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Uni 'sorry' for not allowing enough time for exam

Wed, 05/28/2025 - 17:51
Students were only given two hours to complete what should have been a three-hour physics test.

Miller and Toksvig make Cambridge chancellor shortlist

Wed, 05/28/2025 - 13:43
The two women are vying to become the first female chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

Staff 'between fury and despair' over uni job cuts

Wed, 05/28/2025 - 06:19
Unions say Arts University Bournemouth is planning to cut almost one in five of its workforce.

Trump administration seeks to pull estimated $100m in Harvard funding

Wed, 05/28/2025 - 02:41
Federal agencies will review their grants to the top university to decide whether they should be terminated.

University scraps plan to cut music and languages

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 15:35
Music and modern languages will still be offered at Cardiff University, the vice chancellor says.

What is an apprenticeship and how much are apprentices paid?

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 12:27
Going to school, college or university five days a week is not the only way to get a qualification.

Two week half-term break for schools in Surrey

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 06:11
The half-term break for schools in Surrey is being extended in the autumn of 2026.

Apprenticeship shake-up to shift focus to under-21s

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 00:50
The government will no longer fund some courses for older learners in order to boost entry level training places.

'I've applied for hundreds of jobs': One in eight youths not in work or education

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 14:00
New data suggests there were more than 920,000 young people not in work, education or training at the start of 2025.

'We did not sign up for this': Harvard's foreign students are stuck and scared

Fri, 05/23/2025 - 11:54
Harvard has around 6,800 foreign students currently - a third are from China, and more than 700 are Indian.

Public sector workers offered up to 4.5% pay rises

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 14:20
Ministers accept recommended pay awards above the 2.8% they previously budgeted for.

Calls for isolation of children in school to be banned

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 06:28
Stormont's Education Committee is told shutting a child alone in a room in school should be banned

New exam centre for home-schooled children

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 06:14
It is aimed at making it easier for Cornwall's 2,500 home-schooled children to take their GCSEs.

Strikes paused as Ipswich school tackles behaviour issues

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 05:24
A school appoints a vice principal who specialises in pupil behaviour after teachers walk out.

Student suicide review says unis must act to stop more deaths

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 01:52
The government wants universities to check the safety of halls and reach out to families after a death.

Jewellery students want to save 'dying art'

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 14:02
The new T-level students on the Aston University course aim to bring new blood to the industry.

Family criticises law change on paedophiles' parental rights

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 07:54
Those convicted of child sexual offences may not be banned from contact with their own offspring.

Wait to enter education 'frustrating' for teenage asylum seekers

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 06:14
A report calls for a specialist education programme for those aged 16-24 who come to NI as asylum seekers and refugees.

Fruit juice 'not fruit' in school food shakeup plan

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 06:07
The plan also sees sweet treats and fried food being cut down in primary schools.

Pay deal reached with further education lecturers

Mon, 05/19/2025 - 22:18
The Department for the Economy says the unions have agreed an increase of 5.5% for 2024/25.

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