‘I received a first but it felt tainted and undeserved’: inside the university AI cheating crisis

More than half of students are now using generative AI, casting a shadow over campuses as tutors and students turn on each other and hardworking learners are caught in the flak. Will Coldwell reports on a broken system

Favoriten review – charming kids’ eye view of an inner city Vienna primary

Ruth Beckermann’s compassionate documentary is testament to a diverse group of delightful seven-year-olds and the brilliance of their dedicated teacher

‘Holding space’: Wicked has made the term famous. But what does it mean?

In the earnest press tour for the film, actor Cynthia Erivo was in tears at the idea that fans were ‘holding space’ for the song Defying Gravity. But is it more self-help jargon or something more powerful?

Young working-class people being ‘blocked’ from creative industries, study finds

Sutton Trust calls for improved access to creative education and industry dominated by upper middle-class

Emma Calder obituary

Animator and illustrator whose film Beware of Trains led to a retrospective of her work in Austria in 2023

The Delights review – in-depth look at rural schoolboys reveals a hidden Argentina

An agro-technical boarding school is the subject of this striking documentary, which offers vignettes of growing pains and childlike wonder

‘They don’t just fall out of trees’: Nobel awards highlight Britain’s AI pedigree

Recognition for Demis Hassabis and Geoffrey Hinton marks moment when important ingredients came together

TechScape: An elite Silicon Valley school tests a tech fast

TechScape’s new writer; the surprising results of a $60k-a-year school’s tech-free week; and how to opt yourself out of AI training

‘Parents know they are not alone’: UK pact to withhold smartphones until 14 gathers pace

Signatories to online pledge say it offers support in family reckonings over phone usage

The Guardian view on the other influencers: a golden era for science education

Editorial: YouTube isn’t always a stupefaction engine. Curious children and other autodidacts have unrivalled access to knowledge

UK parents join pact to withhold smartphones from children under 14

Online pledge by Smartphone Free Childhood signed by at least one parent at 6,537 schools

The Guardian view on children and smartphones: setting some limits is a good idea

Editorial: Mobile phone use is not the biggest issue facing schools – or society. But device-free time is important

Academy chain with 35,000 pupils to be first in England to go phone-free

Exclusive: Ormiston academies trust says impact of smartphones on learning and mental health has been ‘catastrophic’

How going phone-free taught pupils at English secondary ‘to socialise, old school’

At Tenbury High students play tag rather than stare at screens after it brought in one of toughest phone policies

‘Going back in time’: the schools across Europe banning mobile phones

Calvijn College was one of the first schools in the Netherlands to ban mobile phones. Four years on, officials report its culture has been transformed