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    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      UK schools
      Number of teachers in England and Wales retiring early jumps by 40%

      Rate of school staff taking their pension early rises as sector struggles with widespread recruitment gap

      A total of 5,610 teachers opted to take early retirement in the year to September 2023, compared with 3,932 in the previous 12 months
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      The UK school building local knowledge of watchmaking

      Swiss industry-standard training in Greater Manchester aims to help plug a gap of thousands of workers and improve customer service

      A mentor and his  students at the British School of Watchmaking
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
      MPs launch inquiry into UK financial education

      Basic numeracy at low levels among young people

      Schoolchildren working on a maths problem
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      UK universities
      English universities warn sharp rise in pension costs will hit student welfare

      Former polytechnics required to increase employer contributions due to government reforms

      Manchester Metropolitan University
    • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
      US society
      US university officials meet to tackle Israel-Hamas tensions on campus

      Academics confront flare-ups over hate speech after criticism from faculty, students and donors

    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      UK economy
      UK’s flagship vocational qualification failing to attract students

      Association of Colleges survey finds fewer than expected numbers signing up for T-levels

      Students using drilling machines in a college workshop
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      UK universities
      No appetite to boost university funding leaves sector wooing more overseas students

      Non-UK tuition fees are crucial but growing numbers of undergraduates haven’t been matched by accommodation

      A member of a picket holds a placard ‘honk for higher education’ during a strike over pay and pensions by the University and College Union in London in February 2023
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      UK universities
      Non-EU international students at UK universities less likely to get top grades, data shows

      Analysis will add to pressure on institutions accused of placing financial concerns ahead of academic quality

      Graduates wearing mortar board hats and robes at a degree ceremony at Birmingham university
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      FT SeriesThe Henry Mance Interview
      Philosopher Susan Neiman: ‘I hate the words pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian. I’m pro-peace’

      American commentator criticises tribalist politics and pushes for Jewish universalism

      Philosopher Susan Neiman
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Brexit
      UK to ease post-Brexit travel rules for French school trips

      Changes could be extended to other EU member states

      Teenage tourists sit in the sun with their union jack carrier bags
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Antisemitism
      US law firms urge law schools to take tougher stance on student antisemitism

      Universities urged to crack down on harassment, vandalism and assault following Israel-Hamas war

      The Columbia University campus
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      UK schools
      Falling pupil numbers add to primary school budget pressures in England

      Number of students in early education set to fall by 13% by 2032, leading to schools receiving less funding

      A montage of a little girl holding the hand of an adult while going to school and a bar chart
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in America
      ‘Our secret weapon’: how a university bolstered Phoenix’s rise as US chip capital

      Arizona State’s role in building a skilled labour force is part of a national trend as investors scramble for talent

      WP Carey School of Business at Arizona State University
    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      Dear JonathanJonathan Black
      Can I do a finance PhD without a relevant degree?

      Your question for our expert — and readers’ advice

      Graduates wearing mortar boards
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      Stephen Bush
      Should we tell our children fairy tales about race?

      The correct mixture of openness and deceit to prepare young people for the world is always up for debate

      Ewan White illustration of a child climbing up a bookshelf in the form of a human head
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      Buy-to-let
      UK tenant legislation threatens higher student rents

      Government concessions on renters reform bill leave landlords facing a higher risk of vacant periods

      A student graduation ceremony
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      FT Magazine
      What I learned attending ‘anti-cancel culture’ college

      Why Harlan Crow, Paul Marshall and others are funding schools affiliated with Bari Weiss and Jordan Peterson

    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      Richard Layard
      Rationing access to apprenticeships is increasing the UK’s skills deficit

      Places for vocational training should be funded in the same way as degrees and match demand from young learners

      Apprentices work at a BAE academy in Cumbria. Sixty years ago the route to social mobility was as a part-time apprentice or trainee, but we have shamefully neglected it
    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      Hong Kong politics
      Hong Kong universities under pressure as academics head for exits

      Shrinking freedom and fears of falling foul of sweeping security law push researchers to leave Chinese territory

      ‘The Pillar of Shame’, a sculpture by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt, at the University of Hong Kong before it was removed in 2021
    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      Parlez-vous Parisian? How to speak like a local in the French capital

      A crash course in an ever-shifting dialect that expresses the city’s cosmopolitan cool. Wesh!

      Cartoon of people speaking French words
    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
      Special ReportFT Wealth: October
      Top US universities under pressure over legacy admissions

      America’s top universities are scrapping family connections as part of the application process in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling

      A hand holiding a Harvard cap
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      UK universities
      UK university staff vote to end acrimonious pension dispute

      Deal with union in effect reverses cuts to retirement benefits proposed in 2022 after contested valuation of main scheme

      UCU members on the picket line outside the London School of Economics
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      UK schools
      Porous concrete found in dozens more schools and hospitals in England

      Surveys have identified potentially dangerous RAAC at 61 more sites, according to the latest government data

      A taped-off section inside Parks Primary School in Leicester
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      US universities lose millions as donors pull funding over Hamas stance

      Tensions rise on campus over freedom of speech and academic leaders’ public responsibilities

      Demonstrators hold a rally showing support for Gaza
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      UK universities
      UK universities urged to cut ‘fraudulent’ international student applications

      Ex-minister Jo Johnson says failure to act risks backlash on fears some are ‘selling immigration rather than education’

      University students in a lecture hall
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