Teacher workload ‘unfair and unhealthy’, union says
BBC Primary school teacher Alison says the pressures have grown over the years Lucy Adams and Katy McCloskey BBC Scotland news Scotland’s largest teachers’ union has described the workload in…
‘Every child will have contact with a stranger online’
Alex Pope BBC News, Bedfordshire Getty Images If a young person has a phone or tablet, there is a “way and means” to contact them, says Hayley Brown of charity…
Repairs and upgrades announced for schools across Lincolnshire
Nearly 20 schools across Lincolnshire are to get repairs and upgrades. The government has announced funding that will be given to 18 of the county’s schools. The work will start…
Sizewell C announces plan to build new Leiston post-16 college
Alice Cunningham BBC News, Suffolk Guy Campbell/BBC The new college will be opened in partnership with Suffolk New College Sizewell C nuclear power plant has announced plans to build and…
Stoke-on-Trent man homeless despite working full time
Scarlett Hutton BBC Radio Stoke BBC Damo Buxton has been sleeping on the floor of his mother’s living room A man who sleeps on his mother’s living room floor has…
Students say they ‘regret’ applying to US universities after visa changes
Bloomberg via Getty Images US President Donald Trump has implemented a wide-ranging crackdown on some of America’s most elite universities, including Harvard. Students around the world are anxious and in…
Bath Uni ‘sorry’ for not giving students enough time for exam
A university has apologised after students sitting a three-hour physics exam were only given two hours to complete it. The University of Bath said an “administrative error” meant first-year students…
Sandi Toksvig and Gina Miller on Cambridge chancellor shortlist
Anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig are among the final list of candidates hoping to become Cambridge University’s new chancellor. The women are on a shortlist that includes…
Arts University Bournemouth staff in ‘despair’ over job cuts
AUBUCU UCU said students were “furious” about the staff cuts Staff at an arts university are “between fury and despair” over major cuts to its workforce, a union has said.…
Cardiff University backtracks on plans to cut music and languages
Music and modern language courses will continue to be offered at Cardiff University after it backtracked on plans to close the departments. The move to axe music prompted protests from…