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• The brilliant students the UK doesn’t want - podcast April 1, 2026
  Why has the UK introduced a ban on student visas for four countries? Today in Focus talks to affected students in Sudan and Afghanistan, as well as our home affairs editor, Rajeev SyalIn early March, with little warning, the UK announced a ban on student visas for four countries: Sudan, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Cameroon.It came […]
  Presented by Helen Pidd with Rajeev Syal; produced by Eleanor Biggs, Sundus Abdi, Hanna Adan and Brian McNamara; executive producer Sami Kent
• Almost half of primary teachers in England see pupils with eating disorders, survey finds March 31, 2026
  Poll of 10,000 teachers also finds ‘overwhelming’ exam anxiety and rising absenteeism linked to poor mental healthAlmost half of primary school teachers are seeing pupils with eating disorders “at least occasionally”, rising to four in five at secondary level, according to a survey by the UK’s largest education union.The findings emerged in a poll of […]
  Sally Weale Education correspondent
• Judge orders University of Pennsylvania to provide list of Jews to federal agency March 31, 2026
  Trump administration claims list is part of an EEOC investigation into antisemitic discrimination at universityA federal judge on Tuesday ordered the University of Pennsylvania to hand over records about Jewish employees on campus to a federal agency as part of an investigation into antisemitic discrimination but said it did not have to reveal any employee’s […]
  Associated Press
• US college students: are you about to graduate? We’d like to hear about your job-hunting experience March 31, 2026
  How have you found the job application process? What has been your experience of job hunting so far? The entry-level job market for US college graduates is the worst it has been since the pandemic, according to an analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.The unemployment rate climbed to about 5.6% at the […]
  Guardian community team
• The Guardian view on Welsh language learning: cultural shifts can deliver a bright future for Cymraeg | Editorial March 31, 2026
  As Plaid Cymru leads in polls ahead of Senedd elections in May, grassroots enthusiasm for one of its historic causes is growingIn Putting Wales First, a recently translated history of Plaid Cymru’s political ideas, Prof Richard Wyn Jones references a 1940s newspaper editorial satirising the party’s then preoccupations. Poking fun at its focus on language, […]
  Editorial
• Sad faces all round as Bolivia’s clowns protest over decree threatening their livelihoods March 31, 2026
  Clowns in Bolivia are upset by mandate that stops schools hosting events from which they earn a livingDozens of clowns have marched through the streets of Bolivia’s capital to protest against a government decree that limits extracurricular activities in schools, threatening their livelihoods.Wearing full face paint and their signature red noses, the clowns gathered on […]
  Associated Press
• Zack Polanski tells NEU teachers’ union that Greens would abolish ‘toxic’ Ofsted – as it happened March 30, 2026
  The Green party leader said Ofsted is a ‘failed institution’ and that teaching should move ‘toward a genuinely collaborative model’Starmer complained about other parties whipping up division, and he specifically criticised Nick Timothy, the shadow justice secretary, for “complaining about Muslims praying in public”.Labour, by contrast, values bringing people together, he said. Continue reading...
  Andrew Sparrow
• ‘A fire that’s burning again’: Welsh language resurges thanks to adult learners March 29, 2026
  The number of people on Dysgu Cymraeg courses has risen by 61% since 2017, as people in Wales rediscover the ‘poetry’ of the languageElinor Staniforth from Cardiff hated Welsh lessons at her English-medium school – after her GCSEs, she said, she “forgot all about it”. Winning a place at Oxford University, however, made Staniforth reassess […]
  Bethan McKernan, Wales correspondent