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Bad apple effect: study shows how people are influenced by rule-breaking of others

But new research backs up the idiom that one bad apple can spoil the barrel. Researchers have found that when people go beyond the rule-breaking they see in others, general compliance can swiftly turn into widespread…

Schools in England must recognise antisemitism as distinct category of harm, report says

Bell told Sky News that "a general commitment to tackling racism or prejudice or hate has not properly identified antisemitism as a particular kind of hate", with the review, to be published on Wednesday, recommending…

Foamy war? St Andrews students play out modern take on ancient ritual

For 600 years, first-year students have taken part in the ritual of thanking older students for mentoring them through their first few weeks of university life. Traditionally, freshers would give their elders a pound of…

Bristol Old Vic tackles arts ‘emergency’ by bringing the theatre into classrooms

A boy steps forward to pose a central question: "What does it mean to be young in Britain in 2026?" Union jack flags flash across the backdrop as three girls excitedly debate a Spice Girls reunion concert, before the…

‘We’re not playing games’: Parents launch playground protests to fight school field sell-off

But it hasn't just been about having fun – this has been a "play protest" aimed at trying to save a beloved piece of open land in the historic Devon market town. The local comprehensive, King Edward VI Community College…

Student protests in Albania turn violent as demonstrators clash with police

Police responded with water ⁠cannon and teargas to disperse protesters who started a fire at the ministry of education building, overturned bins and smashed the fronts of local businesses. A branch of Raiffeisen Bank…

France’s class action: inside the 16 October Guardian Weekly

The movement began with outrage over shoddy school conditions in a Paris banlieue , but has spread across the country as pupils voice their anger about a system they say is failing them. For this week's big story, Paris…

‘Children are naturally drawn to beauty’: the head of the ‘Issey Miyake’ preschool on their pleated uniforms

The poster was responding to photos on the Montessori's website of the teachers' uniforms: raspberry, cobalt and apple green dresses in plissé fabric. They appeared to be from the Pleats Please line by Japanese designer…

Stop making sense: focus on sounds to help learn a language, study suggests

A new study of how humans learn modern languages has found that the brains of the most talented linguists hear foreign terms as random noise, not words. Normally, when people learn a language, they try to understand it…

Bacon, eggs and Bowie: how year 12 English students tackled ‘human strength and vulnerability’ in HSC paper

"But after doing the exam, I feel perfectly fine, I feel content, like I did the best I possibly could," he said after the HSC English 1 paper on Tuesday. Mary Alnimry listened to the song Heroes by the late David Bowie…