BBC Ideas: The rise of 'digital parenting'

Most people are entitled to the tuition fee element, which is equal to the annual cost of your course up to £9,250 per year, external. The maintenance loan is intended to cover accommodation, food, books and equipment. Maintenance loans are means-tested, so the amount you get depends on your family’s household income. You might get…

If you don’t think your grade is right, you should first talk to your school or college. It will contact the exam board on your behalf and ask for your marks to be reviewed. If you still think you have been unfairly graded after a review, you can ask your school or college to appeal.,…

BBC Late on a Tuesday afternoon at a community centre in east Newcastle, nine-year-old Lavender is at an after-school group being taught how to link economics to the maths she’s learning at school. This is part of a programme that’s nurturing her ambition to study medicine at university in 2033. That might sound improbable, to…

BBC Universities should put their own finances in order before looking for help from the taxpayer, the education secretary has told the BBC. Speaking to Radio 4’s Today programme, Bridget Phillipson said there was an expectation universities should “manage their budgets”, as independent institutions. It follows a call from the Universities and College Union (UCU)…

The government is offering a cash incentive of £600 to those who become childminders (or £1,200 for those joining via an agency). The Department for Education doesn’t yet have figures for the numbers who have signed up, but says childcare staffing rose by 4% across 2023 as a whole, external. However, the number of childminders…

Each exam is graded on a scale from A* to E. Grade boundaries show the minimum number of marks you need for each grade. They are decided by examiners and published on results day. Qualification Wales, which oversees Welsh exams, has said there is still a risk that performance in some subjects has not fully…