Teaching union planning massive strike faces own staff walkout over management bullying claims
A teaching union plotting nationwide strikes next year is now facing its own staff walkout over management bullying claims.
UK minister defends changes to student loans as criticism mounts
Ministers have rejected accusations that recent changes to student loans are unfair, arguing that they are so heavily subsidised that the government has the right to alter their terms.
Anthony Seldon: AI makes children workshy
Sir Anthony Seldon, the former headmaster of some of the UK’s best-known private schools, said Britain was “sleepwalking into disaster” as children were “infantilised” by AI.
University of Nottingham student and alumni data accessed in hack by cybercriminal group
Hackers from a well known cybercriminal group have accessed personal student data held by the University of Nottingham.
Uptick in children and teenagers enjoying reading for first time in 5 years
Children and young people's enjoyment of reading has risen for the first time since 2021, according to new research.
Students spend thousands on university. So why don’t they bother attending lectures?
Like many universities, the London School of Economics (LSE) has an attendance policy which “requires” undergraduates to attend all in-person classes.
University to launch defence technology courses
New courses to train students in national security and defence technology threats are set to be launched by Bournemouth University.
Middle classes are bearing the brunt of Labour’s private school raid
Labour pitched its VAT raid on private schools as a way to level the playing field.
Manchester school reopens after two pupils and teacher stabbed
7. Manchester school stabbings: police arrest girl | The Times
8. Teachers detain 14-year-old girl after school knife attack | The Telegraph
9. Girl, 14, sectioned after two pupils and staff member stabbed at school | Sky
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Economics enters top five A-levels (but the biggest riser is politics)
Business has been overtaken in subject rankings topped by maths.
Young adults and over-50s offered training in care system in new bid to ‘get Britain working’
Hundreds of young adults and individuals over the age of 50 are set to receive training in the care sector, as part of a new initiative aimed at boosting employment.
Mobile phones to be banned in schools across Edinburgh
Mobile phone use in schools across Edinburgh will be banned from bell to bell from August.
‘Unfair and demoralising’: Thousands of graduates earning less than £12.71 an hour five years after leaving university
Tens of thousands of university graduates are earning less than the national living wage five years after finishing their degree, shocking new data shows.
Scotland: Old school asbestos clear-up to cost council more than £2.5m
A council is facing a bill of amore than £2.5m to remove "extensive asbestos" discovered in two of its former schools.
My daughter was asked to leave her school over my pro-Brexit stance, former MP claims
A leading Brexiteer says his eight-year-old daughter was asked to leave her school in a “nasty” unprovoked backlash against those who led the campaign to leave the EU.
Schools in Scotland cutting subjects due to teacher shortage 'crisis'
Secondary schools are reducing timetables and cutting whole subjects from the curriculum due to a lack of specialist teachers, education leaders have told BBC Scotland News.
Nursery teachers to get £4,500 tax-free bonus if they take jobs in these 10 areas
Qualified nursery teachers will be offered a £4,500 tax-free bonus to take jobs in 10 areas of the country with the most acute staff shortages.
Healthy cooperation: how northern universities are linking with NHS trusts to drive innovation
Huddersfield might appear an unlikely setting for a thriving health research complex.
England's 'just one day off' culture adding up to weeks of lost learning as 'birthday bunk offs' become the norm
England's 'just one day off' culture is adding up to weeks of lost learning for pupils, as officials warn 'birthday bunk offs' are becoming the norm.
Cambridge more expensive than Ivy League for foreign medical students
Cambridge and other leading UK universities are now more expensive than Ivy League colleges for foreign medical students.