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Teachers embrace new equity approach amid persistent GCSE divides

Schools across England are embracing a growing grassroots movement to tackle educational inequality, adopting an equity approach that combines high...

Exeter led international collaboration given £4.5 million to tackle deadly fungal disease

An international collaboration led by the University of Exeter has been awarded £4.5 million to help improve understanding of fungal diseases that kill 2.5 million people each year.   The funding from Wellcome...

Royal Navy must invest in teaching future leaders to argue and be critical, study warns

The Royal Navy needs to reinvest in teaching its future leaders to debate, to argue, to be critical, and to...

Major new study will explore educational experiences of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

A major new study will give the first detailed picture of the educational aspirations, barriers and opportunities facing unaccompanied asylum-seeking...