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Students spend thousands on university. So why don’t they bother attending lectures?

Like many universities, the London School of Economics (LSE) has an attendance policy which “requires” undergraduates to attend all in-person classes.

University to launch defence technology courses

New courses to train students in national security and defence technology threats are set to be launched by Bournemouth University.

Middle classes are bearing the brunt of Labour’s private school raid

Labour pitched its VAT raid on private schools as a way to level the playing field.

Manchester school reopens after two pupils and teacher stabbed

7. Manchester school stabbings: police arrest girl | The Times 8. Teachers detain 14-year-old girl after school knife attack | The Telegraph 9. Girl, 14, sectioned after two pupils and staff member stabbed at school | Sky 10. School knife attack suspect girl detained under...

Economics enters top five A-levels (but the biggest riser is politics)

Business has been overtaken in subject rankings topped by maths.

Young adults and over-50s offered training in care system in new bid to ‘get Britain working’

Hundreds of young adults and individuals over the age of 50 are set to receive training in the care sector, as part of a new initiative aimed at boosting employment.

Mobile phones to be banned in schools across Edinburgh

Mobile phone use in schools across Edinburgh will be banned from bell to bell from August.

‘Unfair and demoralising’: Thousands of graduates earning less than £12.71 an hour five years after leaving university

Tens of thousands of university graduates are earning less than the national living wage five years after finishing their degree, shocking new data shows.

Scotland: Old school asbestos clear-up to cost council more than £2.5m

A council is facing a bill of amore than £2.5m to remove "extensive asbestos" discovered in two of its former schools.

My daughter was asked to leave her school over my pro-Brexit stance, former MP claims

A leading Brexiteer says his eight-year-old daughter was asked to leave her school in a “nasty” unprovoked backlash against those who led the campaign to leave the EU.

Schools in Scotland cutting subjects due to teacher shortage 'crisis'

Secondary schools are reducing timetables and cutting whole subjects from the curriculum due to a lack of specialist teachers, education leaders have told BBC Scotland News.

Nursery teachers to get £4,500 tax-free bonus if they take jobs in these 10 areas

Qualified nursery teachers will be offered a £4,500 tax-free bonus to take jobs in 10 areas of the country with the most acute staff shortages.

Healthy cooperation: how northern universities are linking with NHS trusts to drive innovation

Huddersfield might appear an unlikely setting for a thriving health research complex.

England's 'just one day off' culture adding up to weeks of lost learning as 'birthday bunk offs' become the norm

England's 'just one day off' culture is adding up to weeks of lost learning for pupils, as officials warn 'birthday bunk offs' are becoming the norm.

Cambridge more expensive than Ivy League for foreign medical students

Cambridge and other leading UK universities are now more expensive than Ivy League colleges for foreign medical students.

Rushed social media ban for under-16s in UK could ‘unravel’, charity warns

A rushed under-16s social media ban in the UK could unravel and families would be left to count the cost, a leading child safety charity has warned.

New changes likely again to Wales' GCSEs after burnout concerns

Significant changes are likely to Wales' new English language and literature GCSE - just nine months after it was introduced.

'Shocking' rise in number of home-schooled children in Wales

There has been a "shocking" rise in the number of children being taught at home in recent years, a council has heard.

Union baron threatening winter of national school strikes while urging teachers to shun weekend marking is on six-figure pay package worth almost as much as Prime Minister's salary

The union baron threatening national school strikes while urging teachers to shun weekend marking got a six-figure pay package worth almost as much as the Prime Minister's salary, it emerged today.

Starmer ‘set to announce under-16s social media ban’

Sir Keir Starmer is reportedly poised to announce a ban on social media for under-16s within the next 10 days as the children’s tsar called for an extension to cover teenagers up to 18 years old.