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• Burnham to tell schools in England to adapt teaching to local business needs

  27-07-2026 23:30
  
  PM wants curriculums for students aged 14 and above to be more responsive to local jobs marketAndy Burnham will tell schools across England to adapt their curriculums to the needs of local businesses as part of a devolution drive aimed at tackling the jobs crisis for young people.By moving decision-making to local areas, the PM hopes the plan will make technical and vocational skills as valued as academic qualifications – and help cut the benefits bill. Continue reading...
  
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• New York school district halts plan to use humanoid robot amid backlash

  27-07-2026 19:03
  Salamanca City Central says it is pausing project with Realbotix as it addresses concerns including data privacyA New York school district has walked back plans to introduce a humanoid robot at its high school after the proposal sparked backlash from educators and community members.The Salamanca City Central school district announced on 24 July in a social media post that its pilot project with Toronto-based tech company Realbotix had been put on hold “while we work through enhanced studen
  
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• White paint, trees or air con? What parents and teachers can do to cool UK’s overheating schools

  27-07-2026 15:00
  While longer-term action is needed, there are steps that can be taken during the holidays to help keep children safeThis summer, repeated heatwaves drove classroom temperatures to unbearable levels, leaving pupils and teachers scrambling to cope and forcing thousands of schools to close. School WhatsApp groups have lit up as parents, teachers and governors try to work out what can be done.Experts agree that in the medium term governments and local authorities must act to ensure all schools are e
  
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• Reform UK levy on employing overseas staff ‘would harm NHS and social care’

  27-07-2026 07:00
  Exclusive: Experts say policy could also cause shortages of school teachers and drive some universities to bankruptcyReform UK’s plan to make employers pay an annual levy for overseas staff would harm the NHS and social care, cause a shortage of schoolteachers, and could push some universities into bankruptcy, experts have warned.Nigel Farage’s party has pledged a “migrant worker surcharge”, which would involve a higher rate of employer national insurance as well as a sep
  
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