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  • Compulsory GCSE resits in England harm teenagers’ mental wellbeing, study finds August 19, 2026
    UCL researchers warn repeated exam attempts may dent students’ confidence and raise risk of dropping outForcing teenagers who fail GCSEs into multiple resits has a negative impact on their mental health, according to research to be published as pupils receive their grades on Thursday.The study by academics at University College London (UCL) compared the mental […]
    Richard Adams Education editor
  • Açaí, chipotle and gnocchi – and other words you are probably mispronouncing August 19, 2026
    The English language can seem designed to trip us up, whether we’re greeting a colonel or travelling to Worcestershire. Here are some of the biggest stumbling blocksName: Açaí.Age: First imported to western countries from South America as freeze-dried pulp in the 1990s. Continue reading...
    Guardian Staff
  • ‘It’s easy to slip into the negatives’: students on their biggest financial shocks at university August 19, 2026
    From bank accounts to rent and food, students and recent graduates offer advice to those beginning to studyStudent bank accounts: don’t be swayed by freebiesThe best student deals and discountsAn insider’s tips on student moneyWe asked students, and recent graduates, to tell us about the biggest financial shock they had when they started university, and […]
    Kingsley Driscoll
  • Pentagon threatens to cut federal funding to 30 universities over foreign academic partnerships August 18, 2026
    Harvard, Yale, Stanford and others face directive to review and cut alliances Pentagon deems national security riskThirty US universities could lose federal funding unless they review and cut foreign academic partnerships the Pentagon considers a national security risk within the next two weeks, under a Pentagon directive aimed largely at ties to Chinese institutions.Harvard, the […]
    Joseph Gedeon in Washington
  • UK parents and carers: what costs do you face when sending your children to school? August 18, 2026
    What are some of the weirdest or priciest things parents and carers have to buyFrom September 2026 a new law comes into force, which will mean parents and carers in England should not have to buy more than three items of branded school uniform. Secondary and middle schools may ask for four items if a […]
    Guardian community team
  • Student bank accounts: don’t be swayed by the freebies, freshers told August 18, 2026
    Sign-up perks may capture the attention but should the focus be on the interest-free overdraft?Students on their biggest financial shocksThe best student deals and discountsAn insider’s tips on student moneyIn the scramble to sort out university accommodation, join freshers group chats and work out how a student loan payment is meant to stretch across a […]
    Joe Pinner
  • Tens of thousands pay tribute to Jason Arday at Trafalgar Square vigil August 17, 2026
    MPs, friends and campaigners gathered to remember former Cambridge professor after his death on FridayTens of thousands of people gathered in Trafalgar Square in London to remember and pay tribute to Jason Arday, the former Cambridge professor who died on Friday.Stand Up to Racism, which organised the vigil, estimated that 30,000 mourners had gathered in […]
    Rachel Hall
  • My son is leaving home for university – and my severe denial has surprised me | Zoe Williams August 17, 2026
    My cherished first-born will soon be off to start a big new phase of his life, shiny saucepans in tow. ‘Empty nesting’ implies this is as nature intended, but it’s knocked me for sixMy son sent me a picture of his university accommodation, which looked perfectly nice, but there was something off about it. It […]
    Zoe Williams
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