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Former Education Secretary Derides 'Self-Defeating' Foreign Student Curbs
Former Education Secretary Derides "Self-Defeating" Foreign Student Curbs
Education
Justine Greening, a Conservative former education secretary, has urged Rishi Sunak to drop the "self-defeating" idea of further restrictions on international students after a major new report recommended that Government retains the graduate route.
Government's Apprenticeship Plans 'Lacking Ambition' Says Industry Body
Education
Government's Apprenticeship Plans "Lacking Ambition" Says Industry Body
Childcare Sector Insists Workforce 'Has To Grow' To Cope With Free Hours Expansion
Education
Childcare Sector Insists Workforce "Has To Grow" To Cope With Free Hours Expansion
Childcare Sector Warns Of 'Postcode Lottery' For Availability Of Free Hours
Education
Childcare Sector Warns Of "Postcode Lottery" For Availability Of Free Hours
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
Education
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
Former Schools Minister Insists Teachers Must Be Paid More To Avert Staffing Crisis
Education
Former Schools Minister Insists Teachers Must Be Paid More To Avert Staffing Crisis
Tory MPs Want Tax Relief And Top Up Payments To Help Nurseries Fund Free Hours
Education
Tory MPs Want Tax Relief And Top Up Payments To Help Nurseries Fund Free Hours
The House Live
The winner of the next election must deal with the costs of botched and delayed projects
Education
By Meg Hillier MP
The winner of the next election must deal with the costs of botched and delayed projects
Truancy trials – meet the parents hit by the single justice procedure
Education
By Andrew Kersley
Truancy trials – meet the parents hit by the single justice procedure
Raising attainment and alleviating challenges in schools Partner content
Education
By Policy@Manchester
Raising attainment and alleviating challenges in schools
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Keir Starmer Pledges 'First Steps' For Labour Government
Keir Starmer Pledges "First Steps" For Labour Government
Political parties
Peer Demands Timeline For Post-Grenfell Safety Works
Peer Demands Timeline For Post-Grenfell Safety Works
Communities
Fashion helped me find my feet when I joined the House of Lords
Fashion helped me find my feet when I joined the House of Lords
By Baroness Morrissey
Parliament
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Supply teacher: How schools became the last outpost of the welfare state
Education
By Sophie Church
Supply teacher: How schools became the last outpost of the welfare state
Britain’s welfare state is in retreat – but should schools plug the gap? Sophie Church visits one outpost to see if the model is sustainable
'The Home Office shouldn’t have anything to do with children': The Children's Commissioner interview
Education
By Sophie Church
'The Home Office shouldn’t have anything to do with children': The Children's Commissioner interview
Children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza tells Sophie Church why Elon Musk needs to take his fatherhood more seriously and why she thinks the Home Office ‘shouldn’t have anything to do with children’
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
Education
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
English state schools plunged into a financial deficit last year, new figures have shown, with teachers’ leaders warning of a “bleak” future.
Education news
Ministers Reject Criticism Of Scottish Gender Law Veto, Education Secretary 'Extremely Disappointed' By Teachers' Strike
Education
By Eleanor Langford
Ministers Reject Criticism Of Scottish Gender Law Veto, Education Secretary "Extremely Disappointed" By Teachers' Strike
The education secretary has rejected Nicola Sturgeon’s criticism of the government’s plan to block new gender reform laws passed by Holyrood.
Rishi Sunak’s maths plan is impossible without a plan to recruit more teachers
Education
By Barry Sheerman MP
Rishi Sunak’s maths plan is impossible without a plan to recruit more teachers
I listened with interest to the speeches from Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer, both setting out their priorities for 2023. The Prime Minister’s plan to introduce compulsory maths for pupils until the age of 18 especially caught my attention.
Tory MP Says It's 'Crazy' To Only Offer Free Under-Twos Childcare To The Poorest
Education
Tory MP Says It's "Crazy" To Only Offer Free Under-Twos Childcare To The Poorest
Former cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom has described the current government policy of only offering free childcare to children under two to parents in “extreme deprivation” is "crazy"
Government In Talks With Unions, NHS Crisis Plans, Teachers Are Leaving Jobs
Health
Government In Talks With Unions, NHS Crisis Plans, Teachers Are Leaving Jobs
Leaders from a range of unions are meeting cabinet ministers today to discuss their positions ahead of further planned strikes across the health, education, and transport sectors.
All The Promises In Rishi Sunak's Big Vision Speech, And Which Have Been Made Before
Health
By Eleanor Langford
All The Promises In Rishi Sunak's Big Vision Speech, And Which Have Been Made Before
Rishi Sunak delivered a speech setting out his policy agenda as Prime Minister in east London today, including five key pledges which he asked the public to judge his premiership on.
Teachers Facing Staff Crisis Are 'Baffled' By Rishi Sunak's Maths Plans
Education
Teachers Facing Staff Crisis Are "Baffled" By Rishi Sunak's Maths Plans
Rishi Sunak’s plans for all pupils to continue maths education until the age of 18 have been described as “baffling” by a teachers' union, which has warned that schools do not have the staff to deliver it.
Partner content
Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
IET responds to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s maths pledge
Rishi Sunak Asks Voters To Judge Him On 'Results' In First Major Speech Of 2023
Health
Rishi Sunak Asks Voters To Judge Him On "Results" In First Major Speech Of 2023
Rishi Sunak has set out five promises to the public in his first major speech of 2023, with the Prime Minister telling voters "we’re either delivering for you or we’re not".
Rishi Sunak To Give Big Vision Speech, Union Leader Wants 'Resolution' To Strikes, Labour MP Describes Hospital Work As 'Heartbreaking'
Education
Rishi Sunak To Give Big Vision Speech, Union Leader Wants "Resolution" To Strikes, Labour MP Describes Hospital Work As "Heartbreaking"
Rishi Sunak will insist that all pupils to study maths in some form until the age of 18 in a major new year speech setting out his priorities as Prime Minister, against a backdrop of strikes, crisis in the NHS and a soaring cost of living.
Engineering Kids’ Futures: How to tackle a £1.5 billion skills shortage Partner content
Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Engineering Kids’ Futures: How to tackle a £1.5 billion skills shortage
With economic growth at the epicentre of the current focus in Westminster, the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) officially launched a new report in front of parliamentarians, students and industry leaders earlier this month with recommendations on how the Government can help tackle the UK’s gaping engineering skills shortage.
Why we must do better for children in hospital schools
Health
By Maarten Crommelin
Why we must do better for children in hospital schools
When Faisal* walked through the doors of our school at the Maudsley and Bethlem Hospital, we only knew his name.
Like so many of our pupils, he had been admitted because of a mental health emergency and was too unwell to leave the ward. It took daily visits by our teachers to build trust and to work out what they could do to help.
St Louis Grammar School becomes first team from Northern Ireland to claim victory in Raytheon Technologies Quadcopter Challenge Partner content
Education
By Raytheon Technologies
St Louis Grammar School becomes first team from Northern Ireland to claim victory in Raytheon Technologies Quadcopter Challenge
Following months of pitching, preparation and flying, the Raytheon Technologies Quadcopter Challenge crowned Pollution Solution from St Louis Grammar School its 2022 winners last night after a nail-biting final at Royal Air Force College Cranwell.
Partner content
Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Government urged to tackle £1.5bn engineering skills shortage through primary and secondary education drive
A new report endorsed by over 150 engineering leaders and celebrities, led by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), is today calling on government to help tackle the UK’s engineering skills shortage by embedding engineering into the current curriculum.
The Children and Families Act has failed to improve the lives of children and young people
Education
By Baroness Tyler of Enfield
The Children and Families Act has failed to improve the lives of children and young people
The Children and Families Act 2014 was envisaged as a landmark piece of legislation. Its impact was intended to be wide ranging, giving greater protection to vulnerable children, better support for children whose parents are separating, a new system to help children with special educational needs and disabilities and help for parents to balance work and family life.
Strengthening the UK Life Sciences Environment Partner content
Health
By MSD
Strengthening the UK Life Sciences Environment
The UK's life sciences sector has unlocked potential for growth. Chi Onwurah MP, Shadow Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and Dr Natalie White PhD, Executive Clinical Research Director at MSD write about the need for industry-government collaboration and investment in the life sciences sector.
Building the Workforce of Tomorrow: Why Investing in Green Jobs and Skills is Critical for the UK Partner content
Environment
By WSP
Building the Workforce of Tomorrow: Why Investing in Green Jobs and Skills is Critical for the UK
With the transition to net zero, new sectors, technologies and industries will emerge. But creating a workforce able to make the most of tomorrow’s opportunities demands action today. Ahead of the publication of their nationwide survey of young people’s views about their future careers, we spoke to leading engineering and environmental professional services consultancy WSP and EngineeringUK to find out more about the challenges of developing the skills and jobs needed to deliver a low-carbon future.
Nurses Announce Strike Days, Backbenchers Rebel Over Energy Policy, Apology For MP Christmas Party Guidelines
Health
Nurses Announce Strike Days, Backbenchers Rebel Over Energy Policy, Apology For MP Christmas Party Guidelines
Nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have announced that they will strike for two days before Christmas, the latest profession to commit to industrial action over the winter. 
Partner content
Education
By Betting And Gaming Council
TWO THIRDS OF PUNTERS BELIEVE NANNY STATE SPENDING LIMITS ON BETTING WOULD SPARK A RISE IN GAMBLING BLACK MARKET
Compulsory spending limits on betting risks driving more people to the unsafe, unregulated gambling black market, say 67 per cent of punters.
The government must crack down on growing county lines child exploitation
Education
By Anne Longfield
The government must crack down on growing county lines child exploitation
Recently, I visited a community project on a housing estate where families told me they were being terrorised by a gang of boys, excluded from school, who were delivering a county line to an area about 80 miles away.
Education Secretary Can't Confirm That School Budgets Will Keep Up With Rising Costs
Education
Education Secretary Can't Confirm That School Budgets Will Keep Up With Rising Costs
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has suggested her department could see a real-terms budget cut when Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gives a major update on government spending in next week’s Autumn Statement.
We need targeted support for struggling readers in secondary schools
Education
By Amanda Spielman
We need targeted support for struggling readers in secondary schools
As children return to school after the half-term break, there will be much discussion in Westminster about the new and returning faces in government making decisions about the future of education.
Partner content
Education
By Equality and Human Rights Commission
Britain’s equality watchdog takes action to prevent hair discrimination in schools
Pupils should not be stopped from wearing their hair in natural Afro styles at school, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says in new guidance today (27 October).
Black History and the new Curriculum for Wales
Education
By Vaughan Gething
Black History and the new Curriculum for Wales
“This glorious land of liberty, freedom, and religious privilege.”
How can anyone be against safer gambling? Partner content
Education
By Betting And Gaming Council
How can anyone be against safer gambling?
This week is Safer Gambling Week when we come together to promote better education and awareness, encourage even more people to use safer gambling tools like deposit limits and time-outs, and crucially when we signpost the advice, support and help that’s available to anyone who may be struggling. From betting shops to bingo clubs, casinos and online operators, and for the first-time betting operators in Ireland and across Europe too, it is an incredible show of unity to promote safe betting and gaming.
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Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
2024
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Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
Net Zero Week 2024
2024
Online
Net Zero Week 2024