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• Outrage over ‘cruel’ Florida move to ban undocumented students from college July 2, 2026
  Critics condemn decision by education board aligned with hard-right Ron DeSantis to block access to college systemImmigration advocates in Florida have decried a “cruel and harmful” new rule by education officials aligned with hard-right Republican governor Ron DeSantis to ban undocumented students from state colleges and universities.The Florida board of education voted on Tuesday to […]
  Richard Luscombe in Miami
• Starmer vetoes Tuchel’s call to bunk off school after England’s 1am Mexico game July 2, 2026
  Education minister Jacqui Smith suggests ‘disco nap’ on Sunday so everyone is fresh as a daisy on MondayWorld Cup live – latest updatesKeir Starmer wants children up and ready for school on Monday morning regardless of the England game being played at 1am UK time.After England qualified for the next round of the World Cup […]
  Helena Horton and Jessica Elgot
• Ministers call for better tracking of teenagers at risk of dropping out of work or training in England July 2, 2026
  Councils and schools urged to do more as figures show there is no information on whereabouts of 32,100 ‘Neets’Business live – latest updatesThe government has urged councils and schools in England to drastically improve the way they identify young people at risk of dropping out of training and work, as it admitted thousands are unaccounted […]
  Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent
• ‘A sanitized view of America’: inside Trump’s campaign to erase US history from national parks July 2, 2026
  Critics say the Trump administration is trying to rewrite and whitewash history by removing and altering scores of signs on public landsJerry Bransford, a former US National Park Service (NPS) ranger, has always had a deep connection with the land he grew up on – and the land hundreds of feet below it. His great-great-grandfather, […]
  Amy Qin and Flávio Pessoa
• Badenoch urges Burnham to condemn defence investment plan as No 10 says funding is ‘credible’ – as it happened July 1, 2026
  Minister and MPs have raised concerns that his ‘poisoned chalice’ plan will take cash from much-needed road projectsMinister and MP ‘furious’ over cuts to road projects to fund defence planDan Sabbagh is the Guardian’s defence and security editor.Andy Burnham is a “true patriot” who will provide the money needed to maintain Britain’s security when he […]
  Andrew Sparrow
• Teachers in England get two-year 6.6% pay rise but schools to foot part of bill July 1, 2026
  Unions pleased with rise above forecast inflation but concerned nearly a third of it will come from school budgetsUK politics live – latest updatesTeachers in England will receive a 3.5% pay rise from September and a further 3% next year, with extra school funding to meet most but not all of the higher wage bill, […]
  Richard Adams Education editor
• Fury over Exeter University plan to scrap dozens of humanities posts July 1, 2026
  Rowan Williams and Mark Kermode join campaign against proposed cuts for arts and social sciencesLeading writers, broadcasters, academics and theologians have thrown their weight behind a campaign to save 150 jobs at the University of Exeter, amid growing outrage at a sector-wide hollowing out of the humanities.In excess of 21,000 people – and counting – […]
  Sally Weale Education correspondent
• The Guardian view on universities: public confidence in degrees is wavering – ministers should shore it up | Editorial June 28, 2026
  Unfair changes to student loans and concerns about job prospects must be weighed against the life-changing potential of educationIs going to university financially worthwhile? New research on graduate incomes is unlikely to help the beleaguered sector’s reputation. Even though most benefit from an earnings premium, worth around £100,000 on average over a lifetime (after tax […]
  Editorial