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Online misogyny risks ‘lost generation of young men’, Sadiq Khan warns as he calls for under-16s social media ban

London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has issued a stark warning, cautioning that online misogyny risks creating "a lost generation of young men", as he intensified his call for a ban on social media for under-16s.

Camden Council faces legal action over child sexual abuse safeguarding failures

Camden Council is facing legal action over safeguarding failures at a nursery home where a man sexually abused children as young as two years old.

Debt-ridden graduates seen as ‘cash cows’ to fund older people’s lifestyles, MPs told

7. Student loans crisis ‘comparable to PPI scandal’, education tsar suggests | Independent 8. 'With debt rising and jobs scarce, were our degrees worth it?' | BBC

Rapid rise in remote students in Wales but Open University warns of funding risk

Demand for flexible higher education in Wales is growing rapidly but a lack of funding could threaten future access to study, the Open University has said.

At the heart of Labour’s historic mission is to provide equality of opportunity: to break the link between someone’s background and their future success.

Nick Hillman OBE, HEPI’s CEO, offers a personal take on Stefan Collini’s long scream about the direction of higher education policy, which is in the current edition of the London Review of Books.

The text of a speech delivered by HEPI’s Director of Policy and Strategy Rose Stephenson, to the Women’s Higher Education Network conference.

As demand for specialist skills rises sharply, the Russell Group says the UK could fall behind other leading research nations without collective action.

Increasingly, ‘voice’, though not an uncontested term, is understood as manifest through, for instance, gesture, gaze, body language, art, and other embodied forms (Murris, 2013; Murray, 2019), and even silence (Spyrou, 2016; Hanna, 2022).

£30 million has been earmarked for Liverpool City Region (LCR) to boost high-potential innovation clusters.

Since the last time SMF looked at child food insecurity, the economic landscape has shifted considerably.

University students are becoming increasingly perfectionistic, with growing fears about failure, mistakes and being judged by others, according to new research co-authored by Dr Thomas Curran, Associate Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Psychological and...

How pupils with special educational needs are more likely to see their schools close

Nine-year-old Blake is trying to climb over the locked gates of his former primary school, St Dominic's in Hackney, when we meet him. It closed last year due to falling pupil numbers. The playground is overgrown, and the modular buildings stand quiet and empty.

Skills England has today published its Annual Skills Report, marking its first anniversary with a comprehensive assessment of current and future skills needs.

Hundreds of Edinburgh University staff paid to leave in £140m cuts bid

Almost 500 people have taken voluntary severance at Edinburgh University since managers first announced cost-cutting plans in August 2024.

The cross-party Education Committee will hear how the government plans to stem the decline in children reading for pleasure, in the final session of its inquiry.

The Treasury Committee will question prominent voices within the education sector on student loans, including the author of the 2019 independent review of higher education, Sir Philip Augar.

Catholic MAT to grow by 50% as mergers gather pace

The trust will take on 10 new schools if plans are approved this month, amid a wider consolidation of Catholic academies.

‘Glitches’ in online system slow down SATs markers

Markers of year 6 SATs have been slowed down in their work because of persistent “glitches” in the online system they use.

Scots universities in stark warning to Home Office over 'serious weaknesses' in student visa scheme

Universities Scotland has warned institutions are being driven towards a ‘cliff edge’ by changes to student visa rules.

Online misogyny risks ‘lost generation of young men’, Sadiq Khan warns as he calls for under-16s social media ban

Camden Council faces legal action over child sexual abuse safeguarding failures

Debt-ridden graduates seen as ‘cash cows’ to fund older people’s lifestyles, MPs told

Rapid rise in remote students in Wales but Open University warns of funding risk

We must focus on widening access to postgraduate degrees

Missing the target? A response to Stefan Collini’s latest onslaught on the state of universities

Women in higher education: progress, power and the work still to do

Unlock opportunities for postgraduate study to transform the UK’s skills base

The stickiness of children’s voice and agency in research

First projects funded by Local Innovation Partnership Fund

Growing up hungry: Measuring UK child food insecurity in 2026

New research finds university students experiencing increasing levels of perfectionism

How pupils with special educational needs are more likely to see their schools close

Landmark report sets out action to address key skills gaps

Hundreds of Edinburgh University staff paid to leave in £140m cuts bid

Are ministers doing enough to promote reading for pleasure?

Student loans inquiry sessions kick off with experts and student advocate groups

Catholic MAT to grow by 50% as mergers gather pace

‘Glitches’ in online system slow down SATs markers

Scots universities in stark warning to Home Office over 'serious weaknesses' in student visa scheme