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In partnership with Mission 44, the Centre for Young Lives are today publishing our new report, ‘Ambitious About Inclusion: A Guide to Implementing the Schools White Paper.’

As higher education (HE) educators, we recognise the need to understand Gen Z (born between 1996 and 2012), who now form the majority of university students (Weng, 2024).

Researchers, academics, think tanks and policy institutes can apply for rapid-response funding to examine how the 2026 conflict and disruption to vital shipping routes have impacted and will continue to affect people and businesses in the UK.

Latest Teach First research reveals the stark reality facing England's most disadvantaged pupils — and calls for urgent action.

Learning and Work Institute has evaluated the first year of delivery of Full Potential, the Youth Guarantee Trailblazer delivered by Central London Forward.

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.

Students could be required to pass GCSE English to access university loans

University students would face minimum grade requirements to qualify for student loans in England under proposals that could in effect bar thousands of young people from higher education.

Katherine Birbalsingh: Middle class parents shun my schools

The middle class shuns Britain’s strictest school because the pupils are not wealthy, its headmistress said.

The session offers MPs an important opportunity to scrutinise the Department for Education’s approach to major issues against a backdrop of significant reform, as well as financial pressures, across the education system.

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

New statutory guidance to restrict mobile phone use in schools announced, as Education Minister sets out her priorities.

Rejected: 1 in 10 offers of extra attendance and behaviour help

Schools targeted for help under DfE scheme may feel ‘unfairly stigmatised’, says heads’ leader.

Trusts ‘left in limbo’ over delayed budget guidance

Academy trusts are being left with less time to finalise and scrutinise their budgets because key DfE documents remain unpublished, experts warn.

Mental health teams face ‘moral dilemma’ on who to help, experts warn

Teams set up provide early help for pupils’ mental health issues face a “moral dilemma” on whether to support youngsters with more severe needs, experts warned MPs.

Social media ban: Implications for schools

The debate is raging over whether Kier Starmer’s social media ban will be effective – and whether it is enforceable. Meanwhile, the implications for schools are unclear.

Number of pupils with EHCPs rises by 100,000 in two years

There are now more than 1.85 million children in England’s education system with recognised SEN – an increase of more than 91,000 in the last year.

Concerns over South Tyneside Council review of early years provision

Trade unions, MPs and opposition councillors have hit out at a northeast council’s plan to ‘review’ its early years provision amid fears nurseries could close.

Scottish education minister condemns 190 more job cuts at Dundee

University says further savings needed to ‘survive’ but Màiri McAllan urges pause to ‘interrogate the evidence’.

Mission 44 and the Centre for Young Lives publish Ambitious About Inclusion Report

Prensky 2.0: From digital natives to digital navigators: Rethinking Gen Z’s learning journey

£300,000 funding for research on UK impacts of US-Iran conflict

Rewriting the future for persistently disadvantaged pupils

Evaluation of Central London Forward’s Youth Guarantee Trailblazer

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

Persistent disadvantage – further analysis for Teach First

A decolonial pedagogy: learning, being and becoming

Students could be required to pass GCSE English to access university loans

Katherine Birbalsingh: Middle class parents shun my schools

MPs question Education Secretary on SEND, early years, forced adoption

More school leavers in positive destinations

Guidance to restrict mobile phones in schools announced as education priorities set out

Rejected: 1 in 10 offers of extra attendance and behaviour help

Trusts ‘left in limbo’ over delayed budget guidance

Mental health teams face ‘moral dilemma’ on who to help, experts warn

Social media ban: Implications for schools

Number of pupils with EHCPs rises by 100,000 in two years

Concerns over South Tyneside Council review of early years provision

Scottish education minister condemns 190 more job cuts at Dundee