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• Private school parents must pay 'fair share', court told

  02-04-2025 19:16 via bbc.com
  The government has defended its policy of adding VAT to private school fees in the High Court.
  
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• 'We never imagined our daughter could be killed at nursery - we want greater safeguards'

  07-04-2025 08:02 via bbc.com
  Parents of nine-month-old who died at a nursery call for stronger safeguarding measures.
  
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• Strike ballot over 'unnecessary' university cuts

  07-04-2025 07:19 via bbc.com
  The University of Edinburgh is cutting £140m from its budget, which a union describes as a "manufactured crisis".
  
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• 'If our daughter was screened at birth she could have been treated'

  05-04-2025 07:11 via bbc.com
  Sean and Emily Stock say they never want another family to face what they have had to.
  
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• Dundee University staff to be balloted over strike action

  03-04-2025 19:04 via bbc.com
  Up to 700 jobs at the University could be cut in a bid to tackle a £35m deficit.
  
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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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• Teacher banned 17 years after pupil sex referral

  03-04-2025 07:14 via bbc.com
  Former Bracknell teacher Matthew Whale was struck off after a second referral in 2022.
  
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• 'Boys formed Andrew Tate club in school' - teacher

  03-04-2025 07:13 via bbc.com
  Headteachers in Kent say children as young as seven have access to smartphones as they back a ban.
  
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• Strike dates announced at Robert Gordon University

  02-04-2025 15:27 via bbc.com
  The EIS says an initial day of action has been set for 15 April, with more in May and September.
  
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• Exhibition offers a taste of classic school dinners

  02-04-2025 12:45 via bbc.com
  Pink custard and turkey twizzlers feature in a showcase of the childhood staple through the years.
  
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• The influencers who want the world to have more babies - and say the White House is on their side

  02-04-2025 01:39 via bbc.com
  Pronatalists have long courted controversy - but since Trump was sworn in for the second time, the evangelising of some members of this controversial fringe group has reached new levels.
  
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• The seven bills going up this week

  01-04-2025 01:18 via bbc.com
  
  A number of bill rises will come into force at the start of what some commentators have described as "awful April".
  
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• Three ways to cushion the blow of bill rises

  01-04-2025 01:12 via bbc.com
  
  'Awful April" will see a range of household bills rise, but there are ways to ease the pain.
  
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• Single parents hit hardest by 'awful April' bill rises

  01-04-2025 01:04 via bbc.com
  
  A series of household bills, including water, energy and council tax, increase on Tuesday.
  
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• Being a carer and mother is 'a tough journey'

  30-03-2025 16:54 via bbc.com
  
  Reagan says having a child with disabilities can be "a lonely place" and hopes to help others.
  
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• 'I drove 6,800 miles to university'

  30-03-2025 15:55 via bbc.com
  
  Yukun Tao says his adventure has motivated others as he prepares to drive back later this year.
  
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• 'She took him and his money': How woman cut off her grandfather from his family

  29-03-2025 07:01 via bbc.com
  
  A man with dementia was persuaded by his granddaughter to give her financial control of his affairs.
  
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• Students want free-speech clarity but universities fear catch-22

  29-03-2025 02:38 via bbc.com
  
  Clearer advice is needed on how to make campuses inclusive without falling foul of free speech regulations, the National Union of students has said.
  
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• Special needs schools way over capacity in England

  27-03-2025 13:33 via bbc.com
  
  There were 8,000 more secondary pupils in special schools than places in 2023-24, official figures show.
  
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• Social media ban not practical or effective, teens say

  27-03-2025 09:21 via bbc.com
  
  The youth parliament says it wants more action from MPs and social media companies on violent online content.
  
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• Next free speech fine may cost millions, universities told

  26-03-2025 20:30 via bbc.com
  
  The regulator has fined the University of Sussex £585,000 for failing to protect free speech on campus.
  
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• University staff back strikes amid job cut plans

  25-03-2025 15:43 via bbc.com
  
  More than 80% of balloted union members support striking as they fight to stop redundancies.
  
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• Teaching was too stressful so I left to become a lorry driver

  25-03-2025 11:10 via bbc.com
  
  Stuart Youens changed careers two years ago and says he's a lot happier in his new job.
  
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• Pupils eating in tent a year after school closure

  25-03-2025 11:07 via bbc.com
  
  Pupils still eat meals in a marquee a year since dangerous concrete was found at their school.
  
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• Teachers in divorce 'limbo' take pension legal action

  24-03-2025 07:30 via bbc.com
  
  Teachers unable to get divorced due to delays working out their pensions launch legal action against the government.
  
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• Numbers drop in overseas student applications

  24-03-2025 07:14 via bbc.com
  
  The University of Lincoln is calling for visa rules for international students to be changed.
  
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• 'What we used to do for 1-2 pupils, we're now doing for the whole class'

  24-03-2025 07:04 via bbc.com
  
  Teachers say the Covid lockdown has led to a rise in pupils with special educational needs.
  
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• Experts to investigate student loan fraud claims

  23-03-2025 19:13 via bbc.com
  
  The education secretary says claims of student loan fraud point to one of the "biggest financial scandals" in the university sector.
  
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• 'Private schools VAT hike costing taxpayers more'

  23-03-2025 09:31 via bbc.com
  
  A Lincolnshire mother says the council is paying thousands to take her daughter to a state school.
  
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• Trump signs order to dismantle US education department

  21-03-2025 04:00 via bbc.com
  
  The move, which he promised to do on the campaign trail, is already facing legal challenges.
  
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