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• ‘Only Nazis ban books’: on the frontlines with students fighting Trump over higher education March 6, 2026
  Documentary First They Came for My College goes inside the fight for academic freedom at Florida’s New CollegeIt took a half century to build New College into a sanctuary of independent thought and less than a year to destroy it. In 2023 the beloved Florida liberal arts school became state governor Ron DeSantis’s latest target […]
  Owen Myers
• Vice-chancellor calls for review into student loans for those without A-levels March 6, 2026
  Adam Tickell, of University of Birmingham, says money is lent to people who ‘are not really capable of graduating’A leading vice-chancellor has questioned whether students without A-levels should be eligible for government-backed student loans, as part of an effort to solve England’s university funding crisis.Adam Tickell, vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham, said universities face […]
  Richard Adams Education editor
• RFK Jr urges medical schools to increase nutrition education training March 5, 2026
  As part of his Maha agenda, health secretary wants schools to incorporate 40 hours of instructionSign up to the Breaking News US newsletter emailHealth secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr unveiled a new effort on Thursday aimed at increasing the amount of nutrition education taught in medical schools.For months, Kennedy has urged medical schools to expand […]
  Marina Dunbar
• Extra stress or a bit of fun? Teachers and parents discuss World Book Day March 5, 2026
  As children dress up in UK and Ireland on Thursday, not everyone is on the same page over event’s pros and consThursday is World Book Day in the UK and Ireland, with many primary schools encouraging children to take part.However, schools in England are moving away from dressing up for the event due to concerns […]
  Alfie Packham
• Thursday briefing: ​Were a generation of students mis-sold the idea of a university degree? March 5, 2026
  In today’s newsletter: Rising debts, frozen thresholds and spiralling interest have left ​millions of graduates questioning whether England’s student finance system still resembles the deal they were promisedGood morning.In November, Rachel Reeves tucked a freeze to student loan repayment thresholds into her autumn budget, to little fanfare. The threshold, normally expected to rise each tax […]
  Poppy Noor
• ‘Apartheid newsroom’: minority ethnic journalists still locked out of top jobs, report finds March 4, 2026
  Exclusive: Survey suggests journalists from minority ethnic backgrounds feel excluded from influential posts and seen as ‘diversity hires’Broadcast journalists from ethnic minorities are still locked out of top jobs and face a backlash after being perceived as “diversity hires”, according to a survey of UK television newsrooms.While there has been a sustained focus on racial […]
  Michael Savage Media editor
• Schools in England sidelining dressing-up for World Book Day, MPs hear March 3, 2026
  Literacy experts say move comes over cost concerns and fears costumes can detract from reading for pleasureSchools in England are moving away from pupils dressing up as their favourite literary characters for World Book Day, with experts telling MPs they feared the cost of costumes undermined efforts to increase reading for pleasure.Jonathan Douglas, the chief […]
  Richard Adams Education editor
• The Guardian view on schools: Send reforms aside, the government’s white paper lacks focus | Editorial March 2, 2026
  Plans to resurrect the children’s services decimated by austerity are appealing. But schools also need attentionHeavily trailed reforms to special educational needs and disabilities (Send) education dominated coverage of last week’s schools white paper. But Bridget Phillipson’s policy of in-sourcing special provision, creating a new tier of support and making mainstream settings more inclusive, is […]
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