Education


Britain

A quiet education revolution in England’s secondary cities

Not just a London effect

China

China’s new army of engineers

Its ranks will swell as the country’s high-tech industries grow

Asia

Can India create its own Ivy League?

The country is home to around a fifth of the world’s university-age population. Why are they going abroad?

Graphic detail

Can AI be trusted in schools?

A pilot programme in Nigeria helped students make two years’ worth of progress in six weeks

Leaders

Pausing foreign applications to American universities is a terrible idea

The Trump administration hobbles a great American export

Science & technology

Trump’s attack on science is growing fiercer and more indiscriminate

It started as a crackdown on DEI. Now all types of research are being cancelled

United States

America’s progressives should love standardised tests

New evidence in a long-running argument

Britain

The philosopher changing free speech in Britain

Arif Ahmed is forcing universities to behave better

Briefing

Why can’t stinking rich Ivies cope with losing a few hundred million?

Their huge endowments are not easy to cash in

Briefing

Donald Trump is battling America’s elite universities—and winning

The Ivy League sees little point in fighting the federal government in court

Leaders

MAGA’s remaking of universities could have dire consequences

For higher education, innovation, prosperity and freedom