‘History was attempted to be buried’: the true story behind Oscar-nominated Nickel Boys
Director RaMell Ross details horrors behind Florida School for Boys that backdropped the moving film adaptation
Children are starting school unable to sit up or hold a pencil – and I know the culprit
As an early years specialist, I’ve seen the drastic impact of screens replacing physical activity and face-to-face interaction, writes early childhood consultant Kathryn Peckham
UK universities automating interviews face ‘deepfake’ applicants
Automated online application processes save time and money but are being targeted by ‘the future of fraud’
AI helps researchers read ancient scroll burned to a crisp in Vesuvius eruption
Writing on PHerc. 172 papyrus, found at Roman mansion in Herculaneum, revealed after 3D X-rays and software competition
School phone bans alone do not improve grades or wellbeing, says UK study
Researchers say bans need to be part of wider strategy to tackle negative impact of mobile use on children
Teacher hails ‘small win’ as Google Maps to remove UK and Irish school reviews
Google says move is to prevent ‘unhelpful or prank reviews’, after petition by Merseyside deputy headteacher
UK politics: Miliband tells MPs UK needs to ‘speed up, not slow down’ in net zero drive – as it happened
Energy secretary insists there is ‘no contradiction between net zero and economic growth’ in hearing at Commons committee
Third of young adults in UK ‘unable to name Auschwitz or any Nazi death camps’
Lack of knowledge about Holocaust identified as well as level of denial and disinformation seen on social media
What is DEI and why is Trump opposed to it?
What the pushback against a more equal society could mean for a world fraught with power imbalances
George Coulouris obituary
Other lives: Computer scientist instrumental in the installation of the first Unix system in the UK
‘National catastrophe’: drama school funding crisis in England sparks concern
Actors Samuel West and Paapa Essiedu join calls for urgent action to protect and expand access to arts
Tory and Reform MPs accused of ‘weaponising trauma’ of grooming victims, as Farage calls for inquiry to focus on Pakistani men – as it happened
Prime minister told Commons any new inquiry into child abuse would delay progress however spokesperson says he has not ruled one out
Bristol Old Vic theatre school to stop its undergraduate courses
Renowned drama school says ‘unprecedented funding challenges’ make degrees unviable from September 2025
Campus Monde review – Ivorian hopefuls battle to get precious immigration visas
Moving film follows an Ivory Coast agency steering students and professionals through rules heavily stacked against those applying the ‘right’ way from the global south
Amazon-hosted AI tool for UK military recruitment ‘carries risk of data breach’
Ministry of Defence says risk with Textio tool is low and ‘robust safeguards’ have been put in place by suppliers