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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
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Education
By Policy Connect
From Bricks to Clicks: new inquiry report explores what student data footprints will mean for the higher education sector

On Tuesday 26th January, the Higher Education Commission is launching its inquiry report, From Bricks to Clicks: the potential of data analytics in Higher Education in Parliament. The report explores what the data revolution could mean for HE and students.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on Government thresholds for strike ballots in education and other public services
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
Social mobility in higher education is about more than just access to university – launch of new Social Mobility Advisory Group
Universities UK (UUK) announced today the launch of a new group to provide advice to the government and support for English universities to improve access and long-term success for under-represented groups in higher education.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on Education Select Committee’s report on the role of Regional School Commissioners (RSCs)
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on protecting children from radicalisation
Commenting on Government plans to help protect children against radicalisation, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By Innovate UK
Improving schools' financial health: apply for business funding
Organisations can apply for a share of 200,000 for innovative and practical business ideas that help schools to improve financial health.
University VC - Scrapping maintenance grants 'a risk to social mobility that the Government ought urgently to reconsider' Partner content
Education
By University of Bedfordshire
University VC - Scrapping maintenance grants 'a risk to social mobility that the Government ought urgently to reconsider'
Former Labour Minister & Vice Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire, Bill Rammell, writes on the day the House of Commons has an Opposition Day Debate on Student maintenance grants.
Partner content
Education
By Chartered Institute of Building
New Apprenticeship Delivery Board must have 'strong relationship with Government' - CIOB
The Chartered Institute of Building responds to the Prime Minister's announcement of a newApprenticeship Delivery Board.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on HMCI Sir Michael Wilshaw's speech to CentreForum
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on primary school places
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Gordon Marsden MP: Axing student grants won’t bring fairness or sound finance
Education
By Gordon Marsden MP - Shadow Minister for Higher and Further Education
Gordon Marsden MP: Axing student grants won’t bring fairness or sound finance
Shadow Minister for Higher and Further Education Gordon Marsden MP is against the Government's decision to remove student grants from half a million of England’s most disadvantaged students, replacing them with loans.
Partner content
Education
By University of Exeter
Mothers’ comments linked to eating disorders in Asian young adults
The first study to look at the influence of Asian parents on their young adult childs body dissatisfaction levels and disordered eating in Singapore has found significant differences with Western culture, leading to calls for a tailored approach to treatment.
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Education
By Solicitors Regulation Authority
Have your say on the proposed Solicitors Qualifying Examination
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is inviting solicitors, education and training providers and students to a series of consultation events on the proposed Solicitors Qualifying Examination.
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Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on plans to review maths and English Functional Skills qualifications
Commenting on the Education and Training Foundations plans to review maths and English Functional Skills qualifications, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
Universities UK response to new HESA figures on student enrolments and qualifications for the academic year 2014/15
Commenting on data on the further decrease in part-time student enrolments, Dame Julia Goodfellow, President of Universities UK and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent, said:
Partner content
Education
By Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Accountants welcome Cameron's new mentor scheme
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountantscomments on Cameron's new mentor scheme for young people.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on postcode inequality of education in England and Wales
Commenting on the new cross-party commission to tackle inequality in education in England and Wales, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
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Education
By Save the Children
Prime Minister’s life chances strategy must include nursery education
Gareth Jenkins, Director of UK Poverty at Save the Children responds to David Cameron's announcement on families and life chances.
A curriculum for life: the case for statutory PSHE education Partner content
Education
By PSHE Association
A curriculum for life: the case for statutory PSHE education
In an unprecedented move, four select committee chairs have today written a joint letter calling for statutory status for Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education. PSHE Association Chief Executive Joe Hayman explains why this cause has such support.
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Education
By PSHE Association
Select committee chairs make unprecedented joint call for statutory PSHE
The PSHE Association today welcomed a joint letter from the chairs of the Commons Education, Home Affairs, Health and Business, Innovation and Skills Committees calling on government to make PSHE education a statutory part of the curriculum.
Suella Fernandes MP: Parents and children deserve a fairer Primary school admissions system
Education
By Suella Braverman MP
Suella Fernandes MP: Parents and children deserve a fairer Primary school admissions system
Conservative backbench MP and Education Select Committee member Suella Fernandes writes following her adjournment debate on 'Primary school admissions criteria and exceptional circumstances'.
Revising the Politics A-level curriculum
Education
By Baroness Parminter
Revising the Politics A-level curriculum
Baroness Parminter writes following her recent Oral question in the House of Lords regarding proposed changes to the Politics A-level curriculum.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on CBI/Accenture Employment Trends Survey
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said: This report from the CBI and Accenture shows that businesses want to have it both ways. Whilst there is acknowledgement of a healthier and growing economy, employers are bemoaning the need to pay decent wages to attract a skilled workforce.
Partner content
Education
By Universities UK
The EU supports ground-breaking collaborative research at UK universities
The Universities for Europe campaign has published case-studies today highlighting how membership of the European Union enhances international collaboration between researchers, enabling ground-breaking research that improves peoples lives in the UK.
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