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BBSRC invests £10 million in 21 new Fellows as part of its ongoing commitment to develop the next generation of independent research leaders across the UK.

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The paths to enrichment

18 June 2026

Especially for pupils in Years 6, 11 and 13, the school year in England ends with a crescendo of formal testing.

Labour markets across OECD countries are undergoing rapid transformation, widening the gap between the skills employers need and those that formal education systems alone can provide.

Artificial Intelligence is increasingly embedded in digital life, often invisibly shaping real-world outcomes.

Informal learning is a central yet often overlooked pillar of lifelong learning.

Across the OECD and the EU, young people in cities face particular challenges in accessing quality jobs, affordable and adequate housing, essential services, and urban amenities.

Performance metrics are meant to improve universities. But when metrics become targets, they can start to reshape the behaviours they are supposed to measure.

The UK’s research strengths are world-class, but too often they operate in isolation rather than as part of a connected national system. A new HEPI report argues that better transport and infrastructure links could unlock significant gains in collaboration, innovation and...

Colleges across the country are set to play a central role in shaping a more productive, inclusive and future-ready economy, as they harness digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to transform how vocational education is delivered and increase its impact.

As generative artificial intelligence (AI) becomes a routine part of how we work, academics face more than a choice – there is an emerging moral responsibility to understand AI’s capacities, limitations and implications for fairness.

Results from a UK collaboration mark a step towards building large scale quantum sensors and the country's first large scale atom interferometer.

The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland has today (17th June) sent a proposed 'Programme for Government' to all MSPs setting out the action needed to secure further progress on child poverty.

Eighty young people from primary schools in West Lothian came together to celebrate just how much Cost of the School Day work is already happening in schools to reduce the impact of poverty on learners, and to inspire even more action.

Our report, Crossing Paths, explores how geography, gender, and ethnicity all impact opportunities for disadvantaged young people.

New research published today by the Sutton Trust reveals how geography, gender and ethnicity all impact opportunities for disadvantaged young people, with big variations across England.

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