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Richard Adams

Richard Adams is the Guardian's education editor

March 2025

  • Arif Ahmed

    Stimulate debate on contentious topics, expert urges English universities

  • School pupils raising their hands in a classroom

    Boys widen gap over girls in maths and science in England, study reveals

  • A teacher speaking to a class of pupils sitting at desks

    No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils

  • A student walks toward the University of Bolton in Greater Manchester

    Police look into claims of racism and financial misconduct at University of Greater Manchester

  • The English schools looking to dispel ‘doom and gloom’ around AI

  • English academy chain to improve conditions for Jamaican teachers after strike threat

February 2025

  • US president Donald Trump holds a press conference with British PM Keir Starmer.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Trump praises Starmer’s ‘hard’ lobbying as he again suggests UK will be exempt from US tariffs – as it happened

  • Edinburgh University Old College: view of a grassy quadrangle surrounded by historic stone buildings including one with a dome

    University of Edinburgh warns of staff cuts as it faces £140m financial deficit

  • People walking, sitting and standing outside the entrance of the Royal College of Music

    University leaders in England call for rethink over rising ‘regulatory burden’

  • Keir Starmer returning to Downing Street after PMQs this week.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    No 10 says Starmer and Trump spoke last night as minister calls for ‘clear thinking’ on tariff threat – as it happened

  • Most academy leaders in England say new bill will not affect school management

  • International university recruitment and assessment
    UK universities automating interviews face ‘deepfake’ applicants

  • UK universities look to open campuses in India amid financial woes at home

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Bridget Phillipson accused of having ‘Marxist ideological dislike of academies’ by Tory-linked headteacher – as it happened

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Tories express alarm at report saying cost of Chagos Islands deal has risen far beyond £9bn, saying it’s ‘madness’ – as it happened

  • Teacher hails ‘small win’ as Google Maps to remove UK and Irish school reviews

  • Ofsted’s new school report card worse than old system, say headteachers

  • Quarter of leading UK universities cutting staff due to budget shortfalls

January 2025

  • Ofsted ‘good provider’ sign at Thomas Clarkson academy

    Ofsted overhaul for English schools to be put out for public consultation

  • A child raises his hand in the classroom

    Ethnicity not key factor in England school exclusions, study finds

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