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• Cardiff Met says job cuts needed to reduce costs

  03-04-2025 17:33 via bbc.com
  It says "difficult decisions" are needed and follows moves by other universities to reduce staffing.
  
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• Trump freezes $2bn in Harvard funding after university rejects demands

  15-04-2025 04:12 via bbc.com
  
  The White House sent a sweeping list of requirements to the university last week, which it said were aimed at fighting antisemitism.
  
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• Did you solve it? That’s numberwang!

  14-04-2025 17:57 via theguardian.com
  The answers to today’s puzzlesEarlier today I set three number puzzles. Here they are again with solutions.1. Well balanced Continue reading...
  
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• Decision: Direction: Zafar Iqbal Khan barred from managing independent schools

  14-04-2025 14:37 via gov.uk
  
  A decision from the Secretary of State to direct that Mr Zafar Iqbal Khan should be prohibited from the management of independent schools.
  
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• Can you solve it? That’s numberwang!

  14-04-2025 08:10 via theguardian.com
  Three, two, one…UPDATE: read the solutions hereToday, we’re down with the digits. Here are three elegant number puzzles, each nudging your brain to think creatively in different ways.1. Well balanced Continue reading...
  
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• School's marquees to be replaced after concrete crisis

  14-04-2025 07:21 via bbc.com
  The new classrooms will give a "much needed boost" to pupils.
  
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• Stress taking ‘immense toll’ on teachers in England as union debates industrial action

  14-04-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Research from the NEU suggests only 1.5% of school staff unaffected by stress at workStress is taking an “immense toll” on the lives of teachers in England, with only 1.5% of those working in schools unaffected by the high levels of strain that plagues their colleagues.The findings from research by the National Education Union (NEU) reveal that one in three state school teachers in England are stressed at work for at least four fifths of the time, while only a tiny fraction said they
  
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• Decline of drama at school prompts UK training drive for backstage work

  13-04-2025 11:00 via theguardian.com
  The National Theatre is worried about a shortage of skills from costume designers, to set creators, to computer techniciansThe decline of drama as a school subject has had a serious knock-on effect on the live entertainment business. While it is harder now for a budding star to imagine a stage career, the more immediate impact is on theatres’ skills and craft departments.The problem is a top priority for Indhu Rubasingham, two weeks into her high-profile job as artistic director at Nationa
  
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• Scottish boarding school to accept fees in Bitcoin

  12-04-2025 19:50 via bbc.com
  Lomond School in Helensburgh which charges up to £38,000 per year said the move came after requests from parents.
  
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• Cambridge University accused of bullying ‘cover-up’ as internal survey revealed

  12-04-2025 17:12 via theguardian.com
  Only a quarter of staff are satisfied with how their department tackles bullying and harassment, FoI requests revealOnly a quarter of staff at Cambridge University are satisfied with how their department tackles bullying and harassment, according to an internal survey seen by the Observer.Cambridge undertook its staff culture survey in January 2024 and is now facing accusations from academics that it tried to cover up the “grim” results, which have been released through freedom of in
  
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• Classicists take ‘ancient philosophical wisdom’ into English jails

  12-04-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Inmates in several prisons given chance to study ethics and rhetoric ‘to inform contemporary life’ and skillsA classical education, once the preserve of Eton, Oxbridge and the likes of Boris Johnson, is being made available to inmates serving time in prisons.In a break from the kind of curriculum usually on offer inside – lessons in literacy, numeracy, tiling and decorating – a small number of prisoners are being offered the opportunity to learn life skills from the ancie
  
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• Ministers raise concern over NASUWT move for ‘combative’ ex-FBU chief

  12-04-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Matt Wrack in line to become leader of traditionally moderate union despite lack of teaching experienceMinisters have expressed concern at a teaching union’s nomination of Matt Wrack for its next general secretary, criticising the appointment for his lack of education experience and for being out of step with the “mainstream views” of members.Wrack, who was the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) until his re-election bid was defeated in January, would be the fir
  
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• Immigration agents turned away after trying to enter LA elementary schools

  11-04-2025 22:46 via theguardian.com
  School district says DHS agents, seeking five students in first through sixth grades, were barred from entering Immigration officials attempted to enter two Los Angeles elementary schools this week, but were turned away by school administrators. The incident appears to be the Trump administration’s first attempt to enter the city’s public schools since amending regulations to allow immigration agents to enter “sensitive areas” such as schools.At a Thursday press conferenc
  
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• University staff to strike over school merger plan

  11-04-2025 20:54 via bbc.com
  Keele University bosses plan to combine the school of humanities with the school of social sciences.
  
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• Teachers in England say they would strike over pay

  11-04-2025 19:45 via bbc.com
  
  Members of the National Education Union have rejected a 2.8% pay rise recommended by the government.
  
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• University of Sussex’s record fine sparks confusion over freedom of speech rules

  11-04-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Vice-chancellors urge Office for Students to provide more clarity to protect students and academics from abuseA ruling by the higher education regulator for England on freedom of speech breaches at the University of Sussex has sparked anxiety in the sector, as vice-chancellors scramble to review their policies to avoid potential violations.Two weeks after the Office for Students (OfS) handed out a record £585,000 fine, many university leaders are still not clear what it means in practice.
  
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• Trump is pushing students towards Britain – ministers, don’t let your immigration obsession stand in the way | Polly Toynbee

  11-04-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Beleaguered UK universities have a golden opportunity. If the government passes it up, it risks billions in revenue Shocking stories told at a US universities conference in San Diego described Donald Trump’s assaults on research grants, academics and students. Foreign students face deportation for infractions as minor as parking or speeding tickets. A reported 500 student visas have been suddenly revoked – with some students sent to deportation centres, and others told to “self
  
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• What goes on inside toddlers' brains? A pioneering project is trying to find out

  11-04-2025 01:13 via bbc.com
  A unique study is tracking the development of hundreds of babies whose parents have also been studied since birth.
  
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• University of Lincoln warns of potential job cuts

  10-04-2025 16:40 via bbc.com
  The University of Lincoln says the majority of the cuts would be through voluntary redundancy.
  
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• Guidance: DfE funding agreements and contracts: 2025 to 2026

  10-04-2025 14:30 via gov.uk
  
  Grant funding agreements and contracts issued to providers, which are either extensions of the 2024 to 2025 agreements and contracts, or recently procured contracts.
  
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• Guidance: Submit Learner Data known issues

  10-04-2025 13:00 via gov.uk
  
  The regularly updated known issues document gives information on service problems we are aware of.
  
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• Guidance: Check how accurate your ILR data is with FIS

  10-04-2025 13:00 via gov.uk
  
  The Funding Information Service (FIS) is an offline tool for checking your individualised learner record (ILR) data.
  
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• Parents threaten court action over school places

  10-04-2025 12:53 via bbc.com
  Some families are angry their children have only been offered school places on the mainland.
  
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• Leave school phone bans to head teachers, children's commissioner says

  10-04-2025 11:39 via bbc.com
  Dame Rachel de Souza says most schools restrict phone use and children are racking up screen time at home.
  
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• Consistent financial reporting (CFR) framework

  10-04-2025 11:04 via gov.uk
  
  A framework to help schools to collect information about their income and expenditure.
  
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• Accredited official statistics: Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities, in England: 2023 to 2024

  10-04-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  A range of outcome measures at national and local authority level for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities.
  
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• 'Brutal' restraint of autistic boy in calming room

  09-04-2025 23:31 via bbc.com
  The way the boy was held on the floor in a special school was unlawful, a use-of-force expert tells BBC.
  
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• Correspondence: DfE Update: 9 April 2025

  09-04-2025 14:50 via gov.uk
  
  Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.
  
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• Academic freedom in the US is under threat – universities of the world, unite! | Andrew Graham

  09-04-2025 13:01 via theguardian.com
  We cannot be neutral with respect to fake news, misinformation or outright liesIn western academia, everything began with philosophy. Ever since, especially since the Enlightenment and the scientific revolution of the 17th century, there has been a long, centrifugal process, with discipline after discipline making its distinctive contribution and marking out its methods and its domain of inquiry. Raphael’s painting The School of Athens displays this perfectly, with the two great philosophe
  
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• 'Working from home has helped me be a better mum'

  09-04-2025 07:06 via bbc.com
  Working from home has been said to benefit parents - but how does it impact children?
  
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