The Duchess of Cambridge meets children in Birmingham to mark the launch of her “five big questions”.
Tag: Education
New ‘transformational’ code to protect children’s privacy online
Future generations will be “astonished” to think we did not protect kids, the information commissioner says.
Warning over youth career aspiration-reality disconnect
Five times as many want to work in art, entertainment and sport as there are jobs, a study suggests.
Super-rich elites making London ‘off-limits’
Moving to London is unaffordable for those from poorer backgrounds, says social mobility report.
Mental health at work: ‘My boss let me go over my condition’
A worker and a chief executive tell their stories about mental health in the workplace.
France apology after history textbook links CIA to 9/11
The statement aimed at students echoed a debunked conspiracy theory and was spotted by teachers.
Sex and religious education to be compulsory in Wales
Parents lose the right to withdraw pupils from lessons about relationships, sexuality and religion.
Schools warned against ‘gaming’ exam league tables
Ofsted says schools must not inflate results with low-value qualifications.
Cambridge University’s King’s College Chapel lawn to become meadow
The university gardeners want to turn the manicured grass into a “biodiversity-rich ecosystem”.
BAME foster care shortage in two-thirds of English councils
Two-thirds of councils in England have a shortage of black, Asian or minority ethnic foster carers.
Young offenders in ‘harmful solitary confinement’ in England and Wales
The use of solitary confinement for young offenders is “flawed”, the prisons inspectorate finds.
Third of world’s poorest girls denied access to school
A “crippling learning crisis” faces girls in some of the world’s most deprived countries, says UN.