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- City & Guilds scraps mass redundancies and offshoring UK jobs to Greece June 18, 2026PeopleCert had been planning to cut about 400 jobs in £22m savings drive at training body it bought last yearThe vocational training body City & Guilds has guaranteed that plans for mass compulsory redundancies and the offshoring of hundreds of UK jobs to Greece will no longer go ahead.The proposal to remove about 400 UK […]Simon Goodley
- VAT on private school fees not caused exodus to state sector, says Bridget Phillipson June 18, 2026Education secretary cites admissions data for England, saying Labour is ‘rebalancing the system to focus on 94% of kids in state schools’Adding VAT to private school fees has failed to trigger an exodus of pupils into the state sector despite widespread speculation that it would, the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has said.The Labour government applied […]Richard Adams Education editor
- Nigel Farage to join populist and rightwing figures at ‘anti-woke Davos’ in London June 18, 2026Exclusive: Event co-founded by Jordan Peterson will bring together rightwing figures, US state officials and anti-abortionists in LondonNigel Farage and fellow Reform UK MPs Sarah Pochin and Andrew Rosindell will be there. As will a plethora of Reform advisers, backroom staff and figures, such as Ben Delo, a British crypto billionaire who has given £4m […]Ben Quinn Political correspondent
- We must be alive to the dangers of a UK social media ban – and the way to really help young people | Rosie Parkyn June 18, 2026A ban alone will have limited impact and could make things worse. A good strategy needs more educational content – and more moneyAs a parent, I understand the appeal of the announcement on Monday by the prime minister that would prevent children under 16 from using social media. Right now, you are in constant battle […]Rosie Parkyn
- Harvard and Bard face fresh questions from lawmakers over ties to Epstein June 17, 2026Democrat Jamie Raskin seeks ‘comprehensive accounting’ and requests interview with outgoing Bard presidentHarvard University and Bard College are facing new questions about the institutions’ relationship with Jeffrey Epstein amid allegations that the convicted child sex trafficker leveraged his ties to the universities and their faculty to traffic women, while also burnishing his reputation to avoid […]Stephanie Kirchgaessner
- Top teaching union says Burnham is Labour’s best chance of beating Reform June 17, 2026Exclusive: NASUWT leader Matt Wrack also calls for more robust change from the government on education policyUK politics live – latest updatesThe leader of one of the country’s biggest teaching unions has said Andy Burnham is Labour’s best chance for beating Reform in a general election.The general secretary of NASUWT, Matt Wrack, was speaking to […]Sally Weale Education correspondent
- Students could be required to pass GCSE English to access university loans June 17, 2026Exclusive: Ministers consider national threshold in England that could in effect bar thousands from studyingUniversity students would face minimum grade requirements to qualify for student loans in England under proposals that could in effect bar thousands of young people from higher education.Under one proposal being discussed by ministers, a pass in GCSE English would become […]Richard Adams Education editor
- Grade requirement for student loans would cut a financial lifeline for English universities June 17, 2026Institutions could lose out on at least £200m a year if 30,000 or so potential students without even one GCSE are excluded each yearIf universities thought a Labour government would quickly revive their financial stability, those days are over. The vibes may have improved but little else has, with rising costs remorselessly squeezing their budgets […]Richard Adams Education editor
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