A campaign to stop Belfast’s first Irish-language preschool shows how dysfunctional unionist politics has becomeThe hard men of Ulster loyalism are adept at spotting Trojan horses. Belfast’s first Irish-language preschool, planned to open in September,…
Nearly 45% of A-level entries across UK awarded top grades
Schools celebrate record-breaking return for students in year disrupted by pandemicA-level results day – live news and reactionNearly 45% of A-level entries across the UK have been awarded top grades in A-level results, a record-breaking return for stu…
India’s UpGrad enters unicorn club with $185 million fundraise
UpGrad, a Bangalore-based startup that specializes in higher education and upskilling courses, hit a valuation of $1.2 billion with a $185 million funding round Monday as global investors plow record capital into firms in the world’s second largest internet market. Singapore’s Temasek led the financing round while the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation and IIFL participated. […]
Sex Education Xplorers (SEX) review – a biology lesson for the 21st century
Summerhall, EdinburghMamoru Iriguchi and Afton Moran raid their dressing-up box to give us a cheery guide to the evolutionary history of reproduction, and what it says about gender fluidity in humansI imagine the curriculum has changed since my day but…
Major UK Science Funder Will Require Grantees To Make Papers Free
The UK’s leading funding agency has announced that all research it funds must be freely available for anyone to read.
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The policy by the funder, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), …
Fears as more children falling ill in latest US Covid surge and school approaches
National Institutes of Health director says 1,450 kids in hospital Teachers union shifts, calls for vaccine mandates for teachers Amid increased fears that children are now both victims and vectors of the latest Covid-19 variant surge, National Institu…
Requiescat in pace: no need to resurrect Latin in schools
Bob Ross is at odds with Tory plans to introduce Latin lessons in state schoolsI had to have a quiet chuckle at the education secretary’s plans to spend £4m on teaching Latin to the sons and daughters of the hoi polloi (Cartoon, 1 August). My first tho…
How Camley Street brought nature to the heart of the capital
Hidden next to the canal at the centre of London’s King’s Cross is Camley Street Natural Park. It is a tiny haven providing a breath of fresh air for both wildlife and local residents. But our cities need many more…Beyond the plastic grass and polished…
DNA from thin air: a new way to detect rare wildlife in hostile environments
Discovery that traces of genetic material are all around us opens a non-invasive way to boost biodiversityDNA is in the air – literally. It is wafted around by all the Earth’s creatures, and now scientists have found a way to detect these invisible tra…
Tories ‘squandering Olympic legacy’ as school PE declines
Sport England reveals that in some regions a third of children are active for less than 30 minutes a daySuccessive Tory-led governments have been accused of squandering the sporting legacy left by the 2012 Olympics in London, amid evidence that falling…