Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row defends his work

The row erupted after another academic - self-defined "race realist" Nathan Cofnas, who was sacked from his Cambridge role in 2024 - said he found numerous instances of plagiarism in Prof Jason Arday's work and…

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Playbooks, plagiarism and a pig’s head: new claims surrounding a star Cambridge professor

The youngest black professor in Cambridge University's history told an audience of his peers that the playbook in question had helped bring down some of the biggest names in US academia. Conservative "activists" were…

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Cyber-attackers take 607,000 records from Department for Education

The data taken includes telephone numbers and email addresses relating to individuals and organisations but does not include bank details or other sensitive information. The DfE confirmed the incident and said it is…

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Schools to offer technical subjects to pupils from age 14 in England, Burnham says

The government said the courses, which would be available from Year 10, would be linked to local industries and designed to give children a clearer pathway into work. Data published this year showed more than one million…

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‘Without this it’s all just tourists’: the fight to save Soho’s last primary school

But in an area that once had 16 schools, Soho Parish is the last remaining and its time may soon be up, a victim of the post-Covid downturn and falling pupil numbers that are forecast to close hundreds of primary schools…

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Free school meal pupils falling further behind their peers, report warns

Despite some improvements in the years since Covid, the Education Policy Institute (EPI) said the disadvantage gap had widened again in England and was still bigger "at every phase" of school than it was before the…

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School suspensions fall in England for the first time since Covid

There were 913,000 suspensions across state schools in 2024/25, a 4% decrease on the year before. Permanent exclusions were also down 9%, at 9,900. Suspension rates dropped in secondary and special schools, but have…

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Online marketplaces still selling dozens of unsafe baby products, Which? finds

The consumer group found 150 such products listed for sale by third parties on sites like Amazon, eBay and TikTok - despite having been subject to official safety warnings and product recalls. Sue Davies, the head of…

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