More than half of undergraduates say they consult artificial intelligence programmes to help with their essays, while schools are trialling its use in the classroom.

A survey of more than 1,000 UK undergraduates, conducted by the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi), found 53% were using AI to generate material for work they would be marked on. One in four are using applications such as Google Bard or ChatGPT to suggest topics and one in eight are using them to create content.

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London’s councils are preparing to mothball schools to avoid a boom and bust cycle of closures, as the falling birthrate, high housing costs and the aftermath of Brexit and the Covid pandemic drive down the number of children living in the capital.

With some areas of London projected to see the number of primary school-aged children fall by 10% or more by 2028, councils say they are struggling to support schools to stay open as pupil funding dries up.

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#NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Professor James Tooley, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Buckingham. James talks about the challenges of running a university that champions free speech, why it’s important for education to counter the orthodoxy, and his research into the success of private schools in the world’s most dangerous ...#

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Schools have been closed and travellers are facing disruption following snowfall across parts of the UK.

Weather conditions led to more than 100 school closures in Scotland and dozens in Merseyside.

Met Office yellow warnings for snow and ice are in place for Scotland, much of northern England and north Wales throughout Tuesday

The UK is braced for sub-zero temperatures until the weekend with further snow warnings in place.
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When Frederik and Mary of Denmark become King and Queen Consort tomorrow, their lives will change irrevocably - as will the lives of their four children.

So far, the teen royals have grown up with relative normality.

They live far from the glare of publicity, attending state schools and staying close to the Australian side of the family, including their grandfather, Scottish-born maths professor, John Donaldson.

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Keir Starmer has said he is “up for the fight” of defending the “nanny state” as he announced plans to improve child health under a Labour government, including supervised toothbrushing in schools.

Children in England should be given a unique number to link their records held by schools, health visitors and councils, allowing governments to harness artificial intelligence and data-mining to improve standards, according to the shadow education secretary, Bridget Phillipson.

In a keynote speech, Phillipson also praised the former Conservative education secretary Michael

Some comprehensive schools are more “socially selective” than grammar schools, according to new research which has called on the government to review the admissions code in England to improve access for poorer pupils.

While grammars are inherently selective, as admission is based on passing an 11-plus examination, comprehensive secondary schools admit local children, regardless of academic ability or social background, based on a school’s admissions policy.