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- Foamy war? St Andrews students play out modern take on ancient ritual October 19, 2026Scottish university’s annual tradition once involved giving out raisins but fancy dress and shaving cream now in vogueNobody at the University of St Andrews in Scotland seems to remember how Raisin Monday became a giant foam fight. For 600 years, first-year students have taken part in the ritual of thanking older students for mentoring them […]Patrick Greenfield
- Youth services in parts of England in state of emergency, children’s commissioner says October 19, 2026Rachel de Souza names Middlesbrough and Hounslow among hardest places in which to grow up and says some children are being ‘radically failed’Services for children in parts of England are in a “state of emergency”, according to a report that identifies what it claims to be the hardest places in the country for young people […]Patrick Butler Social policy editor
- My critics think speaking fluently is vital for fee-paying pupils, but not for anyone else. Here’s why I reject that | Lucy Powell October 19, 2026We are accused of dumbing down, but that’s nonsense: this is levelling up. All the evidence shows helping children articulate improves their life chancesLucy Powell is UK education secretary and deputy leader of the Labour partyPrivate schools don’t leave confident communication to chance. They teach it. Debating, public speaking, presentations, interview preparation. It’s all part […]Lucy Powell
- The Guardian view on schools: the hardest questions for Lucy Powell are about priorities | Editorial October 18, 2026The education secretary is right that her job is not to ‘polish the status quo’. Next, she must decide what to change firstThere is a good case to be made for the increased importance of speaking skills in our new age of machines. With the UK economy’s stronger-than-expected recent performance widely linked to AI investment, […]Editorial
- Bristol Old Vic tackles arts ‘emergency’ by bringing the theatre into classrooms October 18, 2026Amid financial pressures on household and school budgets, the theatre company is expanding access with free plays Six young actors step into the spotlight as a reverent silence descends on the hall at City Academy in Bristol. A boy steps forward to pose a central question: “What does it mean to be young in Britain […]Jamie Grierson
- ‘We’re not playing games’: Parents launch playground protests to fight school field sell-off October 17, 2026School looking to sell piece of open land beloved by people in Devon town to fund refurbishmentsOn Saturdays throughout autumn, residents of Totnes have met at a field on the banks of the River Dart to play ballgames, fly kites or simply sit on the grass and chat.But it hasn’t just been about having fun […]Steven Morris
- Plan to make firms pay more to train older workers than youth apprentices in England October 17, 2026Exclusive: Ministers considering overhaul of apprenticeship funding scheme to tackle youth jobs crisisEmployers in England are to be forced to pay more to train an older worker than a youth apprentice under plans being drawn up by the government to tackle the youth jobs crisis.The Guardian understands ministers plan to overhaul Labour’s apprenticeship funding scheme […]Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent
- We are teaching children maths they will never use. Isn’t it better to help them speak fluently? | Simon Jenkins October 16, 2026The education secretary is right to focus on what students need most: the ability to express themselves. As for maths, grab a calculatorAt last the fourth R is born. Articulation – speaking – is to join reading, writing and arithmetic in the education canon. What has become the mighty struggle against the dictatorship of the […]Simon Jenkins
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