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UK parents and carers: what costs do you face when sending your children to school?

Secondary and middle schools may ask for four items if a tie is one of them. The government says it hopes the new law will "ensure the cost of school uniforms is reasonable and provides the best value for money". And…

Student bank accounts: don’t be swayed by the freebies, freshers told

Student accounts work like any other current account but come with two extras that don't apply to the general public: an interest-free overdraft, and a lot of perks designed to hook you in as a customer for life.…

Tens of thousands pay tribute to Jason Arday at Trafalgar Square vigil

Many were dressed in black and held flowers, which they were asked to leave beneath Nelson's column. People also carried placards reading "rest in power". Arday, 41, was pronounced dead after emergency services were…

Support for Jason Arday’s family shows ‘Britain still cares’, says Windrush campaigner

Arday, who was found dead on Friday , had resigned the previous week from his post as professor of sociology of education at the University of Cambridge after allegations of plagiarism were made against him. A vigil for…

Parents pushed to breaking point by Child Maintenance Service, BBC told

Mothers described battling with the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to get their ex-partners to pay up, while fathers said they have been caused anxiety and stress by administrative mistakes. One mother said she turned…

Cambridge University defends its mental health support for Jason Arday

The university said it had continued to provide Arday with extensive mental health support and security measures, including installing panic alarms and screening racist emails and post, after he resigned from his post as…

‘Our children are less cognitively capable,’ says neuroscientist who wants to cut screen use in schools

A former teacher, Horvath believes the use of screens and digital tools in schools is undermining how children learn and develop. "This might be one of the hardest truths our generation has to face," he writes in his…

AI cheating, leaked papers and marking errors: how exam protests went global

But this year, what might have been a summer of quiet family anxiety has erupted in several countries into public unrest. Exam-related turmoil has led to mass student protests in Mexico after nearly 60,000 university…

Tributes paid to Jason Arday after former Cambridge professor’s death

Arday resigned as a professor at the University of Cambridge last week after allegations of plagiarism, which he denied. He was pronounced dead just after 3pm on Friday . In a statement issued via his publisher, Simon &…

‘Cheap travel is not a defence’: the parents facing court for school absences in England

For most, thoughts of the classroom were probably not at the forefront of their minds. But for the seven mothers and two fathers who were summoned at 10am to a stuffy room in the town's magistrates court, set just behind…