Education
How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees
Meike Ziervogel’s new novel Shams is inspired by the Alsama Project, which gives refugees and displaced teenagers the tools to change their lives
Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the ‘pain and hope’ of women in prison

Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the ‘pain and hope’ of women in prison
Almost Home has been co-curated by women in HM Prison & Young Offender Institution Low Newton
Artist Stuart Semple on why education in the arts needs an urgent reset: ‘It’s like battery farming’

Artist Stuart Semple on why education in the arts needs an urgent reset: ‘It’s like battery farming’
The artist is calling for a reset in arts education and the way the internet is used with his new book
Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Learning and employment
Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Learning and employment
Children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation
Children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation
We can’t expect Ed Sheeran, Marcus Rashford and Jamie Oliver to keep on fixing Britain

We can’t expect Ed Sheeran, Marcus Rashford and Jamie Oliver to keep on fixing Britain
These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain

These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain
From fake birds to Andrew Tate: How one group is tackling conspiracy theories in schools

From fake birds to Andrew Tate: How one group is tackling conspiracy theories in schools
‘I’ve never been able to afford more than one skirt’: Labour’s school uniform plan sparks fierce debate

‘I’ve never been able to afford more than one skirt’: Labour’s school uniform plan sparks fierce debate
Why Labour’s VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers

Why Labour’s VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers
This year has offered children glimmers of hope – but 2025 must see tangible change

This year has offered children glimmers of hope – but 2025 must see tangible change
I should have spent school preparing for the future. Instead I spent it fighting to be included

I should have spent school preparing for the future. Instead I spent it fighting to be included
Homeless woman reunites with couple who ‘changed her life’ when they gave her a bed for the night

Homeless woman reunites with couple who ‘changed her life’ when they gave her a bed for the night
Millions of British adults lack basic literacy skills – and it’s becoming an uncomfortable crisis

Millions of British adults lack basic literacy skills – and it’s becoming an uncomfortable crisis
TikTok star and teacher Shabaz Ali: ‘Kids should not be going without food in this country’

TikTok star and teacher Shabaz Ali: ‘Kids should not be going without food in this country’
From the NHS to ‘spreading opportunity’: Here’s what should be in Keir Starmer’s ‘plan for change’

From the NHS to ‘spreading opportunity’: Here’s what should be in Keir Starmer’s ‘plan for change’
Teacher of the Year winner Oli McVeigh: ‘Boys are bottling up and repressing lots of different ideas’

Teacher of the Year winner Oli McVeigh: ‘Boys are bottling up and repressing lots of different ideas’
We must change our relationship with masculinity to stop vulnerable men turning into Andrew Tate

We must change our relationship with masculinity to stop vulnerable men turning into Andrew Tate
Special needs children forced out of school by ‘crumbling’ system, figures show

Special needs children forced out of school by ‘crumbling’ system, figures show
‘We’re stepping in to help kids eat’: Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils

‘We’re stepping in to help kids eat’: Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils
Saddling poorer students with a lifelong debt makes absolutely no sense

Saddling poorer students with a lifelong debt makes absolutely no sense
Prisoners are teaching each other to read. Here’s how it’s changing life behind bars amid a crisis

Prisoners are teaching each other to read. Here’s how it’s changing life behind bars amid a crisis
Children in poverty most likely to be excluded from school, study finds: ‘A crisis of lost learning’

Children in poverty most likely to be excluded from school, study finds: ‘A crisis of lost learning’
Rise in young people not in work or education could fill Man Utd’s Old Trafford stadium

Rise in young people not in work or education could fill Man Utd’s Old Trafford stadium
‘My heart burns’: Three years after fall of Kabul, Afghan women share stories of escape and hope
