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London Tories Call For 'Conversation' On Ending Sadiq Khan's Free School Meal Scheme
London Tories Call For "Conversation" On Ending Sadiq Khan's Free School Meal Scheme
Education
Senior London Conservatives have called for a “conversation” about scrapping Sadiq Khan’s free school meal programme if the party wins the mayoral election in 2028.
Students Urge Government To Make Registering To Vote Easier
Education
Students Urge Government To Make Registering To Vote Easier
Labour MP Says Her Colleagues Are 'On A Journey' To Support Her Summer Of Sex Campaign
Health
Labour MP Says Her Colleagues Are "On A Journey" To Support Her Summer Of Sex Campaign
Could Andy Burnham Be About To Reform The Student Loan System?
Education
Could Andy Burnham Be About To Reform The Student Loan System?
'It Is Just Demoralising': Young People's Despair Over AI And What To Do About It
Education
"It Is Just Demoralising": Young People's Despair Over AI And What To Do About It
EHRC Chair Mary-Ann Stephenson: 'The Code Could Be Blocked – The Law Remains The Law'
Education
EHRC Chair Mary-Ann Stephenson: "The Code Could Be Blocked – The Law Remains The Law"
Jacqui Smith: 'A Million Young People Not Earning Or Learning Is A Moral Outrage'
Education
Jacqui Smith: "A Million Young People Not Earning Or Learning Is A Moral Outrage"
Opinion
Britain’s education system is testing the wrong skills Partner content
Education
By PSI Services
Britain’s education system is testing the wrong skills
The agentic university: redesigning higher education from the inside out Partner content
Education
By Hexaware
University of East London
The agentic university: redesigning higher education from the inside out
Conservative reforms built a world-class education system. Labour must not dismantle it for ideological reasons
Education
By Saqib Bhatti MP
Conservative reforms built a world-class education system. Labour must not dismantle it for ideological reasons
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Burnham Faces Labour MP Resistance On Electoral Reform
Burnham Faces Labour MP Resistance On Electoral Reform
Political parties
How Farage went from the Mr Marmite of politics to the Mr Millwall
How Farage went from the Mr Marmite of politics to the Mr Millwall
By Jules Walkden
Political parties
Ed Davey Under Pressure To Raise Game As MPs Signal Leadership Tensions Aren’t Over
Ed Davey Under Pressure To Raise Game As MPs Signal Leadership Tensions Aren’t Over
Political parties
Union Urges PM Not To Cut Railway Jobs As Part Of Public Ownership Shift
Union Urges PM Not To Cut Railway Jobs As Part Of Public Ownership Shift
Transport
The Lib Dems are not cutting through
The Lib Dems are not cutting through
By Luke Tryl
Political parties
Lucy Rigby: talent, ambition and making finance fairer Partner content
Lucy Rigby: talent, ambition and making finance fairer
By Total Politics Impact
Economy
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Edtech Wars: Meet The Mums Fighting Screens In Classrooms
Education
Edtech Wars: Meet The Mums Fighting Screens In Classrooms
As consensus grows around the need for social media and smartphone restrictions for under-16s, Sienna Rodgers reports that campaigner mums across the country are now bringing the fight to edtech
How Thousands Of Ukrainian Children In The UK Are Growing Up In Limbo
Education
How Thousands Of Ukrainian Children In The UK Are Growing Up In Limbo
More than 60,000 Ukrainian children have grown up in the UK since fleeing Russia’s full-scale invasion. Zoe Crowther explores how the absence of a long-term settlement plan is leaving these children and their families in limbo.
NEU's Daniel Kebede: 'Schools Have Become A Battleground For Reform'
Education
NEU's Daniel Kebede: "Schools Have Become A Battleground For Reform"
Head of the UK’s biggest teaching union Daniel Kebede tells Matilda Martin that schools are the frontline in the fight against Reform – and teachers should get time off for Glastonbury
Education news
Broken Britain: Bethnal Green and Bow – the constituency where child poverty is becoming the norm
Education
By Rushanara Ali MP
Broken Britain: Bethnal Green and Bow – the constituency where child poverty is becoming the norm
There are now four million children living in poverty in the United Kingdom. This level of child poverty has not appeared like a sudden freak disaster. Poverty has crept into households across the UK with each policy of the last 12 years.
Four steps to building a semiconductor industry fit for the future Partner content
Education
By Pragmatic Semiconductor
Four steps to building a semiconductor industry fit for the future
The UK Government’s much anticipated semiconductor strategy provides an opportunity to seize a leading role for the UK in a sector that underpins virtually every modern industry. Scott White, CEO of flexible semiconductor manufacturer Pragmatic, outlines the four steps to doing so.
Who Is Going On Strike And When In February?
Health
Who Is Going On Strike And When In February?
Mass walkouts are set to take place across multiple sectors in February affecting the NHS, schools, rail services and more.
Partner content
Education
By Policy@Manchester
The skills gap for long term nuclear future
The world’s climate and energy crises continues to worsen with extreme weather, heatwaves and increasing global energy prices. The IEA’s net zero by 2050 pathway has identified the need for nuclear, including SMRs growing support for this in the UK, Canada, France and the US. Dr Aneeqa Khan from The University of Manchester discusses the steps needed to develop a framework to secure a long-term nuclear future.
Tories Warned Push To Get Parents Into Work Will Fail Without 'Fixing' Childcare
Education
Tories Warned Push To Get Parents Into Work Will Fail Without "Fixing" Childcare
Government plans to target out-of-work parents in a drive to boost employment have faced criticism for not also including detail on how they would be supported with childcare needs.
Students cutting back on food and essentials need more support as the cost of living bites
Education
By Sir Peter Lampl OBE
Students cutting back on food and essentials need more support as the cost of living bites
Has this country now officially given up on its poorest young people? You could be forgiven for assuming so.
We must not forget about the struggle of university students in the cost of living crisis
Education
By Paul Blomfield MP
We must not forget about the struggle of university students in the cost of living crisis
The recent government announcement of an additional £15m for universities to provide hardship funding for students might be worth less than £10 a year per student.
Maximising the impact of universities to rebalance the UK economy Partner content
Education
By Sheffield Hallam University
Maximising the impact of universities to rebalance the UK economy
The Northern Powerhouse, Midlands Engine, Levelling Up – straplines have changed over the years, but the challenges of rebalancing the UK economy and releasing untapped potential across our regions remain all too familiar.
Partner content
Education
Join the Animal Welfare Foundation’s annual Discussion Forum as the charity celebrates 40 years
Ministers Reject Criticism Of Scottish Gender Law Veto, Education Secretary 'Extremely Disappointed' By Teachers' Strike
Education
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
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.
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