Survey of parents of first-year students found 98% felt extreme grief after the closeness of lockdown Read more

A headteacher and her father have been sentenced for the second time for running an illegal unregistered school in south London following a crackdown by the schools watchdog Ofsted. Read more

Round-the-clock surveillance of students’ accounts raises tricky privacy concerns. And do they really help keep kids safe? Read more

Academic Peter Ridd has lost his “all or nothing” high court appeal against James Cook University, after he was sacked for breaches of the university’s code of conduct relating to public commentary about the Great Barrier Reef which the university said denigrated a colleague. Apply online

The University of Cambridge has broken off talks with the United Arab Emirates over a record £400m collaboration after claims about the Gulf state’s use of controversial Pegasus hacking software, the university’s vice-chancellor has said. Read more

A gift of a camera inspired Belmaya Nepali to rise above poverty and abuse to make documentaries Read more

The Information Commissioner’s Office is to intervene over concerns about the use of facial recognition technology on pupils queueing for lunch in school canteens in the UK. Read more

The question of what specific books and topics can and can’t be taught is linked to a disturbing new law in Texas Read more

The government’s new social mobility commissioner has told MPs she wants to launch a nationwide campaign telling parents not to give their toddlers a mobile phone to play with because it will make reading harder for them later on. Read more

English schools should not teach “contested theories and opinions … such as white privilege” as fact, the government has said prior to the publication of new guidance outlining how teaching certain political issues could break the law. Read more