Policing Minister Sarah Jones visited Merseyside on Tuesday, 7 October, to see first-hand how police and partner agencies are using Virtual Reality (VR) to protect young people from knife crime. The visit concluded at Everton in the Community, an Everton Football Club initiative, where Ms Jones experienced a VR initiative designed to dissuade young people from knife crime. Co-developed by Everton in the Community and Merseyside Police, the 360-degree headset experience has reached more than 1,000 young people to date. Viewers are asked to make choices inside the headset, immersing them in the real-life consequences of knife crime. It highlights the devastating consequences of knife crime and county lines exploitation, helping young people make safer choices.

Scotland's largest teaching union accused the Scottish Government and local authorities of 'dithering and delaying' over plans to cut the time teachers spend in classrooms.

SCOTLAND faces an autumn of industrial action on campuses across the country unless ministers begin “fully funding” the sector, the UCU said today.The stark warning following a series of successful strike ballots at universities facing cuts, including Dundee, West of Scotland, Highlands & Islands and Edinburgh, where a management cuts plan of £140 million proposes to slash 1,800 jobs.While those institutions have refused to rule out compulsory redundancies, still more are wielding the axe through voluntary schemes, including at Heriot-Watt, Aberdeen and Stirling. 

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Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

In her keynote speech to the Conservative conference in Manchester, Mrs Badenoch said NHS waiting lists were being kept high 'for far too long' by industrial action.

The EIS trade union has called on ministers and councils to ‘at long last agree’ a way forward on cutting classroom time for teachers.

This year's Times Higher Education (THE) league tables found that while some of our universities are still world-leading, there are 'clear warning signs of UK decline'.

Body that represents institutions says ‘vindictive and flawed’ policy will ultimately cost taxpayers money

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Parents have called the comments 'derogatory, demeaning and unprofessional.'

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The EIS said it had been “years” since the SNP made a manifesto pledge to reduce classroom time

Edinburgh University is the only institution to be recognised among the best in Europe, according to the 2026 THE World University Rankings.

The 2026 Times Higher Education World University Rankings are here, with three Scottish universities named among the best in the UK.

This is the first year since 2016 that the UK has had fewer than 50 universities that made the top 500

Sanaa el-Azab is one of 58 people who have been evacuated from Gaza to study at universities in the UK on scholarships.

The institution tops the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026.

Most schools are at the early stages of embracing AI as a watchdog finds benefits and potential pitfalls.