A job seeker with an English-sounding name was offered three times the number of interviews than an applicant with a Muslim name, a BBC test found.
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22nd Mar 2026 | Updated at 10:19am 22nd Mar 2026
Cambridge revives historic India ties with new centre, scholarships and sport
The University of Cambridge has announced a wide-ranging set of new initiatives across research, technology, education, philanthropy and sport during a high-level visit to India, renewing and strengthening a relationship that spans more than...
The great career reboot
In an economy evolving at breakneck speed, the shelf-life of a career has never been more fragile. What once felt stable and future-proof is now at risk of being swept away by an unrelenting wave of automation and artificial intelligence.
The government has started the process of selling more student loan debt to the private financial sector. It has announced that loans made to students in England between 2002 and 2006 will be put up for sale - to be followed by other pre-2012...
The Metropolitan Police has launched a #giveupyourgun campaign as part of weeklong firearm surrender.
The free entitlement to childcare for all parents in England should be scrapped in favour of a system aimed at disadvantaged children, a report says. The Institute of Economic Affairs study says the right to 15 hours free care a week has distorted...
A headteacher who made her name at a Tory party conference by claiming Britain’s education was ‘broken’ is to hire a ‘sergeant major’ detention chief.
A council which lost a High Court case over fining a father who took his daughter on a term-time holiday will have its appeal heard at the Supreme Court later.
The Treasury has taken back £384m originally promised for schools in England - at a time when head teachers are protesting about a cash crisis.
A total of 282 secondary schools in England are deemed to be failing by the government, as they have not met a new set of national standards.
Thousands more teachers will be needed to work as examiners as qualification reforms kick in, suggests a report. About 34,000 examiners currently set and mark eight million GCSEs and A-levels for two million 15-19-year-olds in England, Wales...
The government has underestimated the number of children in England eligible for 30 hours of free childcare promised from September, warns a lobby group.
