Seonaid Wootton obituary | Teaching
My mother, Seonaid Wootton, who has died aged 79, found her passion for championing disadvantaged children early in her teaching career. She worked in Yorkshire as a deputy head …
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Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure | Books
Children’s reading enjoyment has fallen to its lowest level in almost two decades, with just one in three young people saying that they enjoy reading in their free time, …
Dutch school bars parents from marks-sharing app in push to lower pupil stress | Netherlands
A secondary school in the Netherlands is blocking parental access to children’s grades for a term in an attempt to reduce the pressure on pupils to perform. Like many …
Children as young as two treated for obesity-related illness in England | Obesity
Thousands of children as young as two in England are being treated for health complications linked to severe obesity as leading experts warned of an “escalating public health crisis”. …
English universities could miss out on millions from tuition fee increase | Universities
Some universities in England could lose out on millions of pounds from increased tuition fees because their contracts with existing students may prevent changes to terms and conditions. The …
Best UK universities for criminology – league table
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Dame Janet Nelson obituary | History
The medieval historian Janet Nelson, who has died aged 82, regarded the international exchange of ideas as essential to the understanding of history, and she was particularly concerned to …
Mel Stride appointed shadow chancellor and Priti Patel shadow foreign secretary as Kemi Badenoch announces team – as it happened | Politics
Mel Stride appointed shadow chancellor, and Priti Patel shadow foreign secretary Mel Stride, the former work and pensions secretary, has been made shadow chancellor, the BBC is reporting. And …
The Guardian view on raising university fees: help for poorer students must be prioritised | Editorial
The announcement that the tuition fees paid by English students (but not Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish ones) are to rise next year is a response to the financial …
Labour’s stopgap tuition fee rise is a further test of students’ faith | Tuition fees
It was always going to be difficult for a Labour government to get it right on tuition fees. Having once promised they would be abolished, Keir Starmer’s team have …