On Friday 8th May, the Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza hosted her second Festival of Childhood in collaboration with Science and Industry Museum, Manchester. Below is the transcript of the Commissioner’s…

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EU Commission Press Releases (EAC)

Opening Speech by Commissioner Kadis at the Conference “Riding the Wave: Advancing the EU Ocean Pact through Science, Innovation and Cooperation” under the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union

European Commission Speech Ayia Napa, 11 May 2026 Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, Let me begin by extending my warmest congratulations to the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute, the ...

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HEPI Blog·higher-ed

Free speech, bias and the case of the OfS vs Sussex

Over the weekend HEPI published a blog on subject-linked maintenance grants and a book review of Danny Scott’s book ‘The Undisputed King of Selston’ . This blog was kindly authored by Professor Sir Peter Scott, Emeritus…

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HEPI Blog·higher-ed

WEEKEND READING: Beyond access: how subject-linked maintenance grants will reshape opportunity

This blog was kindly authored by Sunday Blake, Policy Manager, GuildHE. The proposal to reinstate full maintenance grants for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds is a positive step, and even now that the dust…

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EUNIS Community·higher-ed

Candidates to the EUNIS Board of Directors 2026/27

Meet the 2026 EUNIS Board candidates! The EUNIS Board plays a key role in shaping the future of digital transformation across European higher education. Every year, new candidates step forward—ready to contribute,…

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LSE British Politics and Policy·edtech

How AI is shaping elections

Despite a growing focus on the impact of AI on elections, we know surprisingly little about how voters use AI to engage with politics. In a new survey of UK adults, Sayeh Yousefi , Ben Tappin and Jens Madsen find…

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Children's Commissioner England·policy

Press Notice: Morning after local elections, Children’s Commissioner’s new polling shows teenagers uncertain about voting in the next general election and worried about the future, as she launched major national survey

With plans to lower the voting age to 16, Children’s Commissioner’s polling shows widespread disengagement, low confidence and uncertainty about political participation among young people Commissioner’s new data on…

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The PIE News·higher-ed

Who’s in the room? Inside the new Education Sector Action Group

At The PIE Live Europe 2026 in March, Sir Steve Smith revealed the Home Office and Cabinet Office will be members of ESAG, the ministerially led committee that will formulate action plans to deliver the UK’s…

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Teaching Times

How To Build A Science Garden

The post How To Build A Science Garden appeared first on TeachingTimes .

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LSE Education Blog·research

From microscopes to AI? New tools spark scientific discovery

Scientific discoveries and the innovations that stem from them are pursued by governments and science policies seeking to ultimately drive human wellbeing. Drawing on the study of science’s major discoveries, ……

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LSE Higher Education Blog·higher-ed

Behind the scenes with affect theatre

Cristiana Giordano and Greg Pierotti have finessed performance ethnography as a collaborative pedagogy situated at the intersection of the social sciences and performance studies. In this interview, Meghan Rose Donnelly…

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University of Cambridge News·higher-ed

Doctors favour explaining anxiety to patients as a human evolution ‘success story’

Mental health clinicians are over five times more likely to see evolutionary explanations of anxiety as helpful for their patients, rather than the genetic approaches currently taught to trainee doctors and…

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LSE British Politics and Policy·policy

Local elections signal the end of the Starmer government

No government does well in “mid-term” local elections. But unless polling has been dramatically wrong, the 2026 local elections will be brutal for Labour. Eunice Goes makes the case for why this signals the beginning of…

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LSE Higher Education Blog·higher-ed

Anti-caste pedagogy as a personal and political statement

Amrita DasGupta speaks with Srilata Sircar to understand how we need to be politically inclined to create and adopt an anti-caste curriculum and pedagogy; anything less is not enough. This interview appears in a special…

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LSE British Politics and Policy·higher-ed

Why the Senedd election matters beyond Wales

Wales is about to hold its first Senedd election under a new closed proportional list voting system. At the same time, Labour could lose its long-standing hold in Wales. Lowri Wilkie , Zoe Fisher , Amy Isham and Andrew…

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LSE Business Review·policy

Gender bias in venture capital means identical business cases are evaluated and funded differently

Venture capital funding should be allocated to the “best” business cases. But Ana Barjasic and Dario Krpan show how evaluators’ bias means that companies run by women are overlooked and underfunded compared with those…

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University of Cambridge News·higher-ed

Deaf opera singer welcomes new Cambridge-led cochlear implant trial

The UK trial will provide bilateral cochlear implants (cochlear implants on both sides) to some profoundly deaf adults. The results will be used to review NHS guidance for the provision of implants to adults. Each year…

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HEPI Blog·higher-ed

Are skills the opposite of education?

This blog was kindly authored by Professor Dame Athene Donald, Professor Emerita, University of Cambridge. A recent HEPI blog by Josh Patel argued that ‘Skills discourses generally prioritise narrowly defined and…

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Teaching Times

Beyond Science Lessons: Let’s Do More Drama!

The post Beyond Science Lessons: Let’s Do More Drama! appeared first on TeachingTimes .

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LSE British Politics and Policy·policy

Scotland’s election – constitutional reset or fiscal reckoning?

With the Scottish Parliament election imminent, attention has turned once again to the constitutional question. Will this campaign reopen the independence debate? Or will it be dominated by more immediate questions over…

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Teacher – English, Maths or Science

Education news for this role

Our Future Our Voice: Festival of Childhood, The Children’s Commissioner’s opening keynote

Opening Speech by Commissioner Kadis at the Conference “Riding the Wave: Advancing the EU Ocean Pact through Science, Innovation and Cooperation” under the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Free speech, bias and the case of the OfS vs Sussex

WEEKEND READING: Beyond access: how subject-linked maintenance grants will reshape opportunity

Candidates to the EUNIS Board of Directors 2026/27

How AI is shaping elections

Press Notice: Morning after local elections, Children’s Commissioner’s new polling shows teenagers uncertain about voting in the next general election and worried about the future, as she launched major national survey

Who’s in the room? Inside the new Education Sector Action Group

How To Build A Science Garden

From microscopes to AI? New tools spark scientific discovery

Behind the scenes with affect theatre

Doctors favour explaining anxiety to patients as a human evolution ‘success story’

Local elections signal the end of the Starmer government

Anti-caste pedagogy as a personal and political statement

Why the Senedd election matters beyond Wales

Gender bias in venture capital means identical business cases are evaluated and funded differently

Deaf opera singer welcomes new Cambridge-led cochlear implant trial

Are skills the opposite of education?

Beyond Science Lessons: Let’s Do More Drama!

Scotland’s election – constitutional reset or fiscal reckoning?

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