Phone-free learning in Scottish schools
School learning environments across Scotland will become phone free under measures announced by Education Secretary Màiri McAllan.
Boost girls’ wellbeing to cut absence, ministers told
Improving life satisfaction is ‘likely to yield the greatest benefits’ for school attendance, NFER researchers find.
Reading for pleasure: 5 key challenges
Year 8 reading tests, GCSE English shortcomings, and the tricky balance between grammar and reading enjoyment were among the issues raised at an MPs’ committee today.
Report finds ‘significant link’ between school absence and life satisfaction
A new report has revealed a “significant” link between school absence and pupils’ sense of life satisfaction, particularly among girls.
More strikes set for England’s largest exam board
Hundreds of staff at exam giant AQA will strike for four more days over an ongoing pay row.
More strikes set for England’s largest exam board
Hundreds of staff at exam giant AQA will strike for four more days from Friday over an ongoing pay row.
Compliance theatre is over: Accredited online learning is the grown-up option
With budgets squeezed and the UK Employment Rights Act 2025 raising the stakes, distance learning is no longer second best.
Free training course aims to improve safer sleep in 1,000 nurseries
A new online training course is designed to improve knowledge around safer sleep in 1,000 nurseries.
Families of former nursery work Vincent Chan’s victims take steps towards legal action against council
Families of the victims of former Bright Horizons nursery worker Vincent Chan have taken steps towards a legal challenge against Camden Council over claims it has refused to investigate whether the nursery group breached health and safety legislation.
London VRU announces support package for young men and vulnerable boys
£1million package offering support measures for young men and vulnerable boys has been launched by the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU).
Universities brace for another cut in government teaching grants
Falling UK government investment in teaching must be considered as part of review of student loan system, MPs told.
Students ‘may drop out’ if disability support grants cut back
Campaigners say UK government has not thought through plans to phase out support in favour of ‘freely available’ software.
‘Duty of care’ needed for student loans, inquiry hears
Plan 2 system compared to payment protection insurance scandal by financial experts as parliamentary inquiry begins.
Emerald Publishing sold to Wiley for £337 million
Social science imprint based in Leeds is described as ‘outstanding strategic fit’ for American publishing giant.
UK university spin-out activity ‘growing beyond golden triangle’
Tripling in spin-out growth since 2020, with university equity stakes reaching lowest level in a decade, according to new report.
‘Careers are going up in flames’: inside Nottingham’s cuts crisis
With hundreds of jobs on the line and dozens of courses at risk, staff living through one of the biggest university restructuring projects of recent years fear they are shouldering the blame for wider failures.
The LLE could finally help accelerated degrees make sense
The advent of the lifelong learning entitlement may mean a new wave of interest in accelerated degrees.
Conservatives demand schools are not used as 'vehicles for migrant indoctrination'
The Conservatives has taken aim at the Education Secretary over a “day of welcome” initiative being promoted by a network of primary and secondary schools ahead of "Refugee Week".
Job cuts mount across UK universities amid financial strain
Redundancies continue to sweep the UK higher education sector as mounting financial pressures force universities to implement cost-cutting measures.
UK universities flying blind as visa refusals force admissions rethink
University leaders in the UK have warned that institutions are increasingly making high-stakes admissions and compliance decisions without enough shared data, as visa refusals, rising student costs and recruitment pressures reshape international recruitment strategies.