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Trump center stage at RNC in midterms gamble – US politics live•
Leicestershire v Somerset, Nottinghamshire v Hampshire, and more: county cricket, day two – live•
England v Pakistan, third men’s cricket Test, day one – live•
UK ‘showing leadership’ with West Bank sanctions, says Burnham as he faces Badenoch at PMQs – politics live•
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How progressives are harnessing anger and frustration to steal young voters from Republicans •
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Education

Schools, universities and education policy.

3 stories

Education stories

Teacher shortages force one in four schools to cut subjects

Languages, music and computing are the hardest hit as headteachers struggle to recruit specialists.

Sally Weale-Norton6h ago

Universities warn of closures as international student numbers fall

Visa restrictions have cut overseas applications by a third, leaving a £2bn hole in budgets.

Richard Adams-Wright14h ago

Phone bans in schools linked to better grades and less bullying

The largest study of its kind followed 60,000 pupils over three years.

Sally Weale-Norton22h ago