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UK universities face growing uncertainty in research infrastructure planning, where confidence in decision-making matters as much as the technology choices themselves.

Pupils experiencing persistent disadvantage consistently demonstrate some of the lowest educational outcomes in the system – falling, on average, nearly two years of learning behind their peers by the time they sit their GCSEs.

Pedagogy is always a site of transformation, where knowledge takes on new forms through acts of teaching and learning.

The proportion of young people going into education, training or work nine months after finishing school is the joint highest since records began.

'No complacency': Cautious welcome for positive leaver destination figures

The proportion of pupils going on to “positive destinations” after school is at its joint highest level, government figures show.

Physics postdocs ‘losing faith in UK careers’ after STFC cuts

Only 8 per cent of early career physicists would advise others to pursue career in UK research after downturn in postdoc funding, survey finds.

Advertising watchdog rebukes student site over ‘misleading’ posts

StudySmarter warned over job listings set up to capture contact information.

The government needs to invest in the relationship between businesses and further education colleges if it is to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), the Association of Colleges has said.

This paper offers practical lessons for government on how to better serve boys from low-income families, both in policy making and delivery.

This presentation by London Economics to MillionPlus summarises the significant divergence in higher education funding policies across the UK’s four Home Nations.

As environmental challenges intensify, environmental education (EE) has become increasingly important for promoting sustainable practices and supporting adaptation to environmental change.

A joint Elevate Great and Henry Smith Foundation evidence review on Financing in Early Education and Care highlights that design of financing, rather than overall spend, shapes access, quality, and outcomes in the UK.

A look back at the last week in education, a peek at what's coming up, plus lots of other bits and...

Public First conducted an online anonymous poll of 500 UK organisational decision-makers between the 1st and 13th April 2026.

Nearly half (45 per cent) of the children surveyed in a new report from researchers at LSE and the University of Oslo said age-based restrictions on social media would not make them feel any safer online.

Nearly half (44 per cent) of the gap between the GCSE results of disadvantaged pupils and their peers already exists at age 11, according to new Education Policy Institute (EPI) and Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) research, underscoring the critical role of early years and...

£2.5m fund to study how AI tools are affecting learning

The government’s go-to education research body has opened a £2.5 million research fund to fill an “urgent evidence gap” on how tools like ChatGPT have impacted the way pupils learn.

Record number of children in UK have special educational needs, new data shows

A record 1.8 million children in the UK have special educational needs (SEN), an increase of 91,400 (5%) on the previous year.

Against a backdrop of financial pressures and growing concerns about student wellbeing, the latest evidence suggests students remain remarkably positive about their university experience.

Statistics anxiety encompasses a range of emotional, behavioural and cognitive symptoms when engaging with statistics (Onwuegbuzie & Wilson, 2003), but mainly can be conceptualised as intense negative feelings towards statistics.

Research infrastructure: why confidence, not technology is the real challenge

Persistent disadvantage – further analysis for Teach First

A decolonial pedagogy: learning, being and becoming

More school leavers in positive destinations

'No complacency': Cautious welcome for positive leaver destination figures

Physics postdocs ‘losing faith in UK careers’ after STFC cuts

Advertising watchdog rebukes student site over ‘misleading’ posts

To tackle the NEET crisis, FE and employer relations need investment, says AoC

Insights from early years settings

What’s going on in the world of higher education fees and funding?

Making a case for environmental education research: A comparison of Chile and the UK

Beyond Spend: Why the UK faces a structural Early Years challenge

Weekly Round Up - 12/06/2026

New polling on universities

Social media bans risk excluding children from important opportunities rather than tackling harms, new report finds

44% of the GCSE disadvantage gap is locked in by age 11, first-of-its-kind research shows

£2.5m fund to study how AI tools are affecting learning

Record number of children in UK have special educational needs, new data shows

New HEPI and Advance HE report ‘The Student Academic Experience Survey 2026’

Co-producing research with students: Exploring the impact of statistics anxiety in higher education