Education
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22Behind England’s bumper A-level results lie record levels of regional disparities
Need for Burnham to tackle regional inequality could not be clearer as London becomes ‘educational outlier’Andy Burnham has put regional inequality at...
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19London pulls further ahead as A-level regional divide for top grades hits record – as it happened
This year’s results expose a widening gap in students achieving top grades in London and north-east EnglandFor international students, 53,740 applicants have...
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24‘I’m going for a few pints now’: nerves and joy as students collect their A-level results
For sixth formers in Halifax, discovering their grades means a chance to celebrate and plan for the futureThere are few days that...
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24Students set new records for A-level grades in bumper year
Northern Ireland best performing with 30.7% of grades being As and A*s but Wales and England close behindA-level results – latest updatesSixth-formers...
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19Cambridge agrees to hold independent inquiry into Jason Arday appointment
Vice-chancellor Deborah Prentice says she recognises the ‘difficult case’ has damaged the universityCambridge University’s leadership has bowed to internal pressure for an...
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20‘Always cracking jokes’: questions raised over Jason Arday’s claim he was non-verbal as a child
Fellow pupils at his primary school have challenged Cambridge academic’s story, though others support itThe story of Jason Arday’s extraordinary rise to...
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21Jason Arday’s life may be a warped fantasy. But so is this conversation around DEI
Cambridge’s youngest Black professor has resigned. But the discourse around his departure is rooted in its own distorted reality• Don’t get The...
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24University of Cambridge whistleblower who reported alleged bullying wins employment tribunal
Prof Wyn Evans, who raised concerns over treatment of female staff at Institute of Astronomy, was subject to ‘baseless’ investigation, judge rulesA...
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21Students face ‘ticking timebomb’ of debt and higher taxes
Exclusive: Analysis finds cost of higher education ‘falls overwhelmingly on the individual’The government is piling mountains of debt and higher tax rates...
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29Parents of baby girl killed at nursery fear unsafe sleeping ‘rife’ in sector across England
Katie and John Meehan say responses to campaign they launched after death of daughter Genevieve must be ‘wake-up call’The parents of a...
