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Parents 'frustrated' by collapse of school cash app

26th March 2025
Parents are being charged a £10 admin fee to retrieve cash put into the sQuid app.

Sussex university fined £585k in free speech row

25th March 2025
The university is fined by the higher education regulator for failing to uphold freedom of speech.

University staff back strikes amid job cut plans

25th March 2025
More than 80% of balloted union members support striking as they fight to stop redundancies.

Teaching was too stressful so I left to become a lorry driver

25th March 2025
Stuart Youens changed careers two years ago and says he's a lot happier in his new job.

Teaching was too stressful so I left to become a lorry driver

25th March 2025
Stuart Youens changed careers two years ago and says he's a lot happier in his new job.

Pupils eating in tent a year after school closure

25th March 2025
Pupils still eat meals in a marquee a year since dangerous concrete was found at their school.

Pupils eating in tent a year after school closure

25th March 2025
Pupils still eat meals in a marquee a year since dangerous concrete was found at their school.

Teachers in divorce 'limbo' take pension legal action

24th March 2025
Teachers unable to get divorced due to delays working out their pensions launch legal action against the government.

Numbers drop in overseas student applications

24th March 2025
The University of Lincoln is calling for visa rules for international students to be changed.

'What we used to do for 1-2 pupils, we're now doing for the whole class'

24th March 2025
Teachers say the Covid lockdown has led to a rise in pupils with special educational needs.

Experts to investigate student loan fraud claims

23rd March 2025
The education secretary says claims of student loan fraud point to one of the "biggest financial scandals" in the university sector.

'Private schools VAT hike costing taxpayers more'

23rd March 2025
A Lincolnshire mother says the council is paying thousands to take her daughter to a state school.

Trump signs order to dismantle US education department

21st March 2025
The move, which he promised to do on the campaign trail, is already facing legal challenges.

Who can get 15 and 30 hours of free childcare?

20th March 2025
Childcare support for working parents varies across the UK, depending on the child's age.

Big drop in overseas students at Scottish universities

20th March 2025
The decline comes after foreign student numbers reached an all-time high in the previous year.

Childcare costs fall for the first time in 15 years – but nurseries are worried

20th March 2025
The Coram charity's survey shows annual nursery costs for a child under two in England have fallen.

NI teachers offered 5.5% pay rise again

19th March 2025
In February, the majority of teachers rejected an offer of 5.5% and started action short of strike in schools.

University staff back strike action over job cuts

18th March 2025
The UCU union said employees were told last month 200 roles would go as part of £13m worth of cuts.

Drink-drive teacher who fled crash banned

17th March 2025
David Zell drove into a ground-floor bedroom, where two people were asleep.

Ex-Ofsted boss says education secretary wants 'to please unions'

17th March 2025
The former head of Ofsted Amanda Spielman says the government should "think again" on its reform proposals.

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