagley school died.
Jewish and Muslim People Face a Wave of Hate. Can Schools Turn the Tide?
New York City is rolling out lessons on Jewish and Muslim American history. Too often, some leaders say, what students know comes from TikTok and social media.
Primary school with just one pupil could be closed for good
Fountainhall Primary in the Borders has capacity for 50 pupils but numbers attending fell sharply.
White working class boys being left behind says MP
Charlie Dewhirst calls for more to be done to help young white men from poorer communities.
Study links children’s social media use with anxiety and depression in teenage years
Researchers say lack of sleep could be a factor among young people interacting online for more than three hours a day
Children who are on social media for more than three hours a day are more likely to develop depression and anxiety as teenagers, according to research.
Experts said the impact was likely to be linked to a lack of sleep caused by using social media late at night, and that the...
Student debt eats away home deposit savings to tune of £2,000 a year, says Barclays
Repayments also affect financial stability of nearly half of graduates, according to report by UK bank
People with student loans who are working towards a home deposit save almost £2,000 less per year than those without the debt, according to a new report by Barclays.
The bank also found that 44% of student loan holders claim that repayments limit their ability to build long-term financial...
J. Michael Bishop, Nobel Prize Winner for Cancer Research, Dies at 90
He helped discover cancer-causing genes. Later, as chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco, he led a major expansion.
Teacher banned after declaring his love for pupil
Benjamin Phelps was a deputy housemaster at Bede’s School, but has been banned indefinitely.