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Sizewell C announces plan to build post-16 college

29th May 2025
Sizewell C says it will open the new college in September 2027.

'I'm in full-time work but I'm homeless'

29th May 2025
Damo Buxton from Stoke-on-Trent says he works full time but is unable to afford to rent privately.

Students say they 'regret' applying to US universities after visa changes

28th May 2025
The Trump administration ordered US embassies to temporarily halt student visa appointments and to ramp up social media vetting.

Uni 'sorry' for not allowing enough time for exam

28th May 2025
Students were only given two hours to complete what should have been a three-hour physics test.

Miller and Toksvig make Cambridge chancellor shortlist

28th May 2025
The two women are vying to become the first female chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

Staff 'between fury and despair' over uni job cuts

28th May 2025
Unions say Arts University Bournemouth is planning to cut almost one in five of its workforce.

Trump administration seeks to pull estimated $100m in Harvard funding

28th May 2025
Federal agencies will review their grants to the top university to decide whether they should be terminated.

University scraps plan to cut music and languages

27th May 2025
Music and modern languages will still be offered at Cardiff University, the vice chancellor says.

What is an apprenticeship and how much are apprentices paid?

27th May 2025
Going to school, college or university five days a week is not the only way to get a qualification.

Two week half-term break for schools in Surrey

27th May 2025
The half-term break for schools in Surrey is being extended in the autumn of 2026.

Apprenticeship shake-up to shift focus to under-21s

27th May 2025
The government will no longer fund some courses for older learners in order to boost entry level training places.

'We did not sign up for this': Harvard's foreign students are stuck and scared

23rd May 2025
Harvard has around 6,800 foreign students currently - a third are from China, and more than 700 are Indian.

'I've applied for hundreds of jobs': One in eight youths not in work or education

23rd May 2025
New data suggests there were more than 920,000 young people not in work, education or training at the start of 2025.

Teachers and doctors in England offered 4% pay rise

22nd May 2025
Ministers accept recommended pay awards above the 2.8% they previously budgeted for.

Calls for isolation of children in school to be banned

22nd May 2025
Stormont's Education Committee is told shutting a child alone in a room in school should be banned

New exam centre for home-schooled children

22nd May 2025
It is aimed at making it easier for Cornwall's 2,500 home-schooled children to take their GCSEs.

Strikes paused as Ipswich school tackles behaviour issues

22nd May 2025
A school appoints a vice principal who specialises in pupil behaviour after teachers walk out.

Student suicide review says unis must act to stop more deaths

21st May 2025
The government wants universities to check the safety of halls and reach out to families after a death.

Jewellery students want to save 'dying art'

20th May 2025
The new T-level students on the Aston University course aim to bring new blood to the industry.

Family criticises law change on paedophiles' parental rights

20th May 2025
Those convicted of child sexual offences may not be banned from contact with their own offspring.

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