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- Over half of English councils face insolvency under £5bn deficit, MPs warn June 17, 2025Public accounts committee calls on government to urgently address deficit on high needs spending hitting at end of financial yearCouncils in England face being overwhelmed by billions of pounds in debts and reforms that are divorced from reality, according to an influential committee of MPs.In its inquiry into local government finances, the public accounts committee […]Richard Adams Education editor
- ‘No way to invest in a career here’: US academics flee overseas to avoid Trump crackdown June 15, 2025Budding scholars pursue overseas jobs amid attacks on education and research, prompting fears of an American brain drainEric Schuster was over the moon when he landed a lab assistant position in a coral reef biology lab at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO). The 23-year-old had recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree in nanoengineering from […]Marina Dunbar
- Revealed: Thousands of UK university students caught cheating using AI June 15, 2025Guardian investigation finds almost 7,000 proven cases of cheating – and experts says these are tip of the icebergThousands of university students in the UK have been caught misusing ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools in recent years, while traditional forms of plagiarism show a marked decline, a Guardian investigation can reveal.A survey of academic […]Michael Goodier
- The mainstream media has enabled Trump’s war on universities | Jason Stanley June 13, 2025For the past decade, the US press has fueled a moral panic over leftists on campus while failing to report on the right’s assaultUS universities are facing the Trump regime’s fury. The justification given by the regime is that universities are run by leftist ideologues, who have indoctrinated students to adopt supposedly leftist ideological orientations, […]Jason Stanley
- High court dismisses challenges against adding VAT to UK private school fees June 13, 2025Surcharge was a Labour party manifesto commitment at the 2024 general electionThe high court has dismissed a wave of legal challenges against adding VAT to private school fees in the UK, saying the government’s decision was a rare example of Brexit freedoms.The judges said that adding 20% to private school fees would not have been […]Richard Adams Education editor
- Councils in England warn of mass bankruptcies as Send deficits soar June 13, 2025Local authorities say a £5bn shortfall in special needs funding could leave dozens effectively insolvent within monthsCouncil leaders in England have warned that a multibillion pound deficit from years of overspending on special educational needs has become a “burning platform” that will push scores of councils into bankruptcy within months.They say time is running out […]Patrick Butler, Abby West and Richard Adams
- Cuba’s students call for resignations and strikes after brutal internet price hike June 12, 2025Students say rise in prices was trigger but underlying anger was communist government’s increasing reliance on USDHaving endured electricity blackouts, water shortages, transport failures and the spiralling cost of food, Cuba’s students appear to have finally lost patience with their government over a ferocious price hike for the country’s faltering internet.Local chapters of Cuba’s Federation […]Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana
- UK politics: Police chiefs say funding ‘falls far short’ of what is needed to meet government’s ambitions – as it happened June 11, 2025NPCC’s Gavin Stephens says settlement in spending review will cover little more than inflationary pay risesSpending review: key points at a glanceGreen party MPs and activists joined a protest outside parliament today saying the government should use the spending review to announce a wealth tax. In a post on social media, Adrian Ramsay, the party’s […]Andrew Sparrow
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