Education

Is going to university really worth it?
Dr Craig Henry Jones

Is going to university really worth it?

The data tells us that going to university pays off and the experience is invaluable
New Netflix film Steve shows that behind every school exclusion lies a different story
Mission 44 CEO Jason Arthur with the charity's founder Sir Lewis Hamilton. Image: Mission 44
Jason Arthur

New Netflix film Steve shows that behind every school exclusion lies a different story

Taylor Swift is right to call herself an 'English teacher'. I would know, I am one
Taylor Swift performing at the eras tour
Clio Doyle

Taylor Swift is right to call herself an 'English teacher'. I would know, I am one

The only way forward is to split the poverty atom
John Bird

The only way forward is to split the poverty atom

Is AI pushing jobless young graduates to the far right?
Education

Is AI pushing jobless young graduates to the far right?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Children with SEND need support. The government must not restrict their rights
Keir Starmer and education secretary Bridget Phillipson, who is also running to be deputy prime minister, at a reception for teachers and teaching assistants in 10 Downing Street.
Bethany Bale

Children with SEND need support. The government must not restrict their rights

Privately educated elite five times more likely to take Britain's most powerful and influential jobs
Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer
Education

Privately educated elite five times more likely to take Britain's most powerful and influential jobs

The cost of education is letting down future generations – and we'll all be much poorer for it
Paul McNamee

The cost of education is letting down future generations – and we'll all be much poorer for it

Mark was homeless and sleeping in his car. Now he's just graduated with a first-class degree
Swansea University graduate and former homeless man Mark Eaton-Lees
Homelessness

Mark was homeless and sleeping in his car. Now he's just graduated with a first-class degree

Votes at 16 is a victory for young people – but true democratic empowerment is still some way off
Matteo Bergamini

Votes at 16 is a victory for young people – but true democratic empowerment is still some way off

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: 'We try to make the students smile'
Students at Gaza Great Minds
Gaza

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: 'We try to make the students smile'

School standards minister: 'We want to change it so nobody has to fight for their education'
Onside takeover

School standards minister: 'We want to change it so nobody has to fight for their education'

School in its traditional form didn't work for me – so I decided to homeschool myself
Chloe Jones

School in its traditional form didn't work for me – so I decided to homeschool myself

I'm a refugee. My favourite thing about Britain? The weather!
Tumukunde Uzomukunde

I'm a refugee. My favourite thing about Britain? The weather!

'It's an emergency': Why artist Stuart Semple is giving £30k of art supplies to 50 schools in one day
Artist Stuart Semple
Art

'It's an emergency': Why artist Stuart Semple is giving £30k of art supplies to 50 schools in one day

What could be in Rachel Reeves' spending review – and what should be?
Spending Review

What could be in Rachel Reeves' spending review – and what should be?

All children on universal credit to get free school meals: 'It will take hunger out of classroom'
Broccoli in a serving hatch
Child poverty

All children on universal credit to get free school meals: 'It will take hunger out of classroom'

What Cardiff University's Kazakhstan campus says about the state of British higher education
Education

What Cardiff University's Kazakhstan campus says about the state of British higher education

How worried should we really be about schools closing in London?
school children at desks
Schools

How worried should we really be about schools closing in London?

Talent is everywhere in Britain – the crushing truth is that opportunity is not
An aerial shot of central London
Rebecca Montacute

Talent is everywhere in Britain – the crushing truth is that opportunity is not

We need a fundamental reset of our broken homelessness system. Here's what Labour must do
A bearded man sat on a bench
Lígia Teixeira

We need a fundamental reset of our broken homelessness system. Here's what Labour must do

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Music in schools delivers an essential pathway out of poverty – here's how
Polly Stepan

Music in schools delivers an essential pathway out of poverty – here's how

These scientists felt powerless over the climate crisis – so they decided to do something about it
Climate activism

These scientists felt powerless over the climate crisis – so they decided to do something about it

Adolescence forced the country to sit up and take notice. But what's next?
Erin Doherty and Owen Cooper in Adolescence
Matteo Bergamini

Adolescence forced the country to sit up and take notice. But what's next?

Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College
A teacher interacts with a student at Great Oaks College.
Big Issue Invest

Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College