Education

Millions of British adults lack basic literacy skills – and it’s becoming an uncomfortable crisis
Robert Glick

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’
Child poverty

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’
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’
Education

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
Matteo Bergamini

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
Education

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
Child poverty

‘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
Paul McNamee

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
Prisons

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’
Education

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
Jamie Masraff

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
Afghanistan

‘My heart burns’: Three years after fall of Kabul, Afghan women share stories of escape and hope

It’s hard to view private schools as charities. Taxing them is the right thing to do
Sam Delaney

It’s hard to view private schools as charities. Taxing them is the right thing to do

This is what happens if a university goes bust
Universities

This is what happens if a university goes bust

Inside the Big Issue: The glorious rise and rise of the Paralympics
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The glorious rise and rise of the Paralympics

British children need a ‘digital vaccination’ to tackle tsunami of fake news and disinformation
Mark Mon Williams

British children need a ‘digital vaccination’ to tackle tsunami of fake news and disinformation

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Universities can play a vital role in solving homelessness. Here’s how
Greg Hurst

Universities can play a vital role in solving homelessness. Here’s how

Dear prisons minister James Timpson… Every prisoner should have the opportunity to be creative
Dr Lorraine Gamman

Dear prisons minister James Timpson… Every prisoner should have the opportunity to be creative

Labour has a chance to stop domestic abuse at its roots – here’s how
Caitlin McCullough

Labour has a chance to stop domestic abuse at its roots – here’s how

Smart, no-nonsense moves by Starmer show how toxic and incompetent the Tories have really been
Sam Delaney

Smart, no-nonsense moves by Starmer show how toxic and incompetent the Tories have really been