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• Protest review – schoolgirls unite with the power of dissent

  03-05-2023 21:00
  
  Northern Stage, Newcastle
  This show for young audiences builds to a stirring drama of waking up to injustice and trying to right itHannah Lavery constructs her play from simple sentences. Her language is clear and direct. Each line builds on the last, with primary-school economy. At first, the picture she paints is unremarkable. It is all relay races, bird watching and maths classes. We hear about grandmas, fathers and big brothers. It is as familiar as the monkey bars on Amy Jane Cook’s p
  
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• Labour to begin consulting on new ways to fund university education

  03-05-2023 20:48
  
  But senior party figures believe Starmer’s U-turns on campaign pledges are creating a damaging policy vacuumLabour will begin consulting on new ways to fund university education within weeks, as senior party figures warn that Keir Starmer’s decision to drop a previous promise to abolish fees altogether could be a “disaster” for Thursday’s local elections.The Labour leader told the BBC on Tuesday he was looking at alternative ideas for funding the higher education se
  
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• Elite UK schools’ financial links to slavery revealed

  03-05-2023 20:24
  
  Exclusive: research shows mostly private schools given equivalent of tens of millions of pounds of donations by British slaversSome of Britain’s most elite schools benefited from slavery through substantial donations and endowments worth the equivalent of tens of millions of pounds today, research has found.Eton College, Christ’s Hospital school and Liverpool’s Blue Coat grammar are among the 29 schools still operating that have significant documented links to donations from pe
  
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• AI race is disrupting education firms – and that is just the start

  03-05-2023 16:09
  
  Companies’ shares plunge in London and New York after Chegg report that ChatGPT has hit revenuesThe artificial intelligence race is already producing losers. On Tuesday, education companies trading on the London and New York stock exchanges saw hundreds of millions wiped from their valuations after Chegg, a US firm that provides online help to students for writing and maths work, said ChatGPT was affecting customer growth.The firm said it had seen a “significant spike” in stude
  
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• University strikes: How the marking boycott affects Cambridge

  03-05-2023 14:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The education pro-vice-chancellor of Cambridge University says there is common ground in the dispute.
  
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• Teacher strikes: More schools than ever unable to fully open in England

  03-05-2023 13:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Members of the National Education Union held a fifth national strike day in England on Tuesday.
  
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