Education Blog

Academics face battle over pension scheme deficit
Trustees of the Universities Superannuation Scheme say contributions must rise steeply.
Pupils need 'bold and ambitious' recovery plan, says tsar
Catching up is only part of helping pupils move forward after Covid, says education recovery tsar.
Covid-19: Quarantine hotels 'unsafe' for returning pupils
International pupils should be allowed to isolate at boarding schools, parents and teachers say.
University to pay out £5k for 'less valuable' experience
Details of student complaints about Covid's impact are released - including one award of £5,000.
Covid: Teachers' risk 'similar' to other under-65s
The study measured infection rates in school staff and pupils in November and December.
A-levels: Poorer students 'three grades behind'
The Education Policy Institute says they take fewer qualifications at a lower level than more affluent peers.
Topshop: What happened after the shutters closed?
The pandemic is changing the jobs market. What happens to young and old trying to find work?
The midwives braving armed gangs in Colombia
A group of Afro-Colombian women use their skills to help women give birth in areas run by gangs.
Yemen: The nine-year-old war-zone school teacher
Ahmed, blind since birth, stands in for teachers who don't make it in to their ruined school in Yemen.
Covid-19: Free rapid testing for pupils' families in England
Schoolchildren's household and bubble members will be offered Covid tests to take at home twice a week.