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I have finally discovered how to successfully read a complete classic novel in 30 minutes.

All new technology disrupts the existing order, sometimes in small ways, sometimes fundamentally.

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

Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 12 June 2026 Welcome to Education Eye, a regular update detailing the policies and stories happening in UK education, compiled by Steve Besley. What's happened this week? Important stories across the board: The top...

On Monday, a new Policy Exchange report added to the ever-growing pile of literature and comment about whether too many young people are going to university.

What if we could help teachers use cognitive science more easily?

Hey there Tappers! The last half term of the year is now fully underway. Here at Tapp we have some exciting news about a special giveaway AND lots of juicy edu-data.

Pride month happens in June, and schools can take the opportunity to hold special events to celebrate diversity in their school.

The head of the national watchdog overseeing exams and qualifications has issued a warning over the growing threat of cheating enabled by smart devices.

Reading in class should be one of the richest experiences a teacher can offer.

Just as teachers don’t always do what their leaders hope they’ll do, neither do schools always behave in ways system leads expect.

Dr Omar Khan reflects on the growing scepticism about the value of higher education, arguing that while degrees still improve outcomes, action is needed to reduce costs, close equality gaps and better explain universities’ wider social value.

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

Steve Besley's Education Eye: week ending 05 June 2026 Welcome to Education Eye, a regular update detailing the policies and stories happening in UK education, compiled by Steve Besley. What's happened this week? Important stories across the board: The top...

How do we achieve classroom consistency (better teaching) without reducing teachers to compliance? Having faced this challenge myself as a school leader, I recognise that the problem is about perspective. Too often, schools chase consistency when what they really need is...

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ECTs - Summer term five

05 June 2026

Congratulations, ECTs! For those of you who are ECT1, you are nearly halfway through. ECT2s, this is the beginning of your goodbye to the ECF, and soon you can call yourself a fully-fledged teacher!

Spend ten minutes talking to a soon-to-be graduate about their job search and you might come away convinced that a university degree has become a confidence trick.

Reading Alan Milburn’s interim findings on young people who are not in education, employment or training, I felt a real sense of recognition.

A badly designed door can make intelligent people look stupid.

Universities are often seen as institutions that begin their work at 18. But if we are serious about social mobility, opportunity and national productivity, our responsibility begins much earlier – in the first five years of life.

How to read Moby Dick in 30 minutes

AI, fire and the future of thinking

Weekly Round Up - 12/06/2026

Education Eye - 12 June 2026

Britain doesn't need fewer graduates, it needs better ones

The largest teacher database on science of learning

Visualisers, Pride, plus teachers teaching sons or daughters

How are schools celebrating Pride?

Exams watchdog warns over high-tech cheating

Improving reading with the R.E.A.D.S Framework

The purpose of school inspection is what it does

Gear change needed but universities are still engines of social mobility

Weekly Round Up - 05/06/2026

Education Eye - 05 June 2026

The problem with classroom consistency

ECTs - Summer term five

The graduate job market is grim right now – but the data says university is still worth it

Why we must address education-business links to solve the NEET crisis

Ecological psychology and the classroom

The earliest years may be the most important education policy of all