Education News
- UK’s first ‘super-university’, merging Greenwich and Kent, to launch in September August 3, 2026The new London and South East University Group will be UK’s third largest higher education institutionThe UK’s first “super-university”, which will merge the universities of Greenwich and Kent, is set to launch in September.The new London and South East University Group, to be known as the LASEUG, will have more than 50,000 students on four […]Neha Gohil
- Inside Sydney’s hottest nightspot, where shoes are off, laptops are on and customers drink matcha August 2, 2026A ‘study cafe’ has opened on the site that once housed the radical Gould’s Book Arcade – and students are paying by the hour to be thereGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn a cavernous space once occupied by a radical bookshop, the big lights are off, laptops are out, lo-fi […]Isabella Lee
- ‘Tiger mum’ Lucy Powell on Labour’s vocational skills drive: ‘It’s about ambition for everybody’ August 2, 2026New education secretary says it is ‘false trade-off’ by critics to suggest schools cannot pursue academic excellence alongside technical skillsLucy Powell has said she wants to be an ambitious “tiger mum” for all young people, whatever their route through education, after the government was accused of dumbing down England’s schools with plans to create more […]Pippa Crerar, political editor
- Could a couch-to-5k for books get you back into reading? August 2, 2026With smartphones stealing our attention, we’re picking up fewer books than ever. A novelist shares her eight-week scheme to get you back into the habitDo you feel that it’s harder to read than it used to be? Not harder to read emails, texts and social media posts, of course. We’re reading those all day long. […]Naomi Alderman
- I’m all for the nanny state – but we should abolish fines for holidays in term time | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett August 2, 2026Some parents are sticklers for the rules, yet mass civil disobedience by parents in England and Wales suggests many agree with mePerhaps it’s my stage of parenthood, or the fact that I’ve been lying awake at night, but I think I have an idea that could secure the electoral future of the Labour party. All […]Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
- Playbooks, plagiarism and a pig’s head: new claims surrounding a star Cambridge professor August 1, 2026Jason Arday was regarded as an academic superstar, but then questions about his work prompted scrutiny of his backstory and counterclaims of racismWhen the superstar academic Jason Arday took to the stage at the British Sociological Association’s 75th anniversary conference earlier this year, he delivered a talk called Wanted Dead or Alive: the Playbook.The youngest […]Lanre Bakare
- If you think kids will respect a robot teacher, you have never met a kid | Dave Schilling August 1, 2026A New York school district has paused plans to bring an android into the classroom. Is this our educational future?What’s more harrowing than sending your child to school? Maybe getting stuck on a city bus that can’t drop below 50 miles per hour or it will explode, but that’s about it. Once your kid hits […]Dave Schilling
- Squishies and ‘a fuzzy book’: 21 things tweens want for back-to-school season, according to tweens July 31, 2026We asked tweens what is on their school wish list this year – including squishy toys, roller skate shoes and water bottlesBack-to-school sales are unusually early this year. We found the 15 best deals for students and parentsSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsThis fall, gen Alpha […]Lauren Gould
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