University of Sheffield faces £50m shortfall due to student decline
Getty Images The University of Sheffield says student figures fell by 2,200 this year The University of Sheffield is facing a £50m shortfall this academic year after a drop in…
Education has failed LGBT pupils, politicians told
Rainbow Project Alexa Moore from the Rainbow Project addressed Stormont assembly members LGBT young people have been “failed” in the education system in Northern Ireland for many years, it has…
Welsh schools use mainly vegetables imported from other countries
BBC Pupils at Ysgol Sant Baruc said they enjoyed the pasta bake with local organic vegetables that the kitchen staff prepared for them Only 6% of vegetables served in Welsh…
IT fault gave Edinburgh primary school children access to porn
Contributed Library PCs were taken offline by the council following the discovery Primary school pupils in Edinburgh had access to pornography and videos of executions at public libraries due to…
Londoner becomes youngest woman to climb world’s 14 tallest peaks
AGA Adventures Adriana Brownlee said she quit university to become a mountaineer, and is now the youngest woman to scale the world’s 14 peaks over 8,000m Adriana Brownlee has just…
Fight begins to make mobile-free schools law
Getty Images Calls are growing to ban smartphones in schools in England by law, as education experts and unions back an MP’s attempt to push a new law through Parliament.…
Families ‘left in lurch’ on child autism diagnoses, report warns
Hundreds of thousands of children with suspected neurodevelopmental conditions in England, including autism and ADHD, face unacceptably long waits to be diagnosed, the Children’s Commissioner has warned. Dame Rachel de…
University of Buckingham vice-chancellor suspended, students told
A university vice-chancellor has been suspended following what it described as “a number of serious allegations”. Students at the University of Buckingham were told in a letter by Mark St…
Scotland’s Rural College gets degree-awarding powers
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) is beginning a new chapter after becoming the country’s first education provider in nearly two decades to be granted the power to award degrees. The college…
Derby school to launch challenge over VAT increase
BBC The head teacher at Emmanuel School, Ben Snowdon, fears parents may not be able to afford the increase A school in Derby is launching a court challenge against the…