Education
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19GCSE results: almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths
Overall results slightly better than last year, with share receiving grades 7, 8 and 9 rising by 0.1 of a percentage point...
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21UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed on students’ math skills
Zvezdelina Stankova says she used AI to ‘help edit’ an article about some of her students being ‘five to eight years’ behindA...
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27Compulsory GCSE resits in England harm teenagers’ mental wellbeing, study finds
UCL researchers warn repeated exam attempts may dent students’ confidence and raise risk of dropping outForcing teenagers who fail GCSEs into multiple...
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19Açaí, chipotle and gnocchi – and other words you are probably mispronouncing
The English language can seem designed to trip us up, whether we’re greeting a colonel or travelling to Worcestershire. Here are some...
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14‘It’s easy to slip into the negatives’: students on their biggest financial shocks at university
From bank accounts to rent and food, students and recent graduates offer advice to those beginning to studyStudent bank accounts: don’t be...
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15Pentagon threatens to cut federal funding to 30 universities over foreign academic partnerships
Harvard, Yale, Stanford and others face directive to review and cut alliances Pentagon deems national security riskThirty US universities could lose federal...
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23UK parents and carers: what costs do you face when sending your children to school?
What are some of the weirdest or priciest things parents and carers have to buyFrom September 2026 a new law comes into...
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15Student bank accounts: don’t be swayed by the freebies, freshers told
Sign-up perks may capture the attention but should the focus be on the interest-free overdraft?Students on their biggest financial shocksThe best student...
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21Tens of thousands pay tribute to Jason Arday at Trafalgar Square vigil
MPs, friends and campaigners gathered to remember former Cambridge professor after his death on FridayTens of thousands of people gathered in Trafalgar...
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25Support for Jason Arday’s family shows ‘Britain still cares’, says Windrush campaigner
Calls grow for inquiry into media reporting of the case as Cambridge chancellor criticises ‘racist feeding frenzy’A Windrush campaigner who launched a...
