Education

Published: 22 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The University of Greater Manchester has come under sharp criticism after England’s universities regulator faced accusations of negligence. Phil Brickell, MP for Bolton West, has publicly called the Office for Students (OfS) “asleep at the wheel” due to its delayed response to reports of alleged fraud, bullying, and mismanagement at the university. Brickell represents the constituency that encompasses...

Published: 17 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The United Kingdom is poised to rejoin the European Union’s Erasmus student exchange programme, marking a significant moment in post-Brexit relations with Brussels. An agreement is expected to be formally announced on Wednesday, signalling a renewed commitment to educational cooperation and cultural exchange across Europe. Government sources indicate that final details have been settled, allowing UK students to...

Published: 11 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Conservative governments spent £325 million on 67 free schools that subsequently failed or vanished entirely, highlighting fundamental flaws in policy decisions over the past decade. This expenditure forms part of a broader £10 billion investment committed between 2014–15 and 2023–24 to create new school buildings, significantly outweighing the £6.8 billion spent on refurbishing existing schools, a discrepancy critics...

Published: 10 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. As the festive season approaches, GCHQ has delighted puzzle enthusiasts with its annual Christmas card, blending clever brainteasers with whimsical illustrations. This year, for the first time, schoolchildren’s designs join the agency’s traditional puzzles, providing both a creative and analytical challenge for participants across the UK. The card tells the story of a robber attempting to steal Christmas...

Published: 10 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Young people in the UK have endured decades of what Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy calls “violent indifference” from political leaders, leaving them struggling to navigate a rapidly changing world. In announcing the first national youth strategy in 15 years, Nandy highlighted the urgent need to tackle isolation, digital risks, and declining trust in politics, aiming to empower the...

Published: 09 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. MPs have been urged to rename “home-to-school transport” to “assisted travel to school” during a public accounts committee session. This shift, witnesses argued, could help better manage parental expectations while addressing the spiralling costs of providing transport for children with special educational needs or disabilities (Send). Councils remain committed to helping children entitled to support access education, but...

Published: 08 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A groundbreaking linguistic project has quietly begun in west Wales that promises to shine new light on the voices of people who walked Britain and Ireland more than two thousand years ago. Scholars at Aberystwyth University have started work on what they believe will be the world’s first complete dictionary of the ancient Celtic language spoken across these...

Published: 05 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A surge of graduates signing up as teachers helped England meet key recruitment targets this year. New Department for Education (DfE) figures showed an 11% rise in teacher trainees compared with 2024. This increase represents the strongest recruitment figures since 2022, particularly for maths and science subjects. The government had reduced teacher target numbers due to falling student...

Published: 1 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Good news for anyone who feels their blood pressure spike while scrolling online: the Oxford English Dictionary’s publisher has announced the term that might perfectly capture this sensation. “Rage bait” has been named the Oxford University Press’ word of the year, reflecting a significant cultural shift in the way online content interacts with audiences. According to the Oxford...

Published: 01 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Campaigners across the United Kingdom are pressing the government to allow schools in England and Wales to pilot four-day working weeks as growing concerns emerge around teacher burnout, recruitment struggles, and rising workloads. The call has been led by the 4 Day Week Foundation, which argues that the current system is placing unsustainable pressure on teachers while failing...