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• Voters in Wales failed by inaccurate UK media reports on devolved issues, study finds April 4, 2026
  Reports on English policies seen in Wales as relating to whole of UK contribute to widespread confusion, researchers sayUK media is failing to report properly on devolved issues in Wales, leaving voters ill-informed about May’s Senedd elections, a report has found.A Cardiff University study of more than 3,000 news items found repeated patterns in coverage […]
  Bethan McKernan Wales correspondent
• A ‘masculinity crisis’ is brewing in UK schools, union says April 3, 2026
  Misogynistic abuse of female staff is increasing, leaving teachers feeling ‘traumatised’ and ‘humiliated’Teachers’ leaders have said a “masculinity crisis” is fermenting in schools across the UK, with misogynistic abuse of female staff on the increase, leaving victims “traumatised”, “demeaned” and “humiliated”.Almost a quarter of female teachers who took part in a union survey said they […]
  Sally Weale Education correspondent
• University of Washington professor fired from director job after sending email criticizing Iran war April 3, 2026
  Aria Fani of University of Washington’s Middle East Center is latest critic of Israel to lose position at US universitySign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA University of Washington professor was removed as head of the school’s Middle East Center after reportedly using newsletters from the center […]
  Marina Dunbar
• Harvard faculty to vote on proposal to limit number of A grades in each course April 3, 2026
  Effort to curb grade inflation, by limiting top marks to 20% of students in a course, is opposed by most studentsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxHarvard’s faculty is set to vote next week on a faculty committee proposal to cap the number of A grades per […]
  Anna Betts
• Extend fully paid maternity leave for UK teachers to stem exodus, union says April 3, 2026
  NASUWT says full entitlement should be increased to 26 weeks and paternity pay also improvedFull maternity pay for teachers across the UK should be increased to 26 weeks to help stem the exodus of women in their 30s from classrooms, a union leader has said.Matt Wrack, the general secretary of the NASUWT teachers’ union, said […]
  Sally Weale Education correspondent
• ‘This is what you don’t see in F1’: the university where future race engineers are made April 3, 2026
  With alumni in every F1 team, Oxford Brookes University’s Formula Student team is the most prestigious in the countryAt the Oxford Brookes Headington campus, more than 100 students are busy building the fastest, best designed race car possible for this year’s Formula Student competition.Oxford Brookes Racing (OBR) is the UK’s most prestigious Formula Student team. […]
  Isaaq Tomkins
• Sex at arm’s length? Male octopuses use specialised arm to mate, scientists find April 2, 2026
  Sensory organ in male cephalopod able to detect female hormone progesterone, even if male cannot see partnerSex might seem an intimate act, but scientists have shed fresh light on how octopuses manage it at arm’s length.Male octopuses use a specialised arm called the hectocotylus to place a package of sperm inside the female’s reproductive system. […]
  Nicola Davis Science correspondent
• 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