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LightField Studios/Shutterstock The announcement by the government that a legal ban will be placed on mobile phones in English schools marks a continued shift in tone, if not necessarily in substance, around the control of devices in…

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New Africa/Shutterstock Incels, or involuntary celibates, are members of an online subculture, most often heterosexual men, who believe they have been unconditionally excluded from the dating scene. This has negative implications for their…

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Ghana’s parliament ratified the country’s first lithium mining agreement in March 2026. This came three years after lithium mining was confirmed as commercially viable in September 2023. The Ewoyaa Lithium Project, in the Central Region of…

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LightField Studios/Shutterstock Schools increasingly rely on testing, grading and performance accountability. In England, Ofsted inspections and school league tables sharpen the focus on measurable performance. Similar developments have…

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During Black History Month more than two years ago, in February 2024, the Ontario Conservative government announced it would introduce mandatory curriculum expectations focused on the history of Black Canadians for Grades 7, 8 and 10, with…

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By a dictionary definition, the word resilient means an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change . The key words here? “Recover” and “change.” The notion that psychological characteristics strongly influence…

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Hampshire College's campus entrance on April 16, 2026, a few days after the school announced it is closing. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Hampshire College, a private college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, announced…

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should not be an arbiter of discussions about which other multilateral financial institutions should qualify for preferred creditor status. This is because the IMF is a direct beneficiary of the…

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DavideAngelini/Shutterstock Awkwardness and acne are the first things that spring to mind when thinking of adolescence, but they’re not always the full picture. We asked eight of our experts to tell us which book they feel best represents…

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The Canadian government launched the Global Impact+ Research Talent Initiative in December 2025 designed to entice international researchers to come to Canada. The initiative, which the government says will “invest up to $1.7 billion over…

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The gutting of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in 2025 has had catastrophic consequences , including in South Sudan where amid ongoing war, an estimated 33 million people require humanitarian assistance. The…

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Peggy Fortnum and Harper Collins Children's Publishing For many children, Paddington is now primarily the star of three movies and a hit west end musical. However, that is not where the bear in a red hat whose adventures involve high-speed…

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Over the last several decades, the oceans have become more crowded. Aquaculture, wind and wave energy, and oil and gas exploration are taking up more space. This growth threatens the health of ocean ecosystems and coastal communities’…

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antoniodiaz/Shutterstock In adolescence, beliefs about fairness, equality and social roles are still taking shape. This includes teens’ views about gender – whether they support gender equality and their beliefs about gender roles in…

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Smallroombigdream/Shutterstock Around 1% of the global population has a PhD. It’s the highest academic qualification, the result of years spent on original research. But – and this is a question that many PhD students will have faced, at…

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Kristina Igumnova26/Shutterstock Two children sit in different schools. Both struggle to read. Both have similar low scores on national tests. But while one gets a diagnosis of specific learning difficulties and a package of support, the…

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Algonquin College in Ottawa recently announced that it’s suspended its Music Industry Arts (MIA) diploma program. Despite MIA having a robust graduate employment rate , the program was cut as of March 2026 amid broader institutional…

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VaLiza/Shutterstock Almost 1 million young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training . These so-called Neets – aged 16 to 24 – face a significantly higher risk of long-term unemployment, poor health and involvement in…

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PeopleImages/Shutterstock As a researcher in autism and education and a former secondary school teacher, it took me a while to realise that autistic school staff were rarely included in conversations about inclusion and diversity in…

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Fotoluminate LLC/Shutterstock The UK Department for Education has just released guidance for parents on early years screen use, which I advised on as an expert. It includes recommended limits on the time children spend on screens. It also…

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PeopleImages/Shutterstock In business, nature often gets reduced to numbers: emissions targets, sustainability metrics, biodiversity data. But when professionals rely too heavily on what’s measurable, they can risk missing what’s…

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Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Children have the least control over the planet’s future, but will also be the most affected as it changes. They may well feel the mental toll of the “futility gap”: when individual actions feel meaningless…

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vectorfusionart/Shutterstock Eating meat and other animal products can have negative effects on our health, the environment and animal welfare. Eating a more plant-based diet rich in wholefoods could prevent 27% of human deaths worldwide ,…

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ADDICTIVE STOCK/Shutterstock New UK government guidance recommends that screen time for children under two should be avoided, except for shared activities such as video calls. For children aged two to five, a maximum of an hour a day is…

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The mental health effects of climate change are receiving growing attention , including how children and young people are uniquely affected. Supporting young people to build and sustain good mental health and wellbeing, and to feel…

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Dmitrij Galacewicz/Shutterstock Countries around the world, including France, Spain and Malaysia, are planning to follow Australia in enacting a ban on young people using social media. And now the UK is considering moving in the same…

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The Irish government has signalled that it is exploring options to introduce age restrictions on social media use for under-16s. The proposal sits within the government’s new National Digital and AI Strategy 2030 , which frames online…

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Students play with toys in a basin of soapy water at a child care center in New Britain, Conn., in March 2025. Mark Mirko/Connecticut Public via Getty Images I live in the small city of Rolla, Missouri, where half the child care centers…

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Student refectory at the School of Pharmacy in the 1960s UCL School of Pharmacy Library , CC BY-NC-ND Student finance in England is up for debate once again, with extensive discussion on the perceived unfairness of the Plan 2 student loan…

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Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock Student loans now sit at the centre of how higher education is funded in England, shaping how millions of graduates finance their studies. Many students leave university with debts of £50,000 or more and may spend…

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Art_Photo/Shutterstock There’s no nice way to put it: small children are snotty. A research study that tested children for multiple respiratory viruses every week for a year found that under-fives are carrying one or more viruses 50% of…

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Zoriana Zaitseva/Shutterstock The higher education sector is more aware of disability than it was a few years ago. Universities are more willing to provide support, and attitudes have improved. What students describe day to day, however,…

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Prostock-studio/Shutterstock If you are a student in the UK, news of an outbreak of meningitis affecting university students in Kent may be causing you alarm. The UK Health Security Agency has confirmed 13 cases of invasive meningococcal…

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Matryoha/Shutterstock Children today can encounter harmful material online with alarming ease, including violent, sexual and self-harm content. While this is often treated as a moderation failure, the deeper cause is economic. Much of the…

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If you aren't working at it, you're not learning it − something college students need to understand as AI makes producing work easier. Sam Edwards via Getty Images I was early to the generative AI wave in higher education: I was among the…

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Aguadeluna/Shutterstock At first glance, the House of Commons vote on March 9 seemed to send a clear political message. MPs have decided against an amendment from the House of Lords to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill that would…

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Columbia University, seen in June 2025, is one of the schools that made a deal with the Trump administration last year in order to avoid losing funding. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Several prominent universities, including Columbia…

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Salish Nlaka'pamux basket made of cedar or spruce root, cedar wood and hide. (McCord Museum) The Ontario government recently announced massive cuts to Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) funding , decreasing the maximum funding from…

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Nigeria’s basic education landscape consists of public (government) schools and a diverse private sector. Private schools in Nigeria refer to educational institutions that are run by private individuals, religious organisations,…

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For students outside cities, participation in distance learning can be a lonely struggle. Tobi Oshinnaike via Unsplash Across Africa, distance education has become one of the most powerful forces for expanding access to higher learning.…

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Graduates aren't guaranteed a job. Nqobile Vundla/Unsplash Study hard, get your degree, and then step confidently into a stable, well-paid job. That’s long been the assumption about how to secure a livelihood: in neat, predictable stages.…