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AI cheating, leaked papers and marking errors: how exam protests went global

But this year, what might have been a summer of quiet family anxiety has erupted in several countries into public unrest. Exam-related turmoil has led to mass student protests in Mexico after nearly 60,000 university…

Tributes paid to Jason Arday after former Cambridge professor’s death

Arday resigned as a professor at the University of Cambridge last week after allegations of plagiarism, which he denied. He was pronounced dead just after 3pm on Friday . In a statement issued via his publisher, Simon &…

‘Cheap travel is not a defence’: the parents facing court for school absences in England

For most, thoughts of the classroom were probably not at the forefront of their minds. But for the seven mothers and two fathers who were summoned at 10am to a stuffy room in the town's magistrates court, set just behind…

Jason Arday, professor at centre of Cambridge plagiarism row, found dead

The Metropolitan police said officers were called to Arday's address by the London ambulance service after 3pm on Friday. A spokesperson for the Met said: "A 41-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of…

From food to tech to travel: the best student deals and discounts

Knowing how, and where, to get a discount can make a real difference. A golden rule is to register with the big discount websites and apps – UNiDAYS, Student Beans and TOTUM – using your university email address as soon…

Students squeezed out of university courses after bumper A-level grades

The stronger competition has tipped record numbers of applicants into clearing, or settling for their second choices, with universities in some cases wanting students to defer for a year. Cardiff University has asked…

Are the UK's top universities really 'hoovering up' students?

But the biggest increase in acceptances was for the most selective, "higher-tariff" universities – such as those in the Russell Group. Nick Hillman, chief executive of the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi), said…

Behind England’s bumper A-level results lie record levels of regional disparities

As England's A-level results were published on Thursday morning, students across the country were pictured celebrating a bumper crop of results, with record rates of As and A*s . Drill down into the detail, however, and…

'I worked really hard and it paid off': Elation, nerves and proud parents as students get results

She was just one of hundreds of thousands of young people to receive their A-level, Btec and T-level results across England, Wales and Northern Ireland on Thursday after weeks of waiting. This year saw a record number of…

London pulls further ahead as A-level regional divide for top grades hits record – as it happened

32.7% of entries in the capital were awarded A or A* this year, up from 32.1% in 2025 and the highest for any region in England, the exam results show. The north-east and the East Midlands had the joint lowest rate, at…