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‘They assume the man next to me is the owner’: four women doing business in Africa in their own way
From feeding schoolchildren to recycling tyres, these entrepreneurs are challenging stereotypes while solving social and environmental problems Africa is thought to have a higher proportion of female entrepreneurs than any other continent and yet many still struggle to access…
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UK willing to spend £450m a year on EU students if it can join Made in Europe scheme
Exclusive: Plan to allow students from bloc pay same fees as Britons contingent on entry to industrial programme, officials say Ministers are prepared to spend as much as £450m a year to give students from the EU discounted university fees, the Guardian has learned, but only if…
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Massive Attack, Bob Marley, bell hooks and grime: the forces that shaped four generations of Black Britons | The panel
For Black History Month, figures from the arts, culture and sport reveal the people and ideas that made them who they are today When you’re traduced, abused and gaslighted – believe me, Black History Month matters | Hugh Muir Continue reading...
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Sara won a prized place to study medicine in Glasgow. Why is the Home Office blocking her?
She fought every obstacle in Afghanistan to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor – fleeing her abusive father and the Taliban. But this talented, tenacious student has now been denied a visa, for contradictory reasons, three times For the last decade, Sara (not her real name),…
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Oriel College urged to cancel student group’s event with Jason Arday accuser
Student supporters of Reform UK at Oxford college have organised evening with Nathan Cofnas discussing DEI The University of Oxford’s Oriel College has been urged to cancel an event featuring Jason Arday’s accuser Nathan Cofnas that has been organised by student supporters of…
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Silicon Valley parents want the tech they help build out of their children’s schools
Both private and public schools in tech regions are limiting the use of tech in classrooms. But will low-income districts be able to follow suit? German Gil spends most of his waking hours looking at screens. Since moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2015, the software…
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Protest leaders urge French pupils to keep barricading their schools
Activists say struggle must go on until their ‘maximum’ demands are met over teacher shortages and building repairs French children should continue to barricade their schools and take part in street protests, a student union said on Monday after the government announced a…
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Goldsmiths fine art students call for compensation over record tutor strike
With industrial action over job cuts heading into its 21st week, students at famed London college are unhappy Students arriving at Goldsmiths, University of London this autumn found a campus embroiled in a bitter industrial dispute that has upended timetables and disrupted…
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Ever Since I Knew Myself review – confronting the scars of childhood
Maka Gogaladze’s debut feature looks at generational differences in the context of Georgia’s education system and emphasis on collectivism The scars imprinted on impressionable young minds can never fully fade away. Aiming her lens at a rocky beach thrashed by crashing waves,…
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Higher training costs for older workers risks plan to tackle youth jobs crisis, employers say
Exclusive: Ministers planning overhaul of apprenticeship funding to increase cost of over-25s training, Guardian understands Britain’s largest employers have told the government that forcing businesses to pay more to train older workers risks damaging its goal to tackle the…
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The Guardian view on adult education: learning should be for all ages | Editorial
Teenagers and young adults are not the only people in need of new skills and a sense of purpose The neglect of adults was, David Blunkett said in a recent interview , his biggest regret about education policy under New Labour. Spending on classroom-based adult learning in…
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We’re teenage girls fighting to ban the use of school uniform in porn. Why have you left it up to us? | Rose, Mae, Aylin and Willow
No one should have to feel nervous about walking to school in clothes designed for children. It’s time for UK law to end the disgusting sexualisation of minors In the Little Feminist Book Club, we don’t read a lot of books. The group, set up by former students at our school, is…
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My critics think speaking fluently is vital for fee-paying pupils, but not for anyone else. Here’s why I reject that | Lucy Powell
We are accused of dumbing down, but that’s nonsense: this is levelling up. All the evidence shows helping children articulate improves their life chances Lucy Powell is UK education secretary and deputy leader of the Labour party Private schools don’t leave confident…
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‘I didn’t know what to do’: collapse of providers of high-end digs leaves students in shock
Cost of living crisis and drop in international students hits market for purpose-built accommodation “It was dead in the middle of summer, it was a shock,” says Nathalie Sriwiboonrattan. The fourth-year game design student at Abertay University was at home with her family…
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From unwanted touching to rape: the scale of child-on-child abuse in English and Welsh schools
Ten years after full extent of problem was revealed, Guardian investigation finds schools facing uphill battle amid rapid societal changes Thousands of child-on-child sexual offences reported at schools in England and Wales It is 10 years since a report first revealed the epic…
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‘Just like my big brothers’: boy with cerebral palsy passes GCSEs with eye-tracking technology
Patrick McCabe’s herculean feat shows limits and possibilities of special educational needs and disabilities system Patrick McCabe is instantly recognisable in the early autumn sunshine, his wheelchair surrounded by fellow pupils at Fallibroome Academy in Macclesfield, Cheshire…
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‘It’s like the Scottish Upper East Side’: shame and snobbery as American students blamed for St Andrews classism
Online comments reflect class tensions at Scottish university between those from lower-income families and wealthier US undergraduates When Sophie Rose Jenkins announced she would not return to St Andrews University this academic year because of her experiences of classism on…
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The Guardian University Guide 2027 – the rankings
Find a course at one of the top universities in the country. Our league tables rank them all subject by subject, as well as by student satisfaction, staff numbers, spending and career prospects Continue reading...