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How the Chinese government is buying its way into UK universities
From funding professorships to censoring students, the Chinese state has more influence on British educational establishments than we realise.
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Jess Phillips’s Diary: What Batley and Spen means for Labour, Euros fever and how Gavin Williamson failed my kids
I wouldn’t put Gavin Williamson in charge of a pot plant – the fact that our Prime Minister left him…
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Will chaos in English schools really end with the Covid-19 bubble system?
The self-isolation of pupil bubbles will end on 19 July – but it is unclear whether its replacement will be enough to…
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Revealed: Bristol academic under investigation for alleged anti-Semitism received £400k of public funds
David Miller, a professor who accused Jewish student societies of being “directed by Israel”, received government money to conduct his…
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Bubble trouble: pupil Covid-19 school absences quadrupled in June
Some schools in England have closed entirely this month as rising numbers of children are sent home and fewer take regular…
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Bernardine Evaristo: British schools sideline writers of colour
How terribly sad that children of colour are unlikely to see people who look like them in the books they read…
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A row over “white privilege” and education turns the spotlight on the Equality Act
Familiarise yourself with that legislation – it looks set to be the arena of the culture wars in the coming years.
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