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• Labour members call to 'redistribute' private schools' assets
  on September 23, 2019 at 9:29 am

  Party members call for assets to be "redistributed democratically and fairly" through the state sector.

• Student Loans overpaid me: I'm struggling to pay it back
  on September 22, 2019 at 11:39 pm

  Lottie could not afford rent and food after the Student Loans Company took back her overpayment.

• WCAT to be wound up after schools lost £2m in collapse
  on September 22, 2019 at 11:28 pm

  Schools lost £2m when Wakefield City Academies Trust collapsed at the start of a new term.

• Housing crisis affects estimated 8.4 million in England - research
  on September 22, 2019 at 11:01 pm

  Millions are in unaffordable or unsuitable homes, research for the National Housing Federation says.

• Warning on alcohol risk at university initiations
  on September 22, 2019 at 11:01 pm

  Students starting university are told of the potentially fatal dangers of excessive drinking.

• Night in national park 'for every schoolchild'
  on September 21, 2019 at 12:15 pm

  Independent review suggests new ideas to "re-ignite" England's protected landscapes.

• Ceara Thacker death: Mental health services 'failed student'
  on September 20, 2019 at 8:01 pm

  Ceara Thacker, 19, was failed by mental health services before killing herself, her parents say.

• Climate protest: A very different kind of school trip
  on September 20, 2019 at 2:53 pm

  One school's experience of the London climate change strikes.

• MPs demand action over wrongly-issued NHS fines
  on September 20, 2019 at 12:20 am

  "Vulnerable" people are being fined over claims for free treatment at dentists and doctors, say MPs.

• The foreign students who call Wales home
  on September 16, 2019 at 11:56 pm

  Every year tens of thousands of students arrive from abroad to study in Wales - but what do they think?

• World Afro Day: Kids' takeover for Big Hair Assembly
  on September 13, 2019 at 11:17 pm

  Children around the world are being educated about afro hair ahead of World Afro Day.

• 'Time outs' don't do any harm, parents told
  on September 13, 2019 at 11:13 pm

  If used appropriately, they can be effective in reducing problem behaviour, a US study suggests.

• 'I almost regret coming to the UK to study'
  on September 11, 2019 at 12:48 pm

  Overseas students can now stay in the UK for two years after graduating but not everyone benefits.

• When truth trumped propaganda in wartime
  on September 11, 2019 at 12:19 am

  Intelligence reports show what the public were really saying during World War Two.

• 'Don't get drunk' Boris Johnson tells school children
  on September 10, 2019 at 4:54 pm

  The prime minister gave out the advice while taking questions on Brexit.

• The teacher getting child workers back to school
  on September 9, 2019 at 11:03 pm

  Rani Bhati is a teacher getting children who have left school back into mainstream education.

• Should kids be tested on their times tables?
  on September 5, 2019 at 11:26 pm

  Many head teachers think that new mathematics tests for primary school children should be scrapped.

• Why gay dads worry about starting primary school
  on September 5, 2019 at 2:04 pm

  Most Britons support primary school teachers talking positively about LGBT families, a survey suggests.

• Back to school: Why does the academic year start in September?
  on September 1, 2019 at 11:13 pm

  Children across England go back to school this week but why does the academic year start in September?

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