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Elite UK universities continue to benefit from millions of pounds of funding from Facebook owner Meta. Members of the Russell Group have benefited from £2.8 million worth of funds from…
The Bank of England supports the willingness to bring more economics teachers into state schools as it has become clear that young people from underprivileged backgrounds are least likely to…
Muslim and Jewish students at Harvard University experienced prejudice and abuse as the Massachusetts campus was shaken by protests last year. Harvard and other universities face extraordinary pressure from the…
Finland has passed legislation restricting the use of phones and other mobile devices during school day amid fears about student well-being and impact on learning. Under the changes approved by…
The main government pledge to appoint 6,500 extra teachers to the UK by the end of this parliament is likely to be difficult to achieve and lack of demand, the…
Teachers deserve a pay rise. So it was good to learn that the independent pay review body is expected to recommend an increase of around 4% in England for 2025-26,…
Become a governor An important part of a school’s leadership, a governor helps provide strategic direction for its running. The role usually involves termly meetings of the full governing body…
A teaching union has agreed to pay £78,000 in legal costs after being forced to withdraw its controversial appointment of Matt Wrack as general secretary. During a five-minute hearing at…
Earlier today I set you these puzzles about straws. Here they are again with solutions. 1. Lift-off Here are three straws. Two are connected to make a upside down V.…
Pay rises for NHS staff and teachers must be paid from existing budgets, the Treasury has warned, setting up the potential for strike action. Separate independent pay review bodies for…
The sister of a headteacher who took her own life after an Ofsted report has accused the government of ignoring a coroner’s findings on her death by failing to change…
Minister urges unions to accept government in ‘very challenging position’ over public sector pay A minister has urged trade unions to accept that the government is in a “challenging” situation,…
The most heated puzzle about the drinking straw is “does it have one hole or two?” (This debate periodically goes viral and for those who want to suck up its…
How much does the way you speak define your social class? What about your parents’ jobs or your source of income, schooling and housing? The journalist and author Danny Lavelle…
The NASUWT teaching union has been forced to backpedal on its controversial appointment of Matt Wrack as general secretary and will instead reopen nominations for the post, ahead of a…
Americans anxious about their country’s slide into authoritarianism found some solace in the past week over what appears to be growing pushback by American universities against Donald Trump’s assault on…
EK was completing a take-home exam on 6 March when the dean of student conduct at Swarthmore College emailed her about an urgent Zoom meeting. On the video call, she…
Labor unions and allied organizations representing students, staff, researchers and faculty at Harvard University are holding a rally on 27 April on campus to raise awareness and support for the…
This fall, the British boarding school Harrow will open its first offshoot in the US: a lush 170-acre waterfront campus in Long Island. For $75,000 a year, parents can wave…
Norway has launched a new scheme to lure top international researchers amid growing pressure on academic freedom in the US under the Trump administration. Following in the footsteps of multiple…