Education

I’m a refugee. My favourite thing about Britain? The weather!
Tumukunde Uzomukunde

I’m a refugee. My favourite thing about Britain? The weather!

Tumukunde Uzomukunde tells Big Issue about finding her place in Britain as a refugee

‘It’s an emergency’: Why artist Stuart Semple is giving £30k of art supplies to 50 schools in one day
Art

‘It’s an emergency’: Why artist Stuart Semple is giving £30k of art supplies to 50 schools in one day

British artist Stuart Semple is delivering £30,000 of art materials to 50 schools across London with social mobility education charity Debate Mate

What could be in Rachel Reeves’ spending review – and what should be?
Spending Review

What could be in Rachel Reeves’ spending review – and what should be?

Reeves’ spending review will set out just what (and who) the government really prioritises until the end of the decade

All children on universal credit to get free school meals: ‘It will take hunger out of classroom’
Child poverty

All children on universal credit to get free school meals: ‘It will take hunger out of classroom’

What Cardiff University’s Kazakhstan campus says about the state of British higher education
Education

What Cardiff University’s Kazakhstan campus says about the state of British higher education

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How worried should we really be about schools closing in London?
Schools

How worried should we really be about schools closing in London?

Talent is everywhere in Britain – the crushing truth is that opportunity is not
Rebecca Montacute

Talent is everywhere in Britain – the crushing truth is that opportunity is not

We need a fundamental reset of our broken homelessness system. Here’s what Labour must do
Lígia Teixeira

We need a fundamental reset of our broken homelessness system. Here’s what Labour must do

Music in schools delivers an essential pathway out of poverty – here’s how
Polly Stepan

Music in schools delivers an essential pathway out of poverty – here’s how

These scientists felt powerless over the climate crisis – so they decided to do something about it
Climate activism

These scientists felt powerless over the climate crisis – so they decided to do something about it

Adolescence forced the country to sit up and take notice. But what’s next?
Matteo Bergamini

Adolescence forced the country to sit up and take notice. But what’s next?

Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College
Big Issue Invest

Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here’s how to get them back in class
Martin Hodge

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here’s how to get them back in class

Compulsory domestic abuse lessons for over 16s could help ‘prevent misogynistic murders’, MPs told
Domestic abuse

Compulsory domestic abuse lessons for over 16s could help ‘prevent misogynistic murders’, MPs told

One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs
Child poverty

One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs

Number of young people not in work or education highest for a decade – but it’s not their fault
NEET

Number of young people not in work or education highest for a decade – but it’s not their fault

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

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

Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the ‘pain and hope’ of women in prison
Art

Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the ‘pain and hope’ of women in prison

Artist Stuart Semple on why education in the arts needs an urgent reset: ‘It’s like battery farming’
Art

Artist Stuart Semple on why education in the arts needs an urgent reset: ‘It’s like battery farming’

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Learning and employment
Changemakers 2025

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
Reading

Children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation

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These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain
Rewilding

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
Conspiracy theories

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
School uniform

‘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
Education

Why Labour’s VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers