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• Private schools offer 41% more tree shade than state schools in England July 16, 2026
  Analysis reveals stark socioeconomic divide, with schools with highest free school meal eligibility having fewer treesPrivate school grounds in England offer 41% more tree cover than at state schools for cooling and shade in extreme temperatures, research has found.As teachers and students prepare to take their summer holidays after weeks of high temperatures where some […]
  Sandra Laville
• The federal government isn’t America’s only authoritarian institution | Jan-Werner Müller July 16, 2026
  Backlash at Yale to its negotiations with Trump shine a light on the danger of smaller authoritarian structures in civil societyAs news started to spread of Yale’s leadership negotiating a deal with the Trump administration, the university’s faculty, students and alumni sprang into action to oppose any settlement. What the president and lawyers intend remains […]
  Jan-Werner Müller
• Florence Welch’s mother says cuts to arts and humanities ‘absolutely tragic’ July 15, 2026
  Exclusive: Prof Evelyn Welch, vice-chancellor of Bristol University, believes her daughter’s success shows value of arts educationOne of Britain’s leading university vice-chancellors has described sweeping cuts to arts and humanities across the sector as “absolutely tragic”, citing her famous daughter as an example of the value of a creative arts education.Prof Evelyn Welch, the vice-chancellor […]
  Sally Weale Education correspondent
• Students and recent graduates: tell us your best and worst experiences of uni societies July 15, 2026
  We would like to hear about the highs and lows of university clubs and societiesAs a new academic year approaches, we would like to hear from students and recent graduates (five years ago or less) about their experiences of university clubs and societies that freshers might find instructive.What was your best experience of a university […]
  Guardian community team
• Pilot scheme in England to convert empty classrooms into community hubs July 14, 2026
  Policy to create youth clubs and health centres aims to tackle surplus of school spaces created by falling pupil numbersClassrooms left empty by falling numbers of pupils could soon be converted into youth clubs or health centres, as part of a pilot scheme to be announced this week.In the pilot a group of local authorities […]
  Richard Adams Education editor
• Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities July 14, 2026
  Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one yearThousands of university job cuts in humanities and social sciences are creating widespread cold spots for languages, classics and theology degrees, the British Academy has warned.Universities’ finances are so precarious that redundancies are also occurring in business […]
  Anna Bawden and Sally Weale
• The Taliban’s war on education: ‘Nobody talks about what is happening to the boys’ July 13, 2026
  Five years after the ultra-conservative Islamists retook Afghanistan, students describe male pupils being beaten for minor rule breaches and inexperienced teachers struggling to deliver lessonsBefore he leaves for Kabul University each morning, Hashmat* checks his face for the beard he has been ordered to grow. Male students are required to grow their facial hair and […]
  Fatima Faizi
• At last, a proper excuse for monoglots to learn another language: it helps keep your brain young | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett July 12, 2026
  I love busting out a French subjunctive in pursuit of better restaurant service, so it’s a joy to discover there’s a neuroscientific upside to being multilingualIt’s hard to pick a favourite PG Wodehouse line, but the one I’m perhaps most fond of is this: “Into the face of the young man who sat on the […]
  Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett