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- We all know a lack of exercise is bad for our bodies. So what is relying on AI doing to our brains? | Devi Sridhar September 25, 2026I suspect nearly all of my students use AI, and I worry about its corrosive effects. We must not entrust tech companies with our long-term healthProf Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of EdinburghWhen I was a postgraduate student at the University of Oxford in the early 2000s, I interviewed […]Devi Sridhar
- The Guardian view on vocational GCSEs: why now? | Editorial September 24, 2026Ministers’ commitment to cutting youth unemployment is admirable, but how new qualifications will help is unclearThe first question that should be asked about plans to launch a batch of vocational GCSEs is: how will these differ from the roughly 50 similar courses that already exist? Is this primarily a rebadging exercise, aimed at boosting the […]Editorial
- Londoners get £3bn a year subsidy because structure of council tax biased against north, says thinktank – UK politics live September 24, 2026Resolution Foundation says households outside London are paying hundreds of pounds a year more in council tax than they would be under a fair systemTim Shipman has written about what will be coming up at the Labour conference next week in his cover story for the Spectator. He says:Labour special advisers summoned last week to […]Andrew Sparrow
- Did you sit vocational qualifications in the past and more recently in England? We would like to hear from you September 24, 2026How did you find them? Were they helpful in getting you to the next stage in your education or in securing a job?Teenagers are to be offered new vocational GCSEs in England, marking the biggest changes to the qualification for more than a decade.From 2029, pupils will be able to supplement compulsory GCSE subjects such […]Guardian community team
- Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University September 24, 2026Role for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zoo, met with incredulityNewcastle University is facing a backlash from conservationists over the appointment of the heir to an Indian oil and gas fortune who runs a controversial mega-zoo as a professor of sustainability.The university announced that Anant Ambani had been […]Rachel Hall and Patrick Greenfield
- Pupils to be offered vocational GCSEs in radical shake-up of system in England September 23, 2026Courses such as finance and construction form part of PM’s push for education ‘that offers a path for everybody’Teenagers are to be offered a range of new vocational GCSEs under a radical shake-up of the school system in England designed to tackle a crisis that has left nearly a million young people out of work […]Richard Adams and Sally Weale
- UK defence contractors to offer 40,000 apprenticeships, placements and jobs September 23, 2026Wes Streeting says he leads a ‘ministry for growth’ as Labour seeks to show more defence spending will create UK jobs Defence contractors have promised to create 40,000 apprenticeships, work experience placements and jobs for young people each year, as Wes Streeting claimed to be overseeing a “ministry for growth”.Labour is keen to demonstrate that […]Heather Stewart Economics editor
- New Ofsted inspection regime is damaging our health, headteachers say September 21, 2026School leaders’ union says new system is worse than one it replaced and has left members feeling overwhelmedHeadteachers in England want Ofsted to stop grading their schools, saying its new inspection regime is harming their mental health and creating greater stress than the system it was designed to replace.The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) […]Richard Adams Education editor
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