Education News
- Singapore is paying people to read books – can it fix the reading crisis? September 18, 2026A government scheme is giving citizens cash for spending time with a good book. We ask behavioural scientists, along with The Anxious Generation author and psychologist Jonathan Haidt, whether it’ll help make the habit stickCould the solution to the reading crisis lie in paying people to put down their phones and pick up a book? […]Ella Creamer
- ‘It was a mess. I had to do something’: the personal struggle that inspired rap star Giggs to start a special needs school September 18, 2026After a battle to get his autistic children properly assessed, the London MC has co-founded a specialist centre in Kent to help neurodivergent kids realise their potentialIt has been a busy few weeks for the London rapper Giggs. Two weeks ago, he was in New Jersey with his fiancee Valerie as she gave birth to […]Ian Gittins
- Think it’s time for gen Z to ‘grow up’? You’re even more out of touch than the British state | Gaby Hinsliff September 18, 2026We can’t expect young people to make a seamless transition from childhood to adulthood in this chilly economic climate. Finally, Westminster is catching onWhen did you realise you had finally grown up? It’s a trick question, obviously: maturity is just realising that life is full of things you don’t feel old enough for but somehow […]Gaby Hinsliff
- Former student of suspended Reform official ‘reopens case’ against University of Cambridge September 17, 2026Cambridge previously paid £5,000 compensation after an investigation partially upheld allegations against Dr James OrrA former student of James Orr who was found to have been bullied by the suspended senior Reform UK figure is reopening a case against the University of Cambridge, after apparent discrepancies emerged over the university’s handling of the incident.The former […]Ben Quinn and Rowena Mason
- Bad Apples review – Saoirse Ronan’s suffering teacher best thing about school horror-satire September 17, 2026Ronan plays a teacher who finds a way to deal with a disruptive pupil in Jonatan Etzler’s implausible film, but it’s not shocking or funny enoughHere is a strange, heavy-handed and unpersuasive black comedy which owes what success it has to the star-power of its lead, Saoirse Ronan, who is incapable of giving an uninteresting […]Peter Bradshaw
- Union claims victory as ministers agree to fully fund pay rise for teachers in England September 16, 2026National Education Union welcomes news that schools will not have to partly fund increase from their own budgetsThe UK’s biggest education union is claiming a significant victory after the government bowed to pressure and agreed to fully fund a forthcoming pay increase for teachers in England in a sudden U-turn.Members of the National Education Union […]Sally Weale Education correspondent
- ‘It sits at the meeting point of science and the humanities’: should you study psychology? September 16, 2026Psychology has become one of the most popular courses at university. That’s no surprise as the insights it gives to our behaviour can help in a huge variety of careersFor Niamh Mulcahy, 21, graduating with a psychology degree from the University of Bath has already paid off. After navigating a competitive graduate jobs market this […]Tess Reidy
- Students in Gaza ‘devastated’ after plan for them to study in Belgium fails September 16, 2026Belgian government unable to agree on evacuation of 13 students to take up scholarships at universitiesStudents who are unable to leave Gaza and take up scholarships at Belgian universities have said they are devastated after Belgium’s government hit deadlock on a plan enabling them to leave the war-torn territory.Ahmed Abujami, a 28-year-old doctor in Gaza, […]Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
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