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• Campaigners led by Chris Packham urge prime minister to rethink Send overhaul October 8, 2026
  Exclusive: Letter to government says changes will unfairly remove legal protections for children in EnglandLetter: Legal rights must be retained for children with SendCampaigners are calling on Andy Burnham to abandon the core elements of the government’s overhaul of special educational needs provision in England, arguing they unfairly remove children’s legal protections.A group of disabled […]
  Kiran Stacey Policy editor
• University students say procrastination is biggest threat to their academic performance October 8, 2026
  More than half of US students surveyed said the problem damaged their ability to do academic work, study findsProcrastination is the biggest problem that can harm students’ academic performance at university, according to a study of more than 65,000 young people who placed it above issues such as ADHD, anxiety or financial worries.The study found […]
  Richard Adams Education editor
• France’s teens versus the riot police – podcast October 8, 2026
  Angelique Chrisafis on the pupils and students who are taking to the streets and closing down schools in FranceThousands arrested, hundreds injured. It’s been a shocking week for France. Schools have been closed and ransacked. Some have simply been burned down.The pupils are fed up with the status quo. And they’re furious about a school […]
  Presented by Nosheen Iqbal with Angelique Chrisafis, produced by Tom Glasser, Saskia Collette and Brian McNamara; executive producer Homa Khaleeli
• Family of student who took his own life say university ‘will be held to account’ October 7, 2026
  Ethan Scott Brown died after being wrongly told he would not be eligible to graduate from the University of Glasgow The family of a student who took his own life after being wrongly told he would not be eligible to graduate have said the University of Glasgow “will be held to account”.Ethan Scott Brown, 23, […]
  Nadeem Badshah
• Labour Send changes at risk as parents rush to secure support, say experts October 7, 2026
  Overhaul of special education in England could unravel, thinktank finds, because of ‘use it before you lose it’ dynamicLabour’s flagship changes to special education in England are at risk of unravelling because parents are rushing to secure support for their children before the system changes, new analysis has found.The Institute for Government (IfG) thinktank says […]
  Richard Adams Education editor
• Thatcherism via the Walkman: Stuart Hall’s British cultural studies preserved online October 7, 2026
  Project lead says it celebrates ‘incredible contributions’ Jamaica-born sociologist made to Britain’s cultureWhether it was Thatcherism, populism or the story of the Sony Walkman, Stuart Hall was a public intellectual famed for defining the times. Now a major digital archive of his previously unpublished papers, notebooks, recordings and videos has been launched.When the Jamaica-born sociologist […]
  Chris Osuh Community affairs correspondent
• Senior academics set out key questions Cambridge must answer over Jason Arday’s death October 6, 2026
  Letter from more than 40 signatories says university has backed away from promised thorough review of events before deathSenior Cambridge academics have criticised the university’s plans to investigate Prof Jason Arday’s death as inadequate, and said those responsible for “serious failures of leadership” should face consequences.In a letter to Chris Smith, Cambridge’s chancellor, the academics […]
  Richard Adams Education editor
• The Guardian view on sexual abuse in schools: teachers cannot deal with this alone | Editorial October 5, 2026
  Politicians must redouble their efforts to tackle a disturbing pattern of pupils assaulting classmatesThe Guardian’s findings about the extent of sexual abuse in schools require an urgent, calibrated response. Data revealing multiple rapes committed each year on school premises in England and Wales is hard to comprehend. Yet this is what freedom of information requests […]
  Editorial