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- After dinosaurs, itâs spot the dog! But can a child really learn anything in a gallery? May 18, 2026Galleries such as National Museum Cardiff pull in children with their play areas and pencils â but stick around and youâll notice kids critiquing Turner paintings tooNeil Osborne and his three-year-old daughter Daisy are peering at a small, shimmering painting by JMW Turner of foaming waves crashing against a cliff. Itâs their second visit to […]ChloĂ« Ashby
- Sons of jailed Saudi scholars urge Cambridge to drop plans to train Riyadh staff May 17, 2026Exclusive: Families of men facing death penalty join opposition to proposals to run courses for defence ministryThe families of two scholars facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia have appealed to the University of Cambridge to drop proposals to run staff training courses for Riyadhâs defence ministry.The Guardian revealed last week that Cambridgeâs Judge business […]Richard Adams and Wilf Vall
- La Gradiva review â stunning coming-of-age story of young love and sexual tension May 16, 2026Cannes film festival: Marine Atlanâs debut film follows a group of French high-school kids and their long-suffering teacher on a visit to Pompeii and NaplesHere is cinematographer turned director Marine Atlanâs beautiful debut film about young love, superbly acted and directed. It is a reminder of how fundamentally dishonest and pseudosophisticated it is to laugh […]Peter Bradshaw
- After viral graduation walk, paraplegic student calls for greater accessibility: âIt doesnât have to be so hardâ May 15, 2026After a truck accident left him paralyzed, Jaiden Picot crossed his graduation stage in a robotic exoskeletonJaiden Picot, who was paralyzed in 2024 after a truck hit him, never imagined that video of him recently walking across Virginia Union University (VUU)âs graduation stage in a futuristic robotic suit would go viral.But since it did, he […]Ramon Antonio Vargas
- Kingâs College and Cranfield hope to be stronger together in surprise merger May 15, 2026News will come as a shock to staff, especially at Cranfield, but the institutionsâ bosses say intention is growthThe announcement that Kingâs College London is to absorb Cranfield University came as a surprise but not a shock to Englandâs higher education leaders, who have been braced for sudden announcements about job cuts and course closures.But […]Richard Adams Education editor
- Kingâs College London to merge with Cranfield University May 14, 2026Merged institution will become second largest mainstream university in UK with about 47,000 studentsKingâs College London has agreed to merge with Cranfield University, creating a new UK âsuper-universityâ that would rival many of its international competitors in size and research output.The merger would result in Kingâs taking on another 5,000 mainly postgraduate students and becoming […]Richard Adams and Sally Weale
- Privately educated CEOs seen as âsafer betâ by investors, study finds May 14, 2026Privilege being mistaken for competence as study reveals no evidence to suggest companies run by state-educated peers underperformChief executives who attended private school are perceived by investors as a âsafer betâ, according to a study, despite there being no evidence they perform or behave differently to their state-educated counterparts.Companies run by privately educated bosses tend […]Joanna Partridge
- My kids are taking their first big exams â and revealing my own anxieties about AI and long division | Emma Brockes May 7, 2026As the traditional route of school, university and entry-level job is ever more precarious, itâs no wonder parents are feeling the strainCalled on to do long division, how would you fare? I had no illusions going in. I couldnât do it the first time round and, four decades later, it seemed unlikely the situation had […]Emma Brockes
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