Rich students save by paying f...
The wealthiest students are going to university in England for the lowest cost, by paying their tuition fees up front, say...
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Universal credit: Single mums ...
Four working single mothers have won a High Court challenge over the government’s universal credit scheme. They argued a...
read moreHome education: Court rules ag...
German parents whose four children were taken into care because they refused to send them to school did not have their human rights...
read moreWhen Stalin rounded up Moscow&...
In 1953 the Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin, arrested the best doctors in Moscow and accused them of plotting to kill senior Communist...
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Migration remains one of the most potent international political dividing lines – with arguments about controlling borders and...
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Up to a quarter of students in England are doing degrees that will not give them sufficient earnings to justify the cost of their...
read moreFamilies waiting too long for ...
Thousands of children in England with special educational needs are waiting too long for an education, health and care plan (EHC),...
read moreThe firm whose staff are all a...
Peter, Evan and Brian work at a small technology firm based by the beach in Santa Monica, testing software and fixing bugs. On first...
read moreBrexit: Universities warn no d...
University heads are warning a no-deal Brexit is “one of the biggest threats” the institutions have ever faced. Higher...
read moreOne in 10 Wales secondary scho...
Individual school policies on bullying should be replaced by a national strategy, a leading expert has said. Bangor...
read moreChildren ‘exceed recomme...
Children in the UK exceed the maximum recommended sugar intake for an 18-year-old by the time they are 10, according to experts. This...
read moreNI education: New online admis...
The Education Authority (EA) says it received more about 6,000 applications on its new online school admissions process in its...
read moreElderly ‘under siegeR...
Elderly people are “under siege” from sophisticated and persistent scammers, a charity claims. These include mail order,...
read moreUniversity of Northampton: Rep...
Reported crime levels at a university reached a six-year high before it began paying for police to patrol its new campus, the BBC has...
read moreNew Year Honours 2019: Ex gang...
A former London gang member who runs boxing classes to draw young people away from crime, has been recognised in the New Year Honours...
read moreTuition fees heading down in 2...
If the education secretary and universities minister are looking across the snowy pages of next year’s diary, there will be one...
read moreGwynedd head teachers ‘g...
Some head teachers in north Wales have just half a day a week to run their schools after spending most of their time in class,...
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The Universal Credit system leaves too many UK claimants with children facing a stark choice between turning down jobs or getting...
read moreUS boy meets scientist Martyn ...
An eight-year-old boy from California took a 12-hour detour to meet his science hero. Ajay Sawant met YouTube star Sir Martyn...
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Thrill-seeking tourists are putting themselves in danger and hampering emergency services by heading towards volcanoes when they...
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