New behaviour code for Sir and Miss caught in schools moral maze
A guide for headteachers in England aims to help them deal ethically with thorny issues like exclusions - and to confront colleagues who do...
Knife crime and school exclusions are symptoms of a wider malaise
More and more children are being excluded, as the system gives up on young people – with dire consequences
If a playground had a...
Study English, and learn the ways of the world
Readers discuss the benfits that can be gained from studying the arts
How I agree with Susanna Rustin (Why study English? We’re poorer in...
Apprenticeships offer an alternative to uni and debt – why are schools ignoring them?
Despite high-quality apprenticeships offering a route to degree-level qualifications, many students are being let down by schools that fail to engage with employers and...
Parenting in Manhattan is a Darwinian struggle
A slew of new books treats child-raising like another branch of economics that only the fittest will survive
Should we raise children the way...
Universities need to promote more women to professor
Women are still underrepresented in leadership positions in universities – this has to change
“Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.”...
Breakthrough for NHS as hundreds more men study nursing
Numbers of males – especially school-leavers – wanting to get on college courses are the highest in a decade
The NHS has seen a significant rise in...
Chief medical officer to become first female Trinity College master
Prof Dame Sally Davies to step down to take up new role at Cambridge University college
Prof Dame Sally Davies is to leave her post...
Two years in, is the apprenticeship levy still working?
Promising the benefits of a degree with none of the debt, apprenticeships on the government’s payroll-funded scheme are more competitive than ever, yet the...
UK public pays high price for private schools
The private school system allows the wealthiest to benefit at the expense of the majority, says Michael Pyke
It is ridiculously inappropriate to compare “luxury homes,...
