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The ongoing legal battle surrounding Harvard University's ability to enroll international students has cast a long shadow over the future of higher education in the United States. This dramatic move by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which revoked Harvard's certification to sponsor international students citing non-compliance with federal...

In the context of GCSE, AS and A level exams in England, two important events took place shortly before the holidays, on 12 December. One was Ofqual's publication of their statistics concerning the numbers of grades challenged and changed following the summer 2024 awards in England, of which more shortly; the other was the pre-appointment hearing b...

A word after a word after a word is power, stated the famous author, Margaret Attwood. But that's easy for her to say when she makes a living out of writing. How does an ordinary teenager string a story together if words and writing aren't their thing? And how does anyone churn out a five hundred-word essay, the standard threshold for any English G...

So, you've almost made it to the end of the year and exam season is probably taking its toll – then Pride month approaches. It's often a time that many teachers ask: how inclusive is my school really for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans pupils? Should we be doing something for Pride? How do we let our students know that their teachers are on their ...

Best known for: Appointed Chair of the Social Mobility Commission in October 2021, Katharine Birbalsingh first shot to fame following a speech she delivered at the 2010 Conservative Party Conference. Her heated rhetoric drew a lot of abuse on social media, and the nature of her sentiment apparently led the governors of the school she was ...