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Government awards family hubs funding to underserved areas | CYP Now

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Further Ofsted inspection tragedy will be on government shoulders, union warns | PoliticsHome

Further Ofsted Inspection Tragedy Will Be On Government Shoulders, Union Warns

Any tragedies that occur after changes to the school inspection system will be the responsibility of the government and Ofsted, an education union ...

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Unlocking growth: A changed approach to apprenticeships matters for UK advertising | PoliticsHome

Unlocking Growth: A Changed Approach to Apprenticeships Matters for UK Advertising

The UK advertising and marketing industry is forecast to grow, with UK ad spend projected to rise by 6.8% to £45.4bn in 2025. Yet rigid apprentices...

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New fellowship framework to strengthen UK research and innovation | UKRI

New fellowship framework to strengthen UK research and innovation

A new approach to fellowships will make funding opportunities clearer, simpler and more effective for researchers and innovators at different career stages.

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UK wide university strike ballot opens | UCU

UK wide university strike ballot opens

Over 65,000 UCU members at universities across the UK will be balloted to take strike action in a fight to protect jobs, wages and working conditions, the union announced today.

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Welsh school leaders call for rethink of 'damaging' rollover budget | NAHT

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School leaders' union comments as Sir Gavin Williamson gives evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry | NAHT

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ASCL resolves to explore legal action over Ofsted's new inspection regime | ASCL

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VAT on fees 'proving existential for some schools' | ISC

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Report launched on the agency rip off of supply teachers | NEU

Report launched on the agency rip off of supply teachers | National Education Union

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IFS Research Fellow Philippe Aghion jointly awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences | IFS

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Applications open for the 2026-27 cohort of Atlantic Fellows for social and economic equity | LSE

Applications open for the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity programme

Policymakers, researchers, activists, practitioners, artists, and movement-builders from around the world are invited to apply to the fully-funded fellowship programme.

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LSE academic Philippe Aghion awarded Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences | LSE

Professor Philippe Aghion awarded Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences

Professor Aghion was awarded the prize with Joel Mokyr from Northwestern and Peter Howitt from Brown University for their work on economic growth.

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LSE and Georgetown University award five research projects through inaugural seed fund | LSE

Research Collaboration | LSE and Georgetown announce seed fund awards

Launched in March 2025, the joint Seed Fund from LSE and Georgetown is designed to promote high-impact, interdisciplinary research collaborations.

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Williamson admits 'many mistakes' made in DfE Covid response | TES

Williamson admits ‘many mistakes’ made in DfE Covid response

Former education secretary criticises Boris Johnson for giving ‘false hope’ in spring 2020 that schools would reopen

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ASCL considers legal action over Ofsted report card plans | TES

ASCL considers legal action over Ofsted report card plans

The Association of School and College Leaders has confirmed it will explore legal action against Ofsted over the impact of report cards on school leader wellbeing

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Ministers plan academy support staff pensions reform | Schools Week

Ministers plan academy support staff pensions reform

The plans would simplify the process to transfer all staff to the same fund

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ASCL drops Ofsted inspector threat - but mulls legal action | Schools Week

ASCL drops Ofsted inspector threat – but mulls legal action

Union shelves plan to ask leaders to step down as inspectors

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ASCL drops Ofsted inspector threat - but mulls legal action | FE Week

ASCL drops Ofsted inspector threat – but mulls legal action

Union shelves plan to ask leaders to step down as inspectors - but says it has 'resolved to explore legal action' instead

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New Government campaign to help 'overwhelmed' parents navigate early years misinformation online | Nursery World

New Government campaign to help ‘overwhelmed’ parents navigate early years misinformation online - Nursery World

The Best Start in Life campaign brings together 'trusted' NHS and Government-backed guidance to help parents with everything from feeding time and sleeping to speech and language, child development and finding local childcare and family support.

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Ellison invests a further multi-millions in Oxford science campus | THE

Ellison invests further £890 million in Oxford science campus

Tech tycoon agrees to fund big expansion of site now being overseen by former University of Michigan president Santa Ono

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UK university spin-outs raise 'unprecedented' level of investment | THE

UK university spin-outs raise record £3.4 billion in investments

Success of two health spin-outs from UCL and Cambridge help drive value of deals higher in 2024

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Half of new student accommodation built in just three UK cities | THE

Half of new student accommodation built in just three UK cities

Developers focus on ‘premium locations’ as pockets of underoccupancy emerge elsewhere

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Brexit 'being ignored' as cause of UK universities' problems | THE

Brexit ‘being ignored’ as cause of UK universities’ problems

Loss of EU students made recruitment more commercial and universities more insular, argues new book

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Parents banned from school sports 'for shouting abuse at children' | The Telegraph

Parents banned from school sports ‘for shouting abuse at children’

Borough decides no parents can watch their children play sport after ‘bad behaviour by a minority’

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