Education policy

Universities to defy government pressure to ditch race equality group
‘Line has been crossed’ say English universities, after request to drop scheme identifying barriers to ethnic minority students
Richard Adams, Education editor
30, Jun, 2022 @8:09 PM

Nadhim Zahawi makes U-turn on schools bill after criticism
Minister scraps plans to increase DfE control of academy trusts, derided as ‘ridiculous attempt to centralise power in Whitehall’
Richard Adams Education editor
30, Jun, 2022 @1:25 PM

English universities over-reliant on overseas students’ fees, report warns
Public accounts committee says institutions ‘potentially exposed to significant financial risks’, with 80 declaring annual deficit
Richard Adams Education editor
14, Jun, 2022 @11:01 PM

Children need more than this limited literary diet of white, male authors | Letters
Letters: The school curriculum must include more books by women and more with female protagonists, write Debbie Brazil and Rachel Fenn. Plus letters from Patricia McCarthy and Gavin Bailey
Letters
14, Jun, 2022 @5:21 PM

Adult education and apprenticeships budget will be 25% down since 2010
IFS says cuts and inflation far outweigh £900m promised new spending, undermining levelling up ambitions
Richard Adams Education editor
12, Jun, 2022 @11:01 PM

Why are books on the English school curriculum still in the grip of straight, white men? | Jeffrey Boakye
Children in diverse societies need a broader range to learn about themselves and the world, says author Jeffrey Boakye
Jeffrey Boakye
07, Jun, 2022 @1:00 PM

Over £1m owed by families in Scotland who cannot pay for school meals
Exclusive: Report for Aberlour children’s charity reveals scale of school meal debt for first time
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent
06, Jun, 2022 @5:00 AM

All families on universal credit should get free school meals, says ex-children’s tsar
Anne Longfield says poverty hasn’t been tackled well enough, as teaching unions in England urge chancellor to expand free meals
Tobi Thomas
31, May, 2022 @7:46 AM

School leaders criticise attorney general’s advice on trans pupils
One headteacher accuses Suella Braverman of stoking ‘silly’ anti-woke culture war
Sally Weale Education correspondent
30, May, 2022 @5:27 PM

Longer work visa could tempt more foreign students to UK, survey finds
Vice-chancellors urge review of two-year visas as overseas graduates say three-year offer would be more attractive
Rachel Hall
30, May, 2022 @5:00 AM

Wrong prescription for teaching English | Letters
Letters: Alasdair Donaldson on curriculum changes that prompted him to leave classroom English teaching. Also letters from Joy Webb and Ian Watson
Letters
20, May, 2022 @5:08 PM

Rebranding maths as numeracy? It doesn’t add up
Two government advisers claim the subject seems ‘scary’ and ‘hard’, while academics warn of ‘mathematics anxiety’. Would changing a few names really help?
18, May, 2022 @2:54 PM
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