Student supporters of Reform UK at Oxford college have organised evening with Nathan Cofnas discussing DEIThe University of Oxfordâs Oriel College has been urged to cancel an event featuring Jason Ardayâs accuser Nathan Cofnas that has been organised by student supporters of Reform UK.Arday, 41, was found dead in August after resigning from his University […]
Both private and public schools in tech regions are limiting the use of tech in classrooms. But will low-income districts be able to follow suit?German Gil spends most of his waking hours looking at screens. Since moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2015, the software engineer has bounced between startups and giants including […]
Activists say struggle must go on until their âmaximumâ demands are met over teacher shortages and building repairsFrench children should continue to barricade their schools and take part in street protests, a student union said on Monday after the government announced a package of education measures to try to stem the crisis.âToday weâre at the […]
With industrial action over job cuts heading into its 21st week, students at famed London college are unhappyStudents arriving at Goldsmiths, University of London this autumn found a campus embroiled in a bitter industrial dispute that has upended timetables and disrupted courses.âI was really excited to start my studies at Goldsmiths,â one international student told […]
Maka Gogaladzeâs debut feature looks at generational differences in the context of Georgiaâs education system and emphasis on collectivismThe scars imprinted on impressionable young minds can never fully fade away. Aiming her lens at a rocky beach thrashed by crashing waves, Maka Gogaladze opens her intimate film with a painful anecdote from her adolescent years. […]
Exclusive: Ministers planning overhaul of apprenticeship funding to increase cost of over-25s training, Guardian understandsBritainâs largest employers have told the government that forcing businesses to pay more to train older workers risks damaging its goal to tackle the youth jobs crisis.The Guardian understands ministers plan to overhaul Labourâs apprenticeship funding scheme to increase the cost […]
Teenagers and young adults are not the only people in need of new skills and a sense of purposeThe neglect of adults was, David Blunkett said in a recent interview, his biggest regret about education policy under New Labour. Spending on classroom-based adult learning in England has fallen steadily, from a high point of more […]
In the third article in a series on high-end British manufacturing, we visit the Ettinger factory in WalsallâOur town is making jeans againâ: reviving jobs and skills in WalesFrom feathers to pet portraits, Rolls-Royce rides high on custom crazeâIt is all down to attention to detail and everything we do is based around that.âGary Billingham […]