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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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Reform Puts 'Mr Farage' Front And Centre Of Runcorn By-Election Campaign
Reform Puts "Mr Farage" Front And Centre Of Runcorn By-Election Campaign
Political parties
Alastair Campbell Tells Labour To Set Up MP Group To Attack Reform
Alastair Campbell Tells Labour To Set Up MP Group To Attack Reform
Political parties
Reform Local Election Candidates Plan Musk-Style Savings And Diversity Cuts
Reform Local Election Candidates Plan Musk-Style Savings And Diversity Cuts
Political parties
Senior Tories Meet German Counterparts To Discuss Rebuilding and Fighting Reform
Senior Tories Meet German Counterparts To Discuss Rebuilding and Fighting Reform
Foreign affairs
We cannot deny Reform’s appeal – but these fake patriots do not stand for British values
We cannot deny Reform’s appeal – but these fake patriots do not stand for British values
By Mike Tapp MP
Political parties
The UK must sign a bilateral security agreement with Kosovo
The UK must sign a bilateral security agreement with Kosovo
By Paul Foster MP
Foreign affairs
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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 the Queen’s speech
The General Secretary of ATL Dr Mary Bousted reacts to the Queen's Speech
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Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on Nicky Morgan’s pledge to build 500 new free schools in the next parliament
Commenting on the news that the Conservatives will push ahead with their plans to build a further 500 free schools over the coming five years
Partner content
Education
By University of Exeter
University of Exeter scientists receive Epilepsy Research UK research grant
University of Exeter scientists have received grant worth almost 150,000 to fund their crucial research, which could revolutionise epilepsy is diagnosed.
Partner content
Education
By AQA
GCSE Maths update
As you may know, Ofqual has been carrying out some research into all the exam boards' sample exam papers for the new Maths GCSE and they released the findings of this research yesterday.
Partner content
Education
By million+
University think-tank announces new Chair
Following its Annual Meeting on 14th May, the university think-tank million+ has announced that Professor Dave Phoenix, Vice-Chancellor of London South Bank University, will become Chair of million+ from the 2015-16 academic year.
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Education
By NASUWT
Threats on coasting schools a smokescreen for continuing structural change
Commenting on the announcement by Secretary of State for Education Nicky Morgan that headteachers of so-called coasting schools will be sacked and will face the prospect of being forced to become academies, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK said:
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan ‘must tackle teacher recruitment crisis’ Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan ‘must tackle teacher recruitment crisis’
A crisis in teacher recruitment is the Education Secretary Nicky Morgan’s greatest challenge, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has warned.
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Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Driverless vehicle crashes won’t stop increased autonomy in our vehicles
Google has revealed that its self-driving cars have been in 11 minor traffic accidents since it began experimenting with the technology six years ago.
Partner content
Education
By AQA
AQA spices up GCSE Music with Sgt. Pepper
Fifty years after The Beatles started recording Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, students will begin studying the album as part of a refreshed Music GCSE from AQA.
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Education
By million+
million+ welcomes new BIS ministerial team
Following the election of a majority Conservative Government, the university think-tank million+ has welcomed the appointment of new Ministers in the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills where Jo Johnson MP, former Head of the Cabinet Office, has been appointed as Minister for Universities and Science.
Partner content
Education
By University of Exeter
Graphene holds key to unlocking creation of wearable electronic devices
Ground-breaking research has successfully created the worlds first truly electronic textile, using the wonder material Graphene.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL flags up priorities for Nicky Morgan and Sajid Javid
The crisis in teacher recruitment is the greatest problem facing Nicky Morgan as she retains her portfolio as Secretary of State for Education, says the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).
Partner content
Education
By AQA
Oxford University Press and AQA join forces to offer international qualifications
Two leading education organisations announced today that they will join forces to help improve young people's education around the world by delivering a new suite of international GCSE and A-level qualifications.
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Education
By Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald and University Technical College Cambridge launch first engineering Challenge Project, UK
Mott MacDonald and University Technical College (UTC) Cambridge are challenging 60 Year 10 students to consider what is required in the planning of a major engineering project.
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Education
By University of Exeter
Coastal light pollution disturbs marine animals, new study shows
Marine ecosystems can be changed by night-time artificial lighting according to new research published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.
Politics explained: new guide for young voters Partner content
Education
By University of Exeter
Politics explained: new guide for young voters
University of Exeter student Liz Atkins hopes to engage young voters on politics through a new online guide
Lord Bilimoria: Tories 'risking prosperity of UK' with international student crackdown Partner content
Education
By London Metropolitan University
Lord Bilimoria: Tories 'risking prosperity of UK' with international student crackdown
In a speech on international students at London Metropolitan University, crossbench peer Lord Bilimoria targets the Conservatives for risking the “future prosperity of our country” with their immigration policies.
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
Workers more at risk as a result of coalition’s trivialisation of health and safety
The NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, is marking Workers Memorial Day today (Tuesday) by highlighting the continuing concerns about the Coalition Governments approach to health and safety, in particular its failure to address the hidden killer in our schools-asbestos.
Partner content
Education
By University of Exeter
Complex cognition shaped the Stone Age hand axe
New research has shown that the ability to make a Stone Age hand axe depends on complex cognitive control and memory. The recently published results knock another chip off theories that pre-historic hand axes are simple tools that dont involve complex functions of the brain made by ape-men just banging rocks together.
Partner content
Education
By University of Exeter
Defence and Uncertainty lecture by Strategy and Security expert
The issues behind unforeseen events like the disorder in the Ukraine to the revolutions of the Arab Spring which caught intelligence organisations off guard, is the subject of a fascinating lecture at the University of Exeter.
Taking a Chance: Leading law firm gives praise and cash to children’s charity Partner content
Education
By Chance UK
Taking a Chance: Leading law firm gives praise and cash to children’s charity
Chance UK this week celebrated their partnership with international law firm Kirkland & Ellis, who have pledged to give the charity £50,000 over the next two years. 
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Education
By NASUWT
Another empty promise from the Liberal Democrats
Commenting on the Liberal Democrats statement on public service workers pay, ChrisKeatesGeneral Secretary of theNASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, said
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Education
By NASUWT
Calls for ministers and employers to address the drivers of teachers’ sickness absence
Commenting on a debate in the Northern Ireland Assembly on sickness absence in the public sector, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in Northern Ireland said:
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on Liberal Democrat education pledge
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers comments on the Liberal Democrat manifesto
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Illicit Trade: The Growing Crime in the UK
2025
Thames Pavillion, House of Commons
Illicit Trade: The Growing Crime in the UK
Journey to Safety: Combatting Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport
2025
Surveyor's House, 12 Great George Street, SW1P 3AD
Journey to Safety: Combatting Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport
Net Zero Week 2025
2025
Virtual
Net Zero Week 2025