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Education

Teacher of the Year winner Oli McVeigh: 'Boys are bottling up and repressing lots of different ideas'
Teacher of the year Oli McVeigh
Education

Teacher of the Year winner Oli McVeigh: 'Boys are bottling up and repressing lots of different ideas'

Oli McVeigh wins Teacher of the Year for pioneering a mentorship program for boys on masculinity and mental health
We must change our relationship with masculinity to stop vulnerable men turning into Andrew Tate
Andrew Tate
Matteo Bergamini

We must change our relationship with masculinity to stop vulnerable men turning into Andrew Tate

Special needs children forced out of school by 'crumbling' system, figures show
a boy in school uniform reading a book in a school library // special educational needs
Education

Special needs children forced out of school by 'crumbling' system, figures show

'We're stepping in to help kids eat': Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils
Child poverty

'We're stepping in to help kids eat': Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils

Saddling poorer students with a lifelong debt makes absolutely no sense
Paul McNamee

Saddling poorer students with a lifelong debt makes absolutely no sense

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100 students die by suicide at university each year. These parents are fighting to change that
Mental health

100 students die by suicide at university each year. These parents are fighting to change that

Prisoners are teaching each other to read. Here's how it's changing life behind bars amid a crisis
Shannon Trust prison mentors
Prisons

Prisoners are teaching each other to read. Here's how it's changing life behind bars amid a crisis

Children in poverty most likely to be excluded from school, study finds: 'A crisis of lost learning'
Stock image of children doing work at school
Education

Children in poverty most likely to be excluded from school, study finds: 'A crisis of lost learning'

Rise in young people not in work or education could fill Man Utd's Old Trafford stadium
Manchester United playing football at Old Trafford
Jamie Masraff

Rise in young people not in work or education could fill Man Utd's Old Trafford stadium

'My heart burns': Three years after fall of Kabul, Afghan women share stories of escape and hope
young afghan women Maryam and Saghar
Afghanistan

'My heart burns': Three years after fall of Kabul, Afghan women share stories of escape and hope

It's hard to view private schools as charities. Taxing them is the right thing to do
Marlborough College in Wiltshire
Sam Delaney

It's hard to view private schools as charities. Taxing them is the right thing to do

This is what happens if a university goes bust
Universities

This is what happens if a university goes bust

Inside the Big Issue: The glorious rise and rise of the Paralympics
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The glorious rise and rise of the Paralympics

British children need a 'digital vaccination' to tackle tsunami of fake news and disinformation
A child looking at a laptop computer
Mark Mon Williams

British children need a 'digital vaccination' to tackle tsunami of fake news and disinformation

'Simply unacceptable': GCSE results gap between private and state schools widens
Taking exams
GCSE results

'Simply unacceptable': GCSE results gap between private and state schools widens

Universities can play a vital role in solving homelessness. Here's how
university students graduating
Greg Hurst

Universities can play a vital role in solving homelessness. Here's how

Dear prisons minister James Timpson… Every prisoner should have the opportunity to be creative
Charity Untold empowers young men in prison to reclaim their story
Dr Lorraine Gamman

Dear prisons minister James Timpson… Every prisoner should have the opportunity to be creative

Labour has a chance to stop domestic abuse at its roots – here's how
A woman's hands holding a cup of tea
Caitlin McCullough

Labour has a chance to stop domestic abuse at its roots – here's how

Smart, no-nonsense moves by Starmer show how toxic and incompetent the Tories have really been
Sam Delaney

Smart, no-nonsense moves by Starmer show how toxic and incompetent the Tories have really been

Inside the years-long pay row in Scotland risking the futures of working-class students
Education

Inside the years-long pay row in Scotland risking the futures of working-class students

Teachers forced to choose which special needs children get help as funding crisis worsens
special needs, classroom, teacher
Special educational needs

Teachers forced to choose which special needs children get help as funding crisis worsens

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'People in prison need art, music and reading': Inside the prison libraries that break down walls
Prisons

'People in prison need art, music and reading': Inside the prison libraries that break down walls

Will Labour's private school tax plan 'destroy the state sector'? Obviously not, experts insist
Private schools

Will Labour's private school tax plan 'destroy the state sector'? Obviously not, experts insist

AI in schools: Bullies using AI to create sexually explicit images of classmates, parents warned
Artificial Intelligence

AI in schools: Bullies using AI to create sexually explicit images of classmates, parents warned

Britain has a serious money problem. Financial literacy must be taught in primary schools
John Asthana Gibson

Britain has a serious money problem. Financial literacy must be taught in primary schools