BBC Ideas: The rise of 'digital parenting'

Reeves: There is ‘a cost to not settling’ public sector pay The chancellor has hinted that she may give public sector workers above-inflation pay rises this summer. Rachel Reeves’ comments come after it is understood independent pay review bodies recommended an increase of 5.5% for teachers and some NHS workers. In her first interview from…

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)…

Most students will leave university owing money. The Student Loans Company says graduates in England leave university with average debts of £44,940. In general, most graduates can expect to earn more than non-graduates, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)., external However, it suggests the extra money earned from a university education has declined….

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…

BBC The day before, official statistics had predicted that the number of children in English state nurseries and primary schools, which was already in decline, would fall by a further 4.5% over the next four years. Schools are given money per pupil, so for those like St Peter’s Community Primary School – which is not…