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- ‘Excessive’ financial risks threaten survival of many English universities, report warns April 8, 2026High levels of borrowing and rapid expansion among dangers identified by Higher Education Policy InstituteMany English universities are taking excessive financial risks that threaten not only their own survival but that of others in the sector, a thinktank has warned.High levels of borrowing at some institutions and rapid expansion of student numbers are among the […]Sally Weale Education correspondent
- ‘Masquerading as a university’: inside the brazen rightwing plan to conquer American schools April 8, 2026As teachers eagerly adopt its free lesson plans and the White House boosts its videos, PragerU is intent on one goal: attracting young people to conservatismIn the fall of 2013, a silver-haired conservative radio host named Dennis Prager flew to Texas to woo a pair of rightwing billionaires. A few years earlier, Prager had co-founded […]Noah Kirsch
- UK government caps student loan interest rates at 6% from September April 7, 2026Minister says change for plan 2 and 3 loans in England and Wales will protect borrowers from impact of global conflictExplainer: what the rate cap means for graduatesMillions of graduates will have the interest on their student loans capped at 6% from September as a temporary measure to protect them from the risk of rising […]Rowena Mason and Sally Weale
- Want to know capitalism’s endgame? Just look at private equity – it has captured our everyday lives | Hettie O'Brien April 7, 2026These companies now own everything from nurseries to care homes, squeezing vital services for profit while we foot the billIt was the free croissants that gave it away. And the Scandinavian-style furniture. And the tasteful pastel walls. It was different from other nurseries I’d viewed: marginally more expensive, the aesthetic equivalent of a WeWork for […]Hettie O'Brien
- ‘I see it as trafficking’: the brutal reality of life as a foreign student in the UK April 7, 2026Universities in Britain rely on overseas applicants paying full fees, which has given rise to some unscrupulous recruiters and left many hopefuls and their families deep in debtWhen Sam started looking into studying abroad, it didn’t take long for his phone to start ringing. At 24, he was living with his parents in a small […]Samira Shackle
- Hyper-targeted scheme to help at-risk schools in England tackle knife crime April 6, 2026Home Office will use mapping technology and crime data to identify up to 250 schools in areas of greatest riskSchools across England are to receive dedicated support to prevent knife crime incidents in a hyper-targeted Home Office programme that uses mapping technology to identify areas of risk down to the level of specific groups of […]Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
- The Guardian view on Cambridge’s £190m gift: billionaires won’t fix universities’ problems | Editorial April 6, 2026Philanthropy increases the gap dividing highly selective, elite higher education from the rest. Ministers need a plan for the sector overallAbout 2% of UK universities’ income came from donations and endowments in 2024-25 – slightly less than the previous year. At a time when charitable giving overall is down, the announcement last week of a record […]Editorial
- Voters in Wales failed by inaccurate UK media reports on devolved issues, study finds April 4, 2026Reports on English policies seen in Wales as relating to whole of UK contribute to widespread confusion, researchers sayUK media is failing to report properly on devolved issues in Wales, leaving voters ill-informed about May’s Senedd elections, a report has found.A Cardiff University study of more than 3,000 news items found repeated patterns in coverage […]Bethan McKernan Wales correspondent
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