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Former Children's Commissioner Baroness Longfield: 'Tech Companies Need To Feel Threatened By Online Safety Act'
Former Children's Commissioner Baroness Longfield: "Tech Companies Need To Feel Threatened By Online Safety Act"
Education
Former children’s commissioner and newly appointed peer Baroness Anne Longfield has questioned whether the government has the appetite to take on big tech to protect children online.
Universities Will Need Extra Money To Make Efficiencies, Government To Be Told
Education
Universities Will Need Extra Money To Make Efficiencies, Government To Be Told
British Universities Receiving US Funding Asked By Trump To Fill Out Diversity Surveys
Education
British Universities Receiving US Funding Asked By Trump To Fill Out Diversity Surveys
Inside The Special Educational Needs Crisis Forcing Councils Into Bankruptcy
Education
Inside The Special Educational Needs Crisis Forcing Councils Into Bankruptcy
Vice Chancellor Attacks 'Politically Motivated' Investigation After University Gets Record Fine Over Free Speech Row
Education
Vice Chancellor Attacks "Politically Motivated" Investigation After University Gets Record Fine Over Free Speech Row
The Childcare Funding Crisis Has Got Worse Since The Election, Warns Sector
Education
The Childcare Funding Crisis Has Got Worse Since The Election, Warns Sector
University Crisis Has Reached 'Crunch Point', Says Education Committee Chair
Education
University Crisis Has Reached "Crunch Point", Says Education Committee Chair
Opinion
The Office for Students should keep out of the culture wars
Education
By Siân Berry MP
The Office for Students should keep out of the culture wars
Universities are uniquely placed to drive innovation and deliver economic growth Partner content
Education
By Policy@Manchester
Universities are uniquely placed to drive innovation and deliver economic growth
‘Now or never’ moment approaches for delivering Labour’s election teacher pledge Partner content
Education
By National Foundation for Educational Research
‘Now or never’ moment approaches for delivering Labour’s election teacher pledge
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Labour Figures Fear More Gaza Independent Gains At The Local Elections
Labour Figures Fear More Gaza Independent Gains At The Local Elections
Political parties
Tories Criticise 'Outrageous' Choice Of Football Regulator Chair Who Donated £75,000 To Labour MPs In Two Years
Tories Criticise "Outrageous" Choice Of Football Regulator Chair Who Donated £75,000 To Labour MPs In Two Years
Culture
The Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act should cause no confusion – the judgment is a model of clarity
The Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act should cause no confusion – the judgment is a model of clarity
By Baroness Kishwer Falkner
Social affairs
Reform Is The Common Enemy In The Unpredictable Race For Hull And East Yorkshire Mayor
Reform Is The Common Enemy In The Unpredictable Race For Hull And East Yorkshire Mayor
Political parties
Keir Starmer Would Harm Labour’s Chances In Runcorn By-Election, Say Labour MPs
Keir Starmer Would Harm Labour’s Chances In Runcorn By-Election, Say Labour MPs
Political parties
Recipes for Disaster: Kemi's steak
Recipes for Disaster: Kemi's steak
By Robert Hutton
Parliament
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Inside The Special Educational Needs Crisis Forcing Councils Into Bankruptcy
Education
Inside The Special Educational Needs Crisis Forcing Councils Into Bankruptcy
A dramatic increase in children judged to have special educational needs has created another dysfunctional market driving councils into insolvency, reports Justine Smith
Baroness Cass: 'I don't have time for keyboard warriors in their basements'
Health
By Tali Fraser
Baroness Cass: 'I don't have time for keyboard warriors in their basements'
The Cass Review into NHS gender services for children opened up the national conversation on this controversial subject, and divided opinion. Its author, Baroness Cass, speaks to Tali Fraser about being newly introduced as a peer and how she responds to critics. Photography by Louise Haywood-Schiefer
SEND Help: How to reform our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities system
Education
By Matilda Martin
SEND Help: How to reform our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities system
“Lose, lose, lose.” That is how former Conservative education secretary Gillian Keegan described the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system in England, widely described as broken.
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Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on summer-born children and school starting age
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Baroness Sharp: Cuts to Further and Higher Education will not increase productivity or retraining
Education
By Baroness Sharp of Guildford
Baroness Sharp: Cuts to Further and Higher Education will not increase productivity or retraining
Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Sharp of Guildford writes about her question in the House of Lords today: 'Reversing the decline in the number of part-time and mature students at higher education institutions'.
Minor changes can have a ‘significant impact’ for summer-born children
Education
By Stephen Hammond MP
Minor changes can have a ‘significant impact’ for summer-born children
Conservative MP and former minister Stephen Hammond MP writes about his adjournment debate tonight on ‘summer-born children and Department for Education guidelines’.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Give teachers back time and trust – ATL president
The Government needs to trust teachers, give them the time to do the things that most help students to learn, and give them the time to share best practice, says Kim Knappett, the new president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL on new wave of free schools
Commenting on the Governments announcement about the next wave of free schools, Mary Bousted, general secretary at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
New project to help children be ready for school Partner content
Education
By Home-Start
New project to help children be ready for school
A leading childrens charity, Home-Start, is launching a new project called Big Hopes Big Future to combat the growing problem of children starting school without the skills they need to start learning.
Partner content
Education
By University of Exeter
Butterfly wings help break the status quo in gas sensing
The unique properties found in the stunning iridescent wings of a tropical blue butterfly could hold the key to developing new highly selective gas detection sensors.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL welcomes incoming president
Excessive workload and constant changes in education leaves teachers with little time to do work that benefits students learning, warns the incoming president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).
Slow literacy progress shows need to invest in early years Partner content
Education
By Save the Children
Slow literacy progress shows need to invest in early years
Save the Children has responded to the publication of new child literacy figures showing a rise of two percentage points in the number of children reading well at age 11 (from 78% to 80%).
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on key stage 2 statistics
Commenting on the latest key stage 2 assessment statistics, Nansi Ellis, assistant general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
Government's obsessive penalisation of pubic service workers continues
Commenting on the letter from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to the Chairs of the Public Sector Pay Review Bodies, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT the largest teachers union in the UK, said:
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL on condemning teachers to a pay freeze
Adrian Prandle, Director of Economic Strategy and Negotiations at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Health
By University of Exeter
Can’t count sheep? You could have aphantasia
If counting sheep is an abstract concept, or you are unable to visualise the faces of loved ones, you could have aphantasia a newly defined condition to describe people who are born without a minds eye.
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
NASUWT comments on Policy Exchange Report
Responding to the proposals in the Policy Exchange report that secondary schools should face fines if students fail to achieve at least a C in GCSE English and maths, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, said
Emotional health: the biggest issue of our time for children and young people Partner content
Education
By PSHE Association
Emotional health: the biggest issue of our time for children and young people
PSHE Association Chief Executive Joe Hayman reflects on recently published surveys offering insight into the lives of children and young people growing up in Britain today.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL on fining schools if students fail GCSEs in maths and English
Commenting on Policy Exchanges proposals to make schools pay for students to re-take GCSEs in English and maths if they re-take at a further education college, Nansi Ellis, assistant general secretary at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said
ISC Independent schools candidates achieve top exam results Partner content
Education
By Independent Schools Council
ISC Independent schools candidates achieve top exam results
Independent Schools Council schools candidates obtained top grades in this year’s GCSEs and A-levels, outperforming the national average in many instances, ISC has revealed.
AELP responds to David Cameron’s apprenticeship announcement Partner content
Education
By Association of Employment and Learning Providers
AELP responds to David Cameron’s apprenticeship announcement
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers has welcomed Government plans to ask employers for their views on the introduction of an apprenticeship levy, which would apply from 2017.
Partner content
Education
By University of Exeter
Persist and shout: Male bluebirds alter their songs to be heard over increased acoustic noise levels
Birds shout to be heard over the noise produced by man-made activity, new research has shown.
Union praises ‘excellent’ GCSE results despite ‘excessive workload’ of teachers Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
Union praises ‘excellent’ GCSE results despite ‘excessive workload’ of teachers
General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union in the UK, Chris Keates, has welcomed today’s GCSE results but also called on the Government to rethink its emphasis on “arbitrary targets”.  
Partner content
Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
GCSEs: More students need to choose Physics and Design & Technology

The publication of today’s GCSE results in England, Wales and Northern Ireland reveals a decline in the number of young people studying Physics and Design & Technology, two of the crucial engineering gateway subjects.
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
NASUWT comments on GCSE results
Commenting on the GCSE results, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, said:
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL congratulates students, but questions how far re-sitting English and maths GCSEs benefits them
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said: Firstly, let us congratulate all students and teachers on their hard work and achieving great results this year.
Partner content
Education
By London Metropolitan University
Bursaries to support students from low income households
London Metropolitan University to support students who qualify for full maintenance grant with annual 1,000 bursary
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Journey to Safety: Combatting Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport
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Starmer: One Year On
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Net Zero Week 2025
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Virtual
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