For 90% of working Icelanders, a 36-hour week means less stress, more job satisfaction and time to enjoy life beyond work, says teacher María Hjálmtýsdóttir

Guardian Book Blog

21.11.2024

Calls grow for black history to be taught to all English school pupils | National curriculum | The Guardian

Campaigners are collecting support for open letter and want to meet education secretary

Guardian Book Blog

21.11.2024

Ofsted is still stuck in a punishment mindset | Ofsted | The Guardian

Letters: The proposed new judging system for schools based on colours shows precious little change in its approach, writes Dr Robin C Richmond

Guardian Book Blog

21.11.2024

Private and state school pupils’ GCSE results are now the same, study finds | GCSEs | The Guardian

Inequality still exists amongst the creative arts subjects, where privately educated pupils perform better

Guardian Book Blog

20.11.2024

Best UK universities for midwifery – league table | Nursing and midwifery | The Guardian

Help to deliver babies and learn how they grow and develop. Includes care for women before, during and after birth

Guardian Book Blog

19.11.2024

Starling Bank staff resign after new chief executive calls for more time in-office | Banking | The Guardian

Exclusive: Staff complain Raman Bhatia is creating ‘grey corporate hellscape’ and offices already lack desk space

Guardian Book Blog

19.11.2024

I can’t get divorced … because of my pension provider | Divorce | The Guardian

There’s been a delay in getting the valuation from Teachers’ Pensions that I need for our court proceedings. Now my husband thinks I’m prevaricating

Guardian Book Blog

19.11.2024

Labour plan for 100,000 new nursery places in England ‘unlikely to work’ | Early years education | The Guardian

Exclusive: projected spare capacity is not all in the right places to match projected demand, research finds

Guardian Book Blog

18.11.2024

Nobel laureate Tim Hunt resigns after 'trouble with girls' comments | UCL (University College London) | The Guardian

UCL professor leaves position after saying he was in favour of single-sex labs because girls fall in love with men, and ‘when you criticise them, they cry’

Guardian Book Blog

18.11.2024

Schools and colleges in England accused of failing in legal duty to tackle racism | Schools | The Guardian

Campaigners want anti-racist content to be embedded in curriculum and for Black history to be compulsory subject

Guardian Book Blog

18.11.2024

Teacher who attacked pupil with dumbbell given community order | Schools | The Guardian

Peter Harvey hit 14-year-old boy after being goaded by other students, one of whom covertly filmed incident

Guardian Book Blog

17.11.2024

Oxford relying on ‘Deliveroo-style’ contracts with most tutorials not taught by full-time staff | University of Oxford | The Guardian

Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms

Guardian Book Blog

17.11.2024

Only the rich can afford to work at Oxford and Cambridge | Anonymous Academic | The Guardian

Poor pay, exorbitant rent and no hope of owning a house – is the prestige of the Oxbridge brand really worth it?

Guardian Book Blog

16.11.2024

Harry Calvert obituary | Law | The Guardian

Other lives: Lecturer in law who advised at the 1973 Sunningdale talks on Northern Ireland

Guardian Book Blog

16.11.2024

Arpad Pusztai: Biological divide | Academic experts | The Guardian

The scientist at the centre of a storm over GM foods 10 years ago tells James Randerson he is unrepentant

Guardian Book Blog

16.11.2024

Schools in England could be judged on scale of colours in Ofsted proposals | Ofsted | The Guardian

Inspectorate aims to replace single headline grade such as outstanding with assessment of 10 key areas

Guardian Book Blog

16.11.2024

Primary pupils 'should learn Mandarin' | Modern languages and linguistics | The Guardian

Children should learn languages of countries where Britain has important business contacts, says Ed Balls

Guardian Book Blog

16.11.2024

The Gruffalo’s illustrator launches book to help UK pupils learn German | Languages | The Guardian

Axel Scheffler says he hopes Wuschel auf der Erde will encourage more children to learn his first language

Guardian Book Blog

15.11.2024

Best UK universities for law – league table | Law | The Guardian

The study of criminal legal systems – includes criminology and jurisprudence

Guardian Book Blog

15.11.2024

Three in four England universities expected to be in the red next year | University funding | The Guardian

Higher education regulator says sector needs to take ‘take bold action’ and consider mergers or cost sharing

Guardian Book Blog

15.11.2024

The Great Revolt of 1381 wasn’t all peasants | History | The Guardian

Brief letters: Revolt history | Magicians | Weather forecasters | Assisted dying | Procrastination

Guardian Book Blog

15.11.2024

Sarah Lewis obituary | Museums | The Guardian

Other lives: Arts professional committed to widening access to cultural resources

Guardian Book Blog

15.11.2024

Gill Frayn obituary | Social work | The Guardian

Other lives: Social worker who continued to help others as a volunteer in her retirement

Guardian Book Blog

14.11.2024

Deadlines may be vital, but so is procrastination. I’ll tell you why … soon | Imogen West-Knights | The Guardian

Scientists tell us the same piece of work is judged more harshly if it’s handed in late – but that won’t stop me taking my time, says writer Imogen West-Knights

Guardian Book Blog

13.11.2024

Oxford accused of 'social apartheid' as colleges admit no black students | University of Oxford | The Guardian

Labour MP attacks university where one in three colleges failed to admit a black British student with A-levels in 2015

Guardian Book Blog

13.11.2024

A shift in focus from exams to wellbeing is welcome. Now we need the details | Schools | The Guardian

Letters: Bridget Phillipson’s call for a culture change in schools is long overdue, say readers

Guardian Book Blog

12.11.2024

I am … the syllabus: course on Beyoncé to be offered at Yale University | Yale University | The Guardian

New class is latest to explore a pop icon’s impact, with other universities offering courses on Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga

Guardian Book Blog

11.11.2024

'Like history in the first person' | Teaching | The Guardian

A new film tells how a teacher in the 1960s carried out a terrifying experiment in fascism with his class. Anthea Lipsett tracks him down - and some of his students

Guardian Book Blog

11.11.2024

‘The best advice I’ve ever been given’: celebrities share their wisdom | Counselling and therapy | The Guardian

Words of encouragement, words of courage, wise words… Some of our most influential figures share the advice that’s helped them most

Guardian Book Blog

11.11.2024

It’s Hague v Mandelson for the Oxford chancellorship – but do students care? | University of Oxford | The Guardian

While Peter Mandelson and William Hague are thought to be the front runners for the 800-year-0ld post, students are concerned with more mundane lifestyle issues

Guardian Book Blog

10.11.2024

In no great rush to get back to the office? UK home workers may not have a choice | Working from home | The Guardian

Supermarket chain Asda has joined the growing number of firms demanding staff return to the workplace. Does this signal the end for remote working or is it a new battle line?

Guardian Book Blog

10.11.2024

Brutal hours, tyrants and chest pains: a freelance producer on the reality of British TV | Television industry | The Guardian

‘TV industry would not exist without freelancers, yet it bullies us “lucky” ones into fearing about future work if we complain’

Guardian Book Blog

10.11.2024

Jamie Oliver urges MPs to end academy junk food exemption | School meals | The Guardian

Chef Jamie Oliver and health experts have been left baffled by education secretary Michael Gove's decision

Guardian Book Blog

09.11.2024

Work experience can tackle school absences, says Manchester airport boss | School attendance and absence | The Guardian

Ken O’Toole says companies should be made to give young people workplace opportunities long before they turn 15

Guardian Book Blog

09.11.2024

Big trouble in the world of 'Big Physics' | Science | The Guardian

Six months ago, Jan Hendrik Schön seemed like a slam-dunk nominee for a Nobel prize. Then some of his colleagues started to take a closer look at his research.

Guardian Book Blog

09.11.2024

Raising fees will not solve the funding crisis at universities | University funding | The Guardian

Letters: Helen Gourlay on why the numbers don’t add up for students or universities. And Yassin El-Moudden says turning students into consumers has warped tertiary education economics

Guardian Book Blog

09.11.2024

Ofsted head says English schools should not turn away ‘difficult’ pupils | Ofsted | The Guardian

Sir Martyn Oliver tells school leaders new report-card style inspection reports will focus on inclusion

Guardian Book Blog

08.11.2024

Best UK universities for accounting & finance – league table | Accounting and finance | The Guardian

The study of the rules, standards and methods involved in recording financial information within organisations

Guardian Book Blog

07.11.2024

English universities could miss out on millions from tuition fee increase | Universities | The Guardian

Contracts with existing students that prevent changes may mean up to £2.5m less income, according to one institution

Guardian Book Blog

07.11.2024

Phillipson to ask schools to end exam ‘tunnel vision’ and look to wellbeing | Schools | The Guardian

Exclusive: Education secretary to tell schools in England pupils need sense of belonging, as attendance declines

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Iceland’s shorter working week has been a huge success – and it’s changed my family’s life | María Hjálmtýsdóttir | The Guardian

Calls grow for black history to be taught to all English school pupils | National curriculum | The Guardian

Ofsted is still stuck in a punishment mindset | Ofsted | The Guardian

Private and state school pupils’ GCSE results are now the same, study finds | GCSEs | The Guardian

Best UK universities for midwifery – league table | Nursing and midwifery | The Guardian

Starling Bank staff resign after new chief executive calls for more time in-office | Banking | The Guardian

I can’t get divorced … because of my pension provider | Divorce | The Guardian

Labour plan for 100,000 new nursery places in England ‘unlikely to work’ | Early years education | The Guardian

Nobel laureate Tim Hunt resigns after 'trouble with girls' comments | UCL (University College London) | The Guardian

Schools and colleges in England accused of failing in legal duty to tackle racism | Schools | The Guardian

Teacher who attacked pupil with dumbbell given community order | Schools | The Guardian

Oxford relying on ‘Deliveroo-style’ contracts with most tutorials not taught by full-time staff | University of Oxford | The Guardian

Only the rich can afford to work at Oxford and Cambridge | Anonymous Academic | The Guardian

Harry Calvert obituary | Law | The Guardian

Arpad Pusztai: Biological divide | Academic experts | The Guardian

Schools in England could be judged on scale of colours in Ofsted proposals | Ofsted | The Guardian

Primary pupils 'should learn Mandarin' | Modern languages and linguistics | The Guardian

The Gruffalo’s illustrator launches book to help UK pupils learn German | Languages | The Guardian

Best UK universities for law – league table | Law | The Guardian

Three in four England universities expected to be in the red next year | University funding | The Guardian

The Great Revolt of 1381 wasn’t all peasants | History | The Guardian

Sarah Lewis obituary | Museums | The Guardian

Gill Frayn obituary | Social work | The Guardian

Deadlines may be vital, but so is procrastination. I’ll tell you why … soon | Imogen West-Knights | The Guardian

Oxford accused of 'social apartheid' as colleges admit no black students | University of Oxford | The Guardian

A shift in focus from exams to wellbeing is welcome. Now we need the details | Schools | The Guardian

I am … the syllabus: course on Beyoncé to be offered at Yale University | Yale University | The Guardian

'Like history in the first person' | Teaching | The Guardian

‘The best advice I’ve ever been given’: celebrities share their wisdom | Counselling and therapy | The Guardian

It’s Hague v Mandelson for the Oxford chancellorship – but do students care? | University of Oxford | The Guardian

In no great rush to get back to the office? UK home workers may not have a choice | Working from home | The Guardian

Brutal hours, tyrants and chest pains: a freelance producer on the reality of British TV | Television industry | The Guardian

Jamie Oliver urges MPs to end academy junk food exemption | School meals | The Guardian

Work experience can tackle school absences, says Manchester airport boss | School attendance and absence | The Guardian

Big trouble in the world of 'Big Physics' | Science | The Guardian

Raising fees will not solve the funding crisis at universities | University funding | The Guardian

Ofsted head says English schools should not turn away ‘difficult’ pupils | Ofsted | The Guardian

Best UK universities for accounting & finance – league table | Accounting and finance | The Guardian

English universities could miss out on millions from tuition fee increase | Universities | The Guardian

Phillipson to ask schools to end exam ‘tunnel vision’ and look to wellbeing | Schools | The Guardian

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