Getty Images Banning phones in schools should be a decision for head teachers and not “imposed nationally by the government”, England’s children’s commissioner has said. Nine in ten secondary schools…

BBC Martha, pictured with two of her three children, says her life has been transformed after she changed her job to work from home Martha was struggling to sleep, losing…

A former Dundee University principal has been named as the chairman of a new taskforce set up to help the financially-stricken institution. Sir Alan Langlands, who has also served as…

PA Media The University of Edinburgh plans to cut £140m from its budget Staff at the University of Edinburgh are being balloted on strike action in a dispute over plans…

Chris Slegg BBC News, Hertfordshire BBC Lily, two, has to deal with the ever-changing effects of MLD Imagine if there was a treatment available that could save your child’s life,…

PA Media The University of Dundee is fighting against a £35m deficit Staff at the University of Dundee are to be balloted on strike action following reports the institution could…

Cardiff Metropolitan University has said it expects to make between 30 and 50 staff redundant, as it tries to cut costs. It is the latest Welsh institution to move to…

Getty Images Matthew Whale previously taught PE at the Bracknell school (stock picture) A former teacher who had a sexual relationship with a pupil has been banned from the profession…

Patrick Barlow BBC News, South East Getty Images School headteachers have expressed concerns about children as young as seven having smartphones Children as young as seven are being given smartphones,…

The government has defended its policy of adding VAT to private school fees, telling the High Court it enhances “the fairness of the tax system overall”. Barristers representing Chancellor Rachel…