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- Burnham to tell schools in England to adapt teaching to local business needs July 27, 2026PM wants curriculums for students aged 14 and above to be more responsive to local jobs marketAndy Burnham will tell schools across England to adapt their curriculums to the needs of local businesses as part of a devolution drive aimed at tackling the jobs crisis for young people.By moving decision-making to local areas, the PM […]Peter Walker and Josh Halliday
- New York school district halts plan to use humanoid robot amid backlash July 27, 2026Salamanca City Central says it is pausing project with Realbotix as it addresses concerns including data privacyA New York school district has walked back plans to introduce a humanoid robot at its high school after the proposal sparked backlash from educators and community members.The Salamanca City Central school district announced on 24 July in a […]Maya Yang in New York
- White paint, trees or air con? What parents and teachers can do to cool UK’s overheating schools July 27, 2026While longer-term action is needed, there are steps that can be taken during the holidays to help keep children safeThis summer, repeated heatwaves drove classroom temperatures to unbearable levels, leaving pupils and teachers scrambling to cope and forcing thousands of schools to close. School WhatsApp groups have lit up as parents, teachers and governors try […]Matthew Taylor
- Reform UK levy on employing overseas staff ‘would harm NHS and social care’ July 27, 2026Exclusive: Experts say policy could also cause shortages of school teachers and drive some universities to bankruptcyReform UK’s plan to make employers pay an annual levy for overseas staff would harm the NHS and social care, cause a shortage of schoolteachers, and could push some universities into bankruptcy, experts have warned.Nigel Farage’s party has pledged […]Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
- Is Burnham’s Oxbridge-heavy cabinet a sign of social mobility or lack of progress on class? July 26, 2026PM’s team can be seen as backward step even though in some ways it is more diverse. Yet its makeup points to wider access to powerRace, school, gender: the makeup of Andy Burnham’s cabinet – in chartsLike 20 British prime ministers before him, Andy Burnham’s new cabinet minister for AI, Kanishka Narayan, went to Eton. […]Esther Addley
- The ‘cockroaches’ marching on India’s government – podcast July 24, 2026South Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Petersen on the Cockroach movement – and the students driving India’s biggest protests in years‘I’ve never seen this many young people out on the streets,’ says Hannah Ellis-Petersen.For days, tens of thousands of Indians have been marching under the banner of the Cockroach Janta party. Continue reading...Presented by Helen Pidd with Hannah Ellis-Petersen; produced by Saskia Collette, Alex Atack and Brian McNamara; executive producer Eli Block
- The Guardian view on humanities cuts in universities: academic departments are more than cost centres | Editorial July 20, 2026Literature, the arts and social sciences must not be sacrificed as higher education funding is squeezed “I ask nothing more from you than to do what you have been doing. Go out into the fray and keep reading,” was Percival Everett’s advice when he addressed graduating students at Wesleyan university in Connecticut last summer. Fitting […]Editorial
- ‘Without this it’s all just tourists’: the fight to save Soho’s last primary school July 18, 2026Falling pupil numbers have left ‘unique’ London school facing an uncertain future, but its supporters have ambitious plansSandwiched between a strip club, a West End theatre and a pub might not be the most obvious location for a school but Soho Parish C of E primary has thrived for decades among the colourful charms of […]Richard Adams Education editor
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