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- University hounded out of Hungary by Orbán reaches out to new government November 14, 2026Prospect of partial return to Budapest by Central European University suggests confidence in Hungary’s futureA university that Viktor Orbán tried to chase out of Hungary is open to expanding its presence in Budapest, in a mark of confidence in the country’s democratic future.Carsten Q Schneider, the interim president and rector of Central European University (CEU), […]Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
- Microsoft outage hits hospitals, GPs, schools and police across UK November 13, 2026NHS suffering ‘serious’ and widespread disruption, while people are told of possible delays in receiving prescriptionsVital UK services have been hit by a global Microsoft outage that left hospital staff resorting to paper records and fuelled concerns about an over-reliance on a small number of tech companies.A day of widespread disruption sent some sectors back […]Ben Quinn, Aisha Down, Andrew Gregory and Jamie Grierson
- US university students tell surveillance cameras to Flock off November 13, 2026The privacy issues over the company’s surveillance cameras have caused protests in schools all over the countryAngela Nguyen, a senior at Stanford University, has been on a mission to make sure her school doesn’t use automated license plate readers, like those made by Flock Safety, for mass surveillance. The 21-year-old computer science major helped collect […]Sanya Mansoor
- Ofsted’s menacing inspections are still disastrous. Schools should answer to the communities they serve | Simon Jenkins November 13, 2026For all the supposed improvements, inspectors still obsess over statistics and adjectives, but surely school success depends on teachers and parentsThe government regulation of state schools by Ofsted in England is a fiasco. Following the 2023 suicide of the Reading headteacher Ruth Perry, after her school was downgraded from outstanding to inadequate, Ofsted appears to […]Simon Jenkins
- How angry parents helped flip Texas: ‘People don’t like for their kids to be messed with’ November 12, 2026Displaying Ten Commandments in class, whitewashing history and study of Bible verses drove many to vote blueMichelle Palmer has run for the Texas state board of education twice before, but this time felt different.“I was hearing from day one from people who had not really been politically active before that they were worried about education,” […]Anna North
- Time running out for young people to receive meningitis B vaccines in UK November 12, 2026Just 28% of 18- and 19-year-olds have received their first dose in one-off campaign, UKHSA saysThe clock is ticking for young people in the UK to receive vaccinations to protect against meningitis B, experts have said, as figures reveal fewer than one in three eligible in a one-off campaign have received their first dose.Earlier this […]Nicola Davis Science correspondent
- Hoax bomb threats made to schools in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Italy November 11, 2026Police assure parents and teachers there is no danger as thousands of schools in Italy and hundreds in the UK affectedHundreds of schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland were hit by a fresh wave of hoax bomb threats on Wednesday, with some sites evacuated as a precaution.Police in Scotland said that about 1,000 schools, from […]Severin Carrell and Angela Giuffrida
- AI has made it ‘close to impossible’ to assess university coursework, regulator says November 11, 2026Office for Students says institutions in England should return to traditional exams and in-person presentations Universities should go back to traditional exams and in-person presentations to grade students after lecturers complained that AI has made it “close to impossible” to assess coursework, according to an investigation by England’s higher education regulator.The Office for Students (OfS) […]Richard Adams Education editor
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