Police seek motive in deadly Sweden school attack
Police in Sweden are attempting to determine why an 18-year-old student allegedly killed two teachers at a school in Malmö, as fresh details of the attack emerged. Read more
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‘Is it a crime to study?’: outcry as Taliban bar girls from secondary schools
The Taliban are facing international condemnation after they announced on Wednesday that girls would not be allowed to attend secondary school, despite their previous assurances. Read more
Pupils had futures blighted during the pandemic: now they are being cheated again
A damning report says Covid school closures were a ‘national disaster’ in England. We need action to prevent a lost generation Read more
Government sets out plans to overhaul special educational needs system
Mainstream schools in England will be required to “change their culture and practice” to become more inclusive of children with special educational needs and disabilities, under government proposals designed to end the current postcode lottery. Read more
Church leaders object to keeping slave trader memorial in Cambridge college chapel
Leading black figures in the Church of England including two prominent bishops are among more than 160 signatories to a letter objecting to a recent judgment that a memorial to the slave trader Tobias Rustat should remain in the chapel at Jesus College, Cambridge. Read more
Teach UK students about China to tackle knowledge ‘deficit’, say experts
Experts have called for additional government funding to build “China competency” in the UK education system in the face of “a severe national deficit” in China literacy and Mandarin speakers. Read more
‘Out of touch’: children’s authors describe increasing censorship of books on diversity
Children’s authors and performers say growing censorship, institutional timidity and online backlash are resulting in stories about diversity, sexuality and even contemporary world events being deemed inappropriate for younger readers. Read more
British drama school closes suddenly after heavy losses
A British drama school has closed after an unsuccessful restructure left it with heavy losses and no longer financially viable, resulting in almost 300 students having to change school with no warning. Read more
Stolen Darwin journals returned to Cambridge University library
The plot was worthy of a Dan Brown thriller – two Charles Darwin manuscripts worth millions of pounds reported as stolen from Cambridge University library after being missing for two decades. Read more
England state school pupils as happy with life as private school peers – survey
Young adults and teenagers who went to state schools in England are as happy with their lives as their peers at private schools, according to a new study by researchers at University College London. Read more
