NI teachers may strike over 'unsustainable' workload
Teachers in Northern Ireland are to vote on whether to take industrial action over what they say is their "unsustainable" workload.
Glasgow Caledonian University begin strike over job cuts
Strike action begins at Glasgow Caledonian University on Wednesday, as staff walk out in a dispute over job cuts and possible compulsory redundancies.
McAllan urges schools to act ahead of new legislation on mobiles in class
The Scottish Government is to change the law to prevent pupils from using mobile phones in classrooms – with education secretary Mairi McAllan also setting out that existing guidance on their use will be toughened up ahead of legislation.
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.
We must focus on widening access to postgraduate degrees
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.
Unlock opportunities for postgraduate study to transform the UK’s skills base
As demand for specialist skills rises sharply, the Russell Group says the UK could fall behind other leading research nations without collective action.
The stickiness of children’s voice and agency in research
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).
First projects funded by Local Innovation Partnership Fund
£30 million has been earmarked for Liverpool City Region (LCR) to boost high-potential innovation clusters.
Growing up hungry: Measuring UK child food insecurity in 2026
Since the last time SMF looked at child food insecurity, the economic landscape has shifted considerably.
New research finds university students experiencing increasing levels of perfectionism
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.
Landmark report sets out action to address key skills gaps
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.
Are ministers doing enough to promote reading for pleasure?
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.
Student loans inquiry sessions kick off with experts and student advocate groups
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.
‘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.