Covid generation of students don’t know how to socialise, university boss suggests
Vice-chancellor of De Montfort says incomers need extra help after missing out on developing social skills during the pandemic
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Vice-chancellor of De Montfort says incomers need extra help after missing out on developing social skills during the pandemic
New free speech tsar warns universities
Government says further work has confirmed that reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete ‘is not present in these settings’
Council says it does not believe there is any danger but acted cautiously because government guidance was not clear
Government accused of ‘outrageous’ intervention with 150 undergraduates in need of a tenancy a week before term begins
Furniture fell onto children from an attic area that hadn’t been structurally assessed and wasn’t designed to be load-bearing
University of Greenwich survey has exposed claims of inappropriate misconduct in secondary schools and sixth-form colleges across the UK
Anthony Stevens had retweeted a video showing police arrest of a Christian street preacher
Three sites advised not to reopen in September, with pupils to be taught in temporary classrooms
Across all schools, around 200,000 fewer GCSE entries than last year achieved a grade 7 or above, the equivalent of an A or A*
Pupils in Year 11 are more likely to regularly miss lessons than other years because of the effects of lockdown
Simon Henderson vows to tackle regional variation in those who win places as he prepares to open new free schools with Star Academies
Striking lecturers and a ban on marking make it better for students to defer this year, say parents of graduates
Failure of boys to keep up with girls should be of 'national concern', says professor
Government looking at ways to stop the rapid decline in those looking to run vital services in rented property
Pupils in England are expected to suffer disproportionately, as they are the only group facing a return to pre-pandemic grading