Education
Working class students ‘lose out’ when universities focus on A-levels over vocational courses
Working class students ‘lose out’ when universities focus on A-levels over vocational courses
The Social Market Foundation has called on universities to give equal weight to A-levels, BTECs and T-levels to help all students pursue their careers.
Sex education faces a misinformation crisis, says TikTok pioneer Sophia Smith Galer
Sex education faces a misinformation crisis, says TikTok pioneer Sophia Smith Galer
Sex education is in crisis, with schools failing to equip young people for the real world, and myths spreading online. What can be done?
Exam board staff to strike on A-Level results day
Exam board staff to strike on A-Level results day
“Many people can remember what it was like receiving their grades. No one wants to disrupt that,” said an AQA worker who will be taking part in the strike.
Rising inflation has already cancelled out pay rises for teachers, NHS staff and police officers
Rising inflation has already cancelled out pay rises for teachers, NHS staff and police officers
‘Children are dead. And people are still making excuses’: March For Our Lives activist Ariel Hobbs
‘Children are dead. And people are still making excuses’: March For Our Lives activist Ariel Hobbs
What are T Levels and why should I study this new qualification?
What are T Levels and why should I study this new qualification?
The loss of humanities courses like English literature will leave education in a poorer place
The loss of humanities courses like English literature will leave education in a poorer place
Troy Deeney: ‘What about learning what other countries were like before Britain colonised them?’
Troy Deeney: ‘What about learning what other countries were like before Britain colonised them?’
Natural history GCSE to be introduced as part of government’s climate education strategy
Natural history GCSE to be introduced as part of government’s climate education strategy
Careers advice is pushing young people into jobs based off their parents’ wealth, think tank warns
Careers advice is pushing young people into jobs based off their parents’ wealth, think tank warns
The government needs to ‘put climate and nature at the heart of education in the UK’
The government needs to ‘put climate and nature at the heart of education in the UK’
More than 270,000 pupils will have left school before special educational needs and disabilities paper takes effect
More than 270,000 pupils will have left school before special educational needs and disabilities paper takes effect
SEND green paper: Ministers wrong to suggest culture is the problem in underfunded schools, say experts
SEND green paper: Ministers wrong to suggest culture is the problem in underfunded schools, say experts
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The government vowed to tackle misogyny in schools. Teachers say little has changed
The government vowed to tackle misogyny in schools. Teachers say little has changed
The university strike is a symptom of our skewed value system
The university strike is a symptom of our skewed value system
Plans to restrict student loans by GCSE grades labelled an ‘attack on the working class’
Plans to restrict student loans by GCSE grades labelled an ‘attack on the working class’
Levelling up: Government ‘recycling old policies’ to distract from Partygate, says Labour
Levelling up: Government ‘recycling old policies’ to distract from Partygate, says Labour
‘Their voices can’t be ignored any longer’: MPs to debate student’s Climate Education Bill
‘Their voices can’t be ignored any longer’: MPs to debate student’s Climate Education Bill
Screw creator Rob Williams: ‘We don’t always look at prisoners as individuals’
Screw creator Rob Williams: ‘We don’t always look at prisoners as individuals’
Government rejects calls to improve climate change education in schools
Government rejects calls to improve climate change education in schools
The pioneering university project helping homeless people get degrees
The pioneering university project helping homeless people get degrees
Stormzy, Kelly Holmes and Mary Seacole celebrated in 100 Great Black Britons school competition
Stormzy, Kelly Holmes and Mary Seacole celebrated in 100 Great Black Britons school competition
How the Black Education Movement took on the racist schools system
How the Black Education Movement took on the racist schools system
Adele inspired me to thank my teachers. You should too
Adele inspired me to thank my teachers. You should too
Wales to make teaching Black, Asian and minority ethnic histories mandatory in schools
