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Guardian Book Blog

03.07.2025

Disabled boy given standing detentions that left him unable to walk | Private schools | The Guardian

Private school discriminated against 13-year-old pupil, disability tribunal rules

Guardian Book Blog

03.07.2025

Nearly 1,000 Britons will keep shorter working week after trial | Four-day week | The Guardian

All 17 businesses in six-month pilot to continue with either four-day week or nine-day fortnight

Guardian Book Blog

02.07.2025

UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics, report finds | Universities | The Guardian

Report’s author raises ‘stark concerns about barriers to academic freedom’

Guardian Book Blog

02.07.2025

What happens in the brain when you learn a language? | Education | The Guardian

Scans and neuroscience are helping scientists understand what happens to the brain when you learn a second language

Guardian Book Blog

02.07.2025

Fewer pupils in less affluent English schools taking languages, survey finds | Languages | The Guardian

Less than half taking foreign languages GCSEs compared with 69% in most prosperous state schools

Guardian Book Blog

02.07.2025

UK university staff plan 10 more days of strikes in pay and pensions rows | Universities | The Guardian

Union says more than 50,000 staff expected to take part in latest walkouts starting next month

Guardian Book Blog

01.07.2025

Chairman's speech in full | Schools | The Guardian

Full text of the speech given by Jim O'Neill, chairman of the Professional Association of Teachers

Guardian Book Blog

01.07.2025

Trump administration reportedly decides Harvard violated civil rights | Harvard University | The Guardian

Letter reportedly threatens ‘loss of all federal financial resources’ over treatment of Jewish and Israeli students

Guardian Book Blog

01.07.2025

‘My mind was shrieking: “What am I doing?”’ – when the digital nomad dream turns sour | Work & careers | The Guardian

Working remotely from a beach in a far-off land sounds like bliss – and the number of people doing it has soared since 2019. But between bouts of illness, relentless admin and crushing loneliness, many have found comfort in the 9-5 back home

Guardian Book Blog

01.07.2025

What is this Kyoto thing all about anyway? | Research | The Guardian

The protocol comes into force in two weeks, but how much do you really know about climate change and carbon trading? Paul Brown answers the big questions.

Guardian Book Blog

01.07.2025

The flowers of Scotland | Higher education | The Guardian

What did the Cinderella nation do for the modern world? Everything, discovers Irvine Welsh after reading Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World by Arthur Herman

Guardian Book Blog

01.07.2025

The many feats of Mr Incredible | Teaching awards | The Guardian

Andy Bell's ingenuity, warmth and imagination make him a hero to his students and colleagues.

Guardian Book Blog

30.06.2025

Murphy's law | Secondary schools | The Guardian

Wendy Berliner visits a school that was heading for closure three years ago but is now the most improved in the country.

Guardian Book Blog

30.06.2025

About 200 new nurseries to open at schools in England in September | Early years education | The Guardian

Sites will accommodate 4,000 children as part of ministers’ plan to improve childcare, Bridget Phillipson to announce

Guardian Book Blog

30.06.2025

Whatever happened to telling jokes at work? | Life and style | The Guardian

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

Guardian Book Blog

30.06.2025

Sugata Mitra – the professor with his head in the cloud | Online learning | The Guardian

He does amazing things with children and computers. But why isn’t he a household name?

Guardian Book Blog

30.06.2025

Headteachers must stand firm over Ofsted changes | Ofsted | The Guardian

Letter: Bernie Evans says wholesale reform of school inspections is needed, not just shifting the goalposts

Guardian Book Blog

30.06.2025

Students: what should you do if you hate your course? | Students | The Guardian

There’s a lot I dislike about my degree and some people hate everything about theirs. Here are some options if you feel the same

Guardian Book Blog

29.06.2025

Harvard officially bans sex between undergraduate students and teachers | US education | The Guardian

University follows in the footsteps of schools like Yale, but other institutions say just to hold off until after graduation

Guardian Book Blog

29.06.2025

Why do pigs oink in English, boo boo in Japanese, and nöff-nöff in Swedish? | Languages | The Guardian

It’s not just pigs, the onomatopoeia we apply to most animal sounds varies delightfully across different tongues. What does this reveal about our relationship with language?

Guardian Book Blog

29.06.2025

There's no going back | Higher education | The Guardian

As a child, Anita Sethi couldn't wait to fly the family nest. So why, after graduating, did she jack in her job, her flat, her boyfriend and her London life to 'boomerang' north to the security of her parents' Manchester home?

Guardian Book Blog

28.06.2025

Christina Knussen obituary | Psychology | The Guardian

Other lives: Researcher and lecturer at Manchester and Glasgow Caledonian universities

Guardian Book Blog

28.06.2025

Joe Hin Tjio | Higher education | The Guardian

The man who cracked the chromosome count.

Guardian Book Blog

28.06.2025

Go and work abroad – it could have career benefits you never imagined | Students | The Guardian

Taking the leap can be daunting, but you’ll face challenges and pick up skills that will turn you into a desirable employee

Guardian Book Blog

27.06.2025

Parents, not teachers, can beat child obesity | Primary schools | The Guardian

Letter: Steve Wilkinson says young pupils’ poor fitness is a cultural challenge that can only be resolved by parents’ choices

Guardian Book Blog

26.06.2025

Goldsmiths apologises to Jewish students and staff over ‘culture’ of antisemitism | Goldsmiths, University of London | The Guardian

Inquiry concludes college’s management failed to help Jewish students ‘feel welcome and safe from antisemitism’

Guardian Book Blog

26.06.2025

From Chimpanzini Bananini to Ballerina Cappuccina: how gen alpha went wild for Italian brain rot animals | Young people | The Guardian

If you were born after 2000, or know someone who is, the chances are you’ve come across this ludicrous AI-generated meme. If not, be reassured that its chaotic, nonsensical banality is the point

Guardian Book Blog

26.06.2025

Office for Students chair didn’t know he was sharing platform with far-right journalist | Universities | The Guardian

James Wharton says he didn’t know Hungarian talkshow host Zsolt Bayer was speaking at rightwing event

Guardian Book Blog

25.06.2025

Teach university students to live in a polarised world | Universities | The Guardian

Letter: Simon Keyes says shared deliberation can help students learn to evaluate ideas and information dispassionately

Guardian Book Blog

25.06.2025

Law lords back school over Islamic dress | Schools | The Guardian

Law lords overturn a court ruling that teenager Shabina Begum's human rights were violated when she was banned from wearing full Islamic dress at school.

Guardian Book Blog

25.06.2025

Headteachers in England threaten to quit as Ofsted inspectors over proposed overhaul | Ofsted | The Guardian

Unions urge government to delay and revise changes to way schools are graded or headteachers will stop assisting inspectors

Guardian Book Blog

25.06.2025

Letter: Alasdair MacIntyre obituary | Hugh Kerr | The Guardian

Hugh Kerr writes: I was a student at Essex University in 1968

Guardian Book Blog

24.06.2025

Crows surprise researchers with advanced tool use | Research | The Guardian

New Caledonian crows are proving they are not bird-brained by using tools not just to find food, but also to assess danger

Guardian Book Blog

24.06.2025

Trench talk: a guide to first world war slang | Education | The Guardian

During the first world war, troops fighting in the trenches used slang to communicate. Here's a guide to its meaning

Guardian Book Blog

23.06.2025

‘I feel completely drained’: young professionals swamped by ‘infinite workdays’ | Work-life balance | The Guardian

For many, work starts before sunrise and stretches late into the night, with nearly 270 notifications a day, report finds

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Love, marriage … and a barrage of shoes | Weddings | The Guardian

End to school rating system could play havoc with house prices, says Ofsted chief | Ofsted | The Guardian

Schools in England ‘need complex changes’ to take more pupils with special needs | Special educational needs | The Guardian

Tim Towers obituary | Teaching | The Guardian

The two Mr Ps on life in the classroom: ‘I’ve worked with teachers who have been hit or kicked’ | Education | The Guardian

Disabled boy given standing detentions that left him unable to walk | Private schools | The Guardian

Nearly 1,000 Britons will keep shorter working week after trial | Four-day week | The Guardian

UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics, report finds | Universities | The Guardian

What happens in the brain when you learn a language? | Education | The Guardian

Fewer pupils in less affluent English schools taking languages, survey finds | Languages | The Guardian

UK university staff plan 10 more days of strikes in pay and pensions rows | Universities | The Guardian

Chairman's speech in full | Schools | The Guardian

Trump administration reportedly decides Harvard violated civil rights | Harvard University | The Guardian

‘My mind was shrieking: “What am I doing?”’ – when the digital nomad dream turns sour | Work & careers | The Guardian

What is this Kyoto thing all about anyway? | Research | The Guardian

The flowers of Scotland | Higher education | The Guardian

The many feats of Mr Incredible | Teaching awards | The Guardian

Murphy's law | Secondary schools | The Guardian

About 200 new nurseries to open at schools in England in September | Early years education | The Guardian

Whatever happened to telling jokes at work? | Life and style | The Guardian

Sugata Mitra – the professor with his head in the cloud | Online learning | The Guardian

Headteachers must stand firm over Ofsted changes | Ofsted | The Guardian

Students: what should you do if you hate your course? | Students | The Guardian

Harvard officially bans sex between undergraduate students and teachers | US education | The Guardian

Why do pigs oink in English, boo boo in Japanese, and nöff-nöff in Swedish? | Languages | The Guardian

There's no going back | Higher education | The Guardian

Christina Knussen obituary | Psychology | The Guardian

Joe Hin Tjio | Higher education | The Guardian

Go and work abroad – it could have career benefits you never imagined | Students | The Guardian

Parents, not teachers, can beat child obesity | Primary schools | The Guardian

Goldsmiths apologises to Jewish students and staff over ‘culture’ of antisemitism | Goldsmiths, University of London | The Guardian

From Chimpanzini Bananini to Ballerina Cappuccina: how gen alpha went wild for Italian brain rot animals | Young people | The Guardian

Office for Students chair didn’t know he was sharing platform with far-right journalist | Universities | The Guardian

Teach university students to live in a polarised world | Universities | The Guardian

Law lords back school over Islamic dress | Schools | The Guardian

Headteachers in England threaten to quit as Ofsted inspectors over proposed overhaul | Ofsted | The Guardian

Letter: Alasdair MacIntyre obituary | Hugh Kerr | The Guardian

Crows surprise researchers with advanced tool use | Research | The Guardian

Trench talk: a guide to first world war slang | Education | The Guardian

‘I feel completely drained’: young professionals swamped by ‘infinite workdays’ | Work-life balance | The Guardian

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