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Critical report by Council of Europe calls for more support for Cornish, Irish and Ulster Scots The UK has failed to uphold its treaty obligations to promote the minority languages of Cornish, Irish and Ulster Scots, a council of European ministers has found. A report...

An umbrella body for Irish language teachers has criticised proposed changes to GCSE and A-level courses as "unfair." An Gréasán has accused Northern Ireland's exams board CCEA of a "total failure" to reflect their concerns. CCEA is planning to reduce what is taught...

He inherited the title and the family business worth £10 billion, but an exclusive Tatler investigation can reveal that the Duke of Westminster has almost no control over the wealth that defines him Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster, wears his wealth well. When...

Chances are, you’ve used at least one of these in casual conversation without knowing its problematic past. It can be a jarring experience to learn a common word or phrase you’ve been using for years is actually kind of racist or sexist or homophobic. The harder you...

University of Copenhagen researcher Isabelle Augenstein and colleagues trawled through 3.5 million fiction and non-fiction books, all published in English between 1900 to 2008, in an effort to find out whether there is a difference between the types of words used to...

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to hit education very hard. As a new semester approaches, in many places the threat of the virus still looms large; classes have been switched to online or hybrid modes and travel restrictions or even bans have been imposed.Traditional...

Hundreds of thousands of pupils received their GCSE results on Thursday after months of waiting, on an unprecedented day of results which saw the pass rate in England increase to an all-time high. Almost four fifths (78.8 per cent) of results were handed pass marks,...

Northern accents becoming more similar across major cities Northern accents are becoming more similar as the number of educated city-dwellers rises, according to research. Linguistic experts from the University of Manchester found evidence of a “general northern...

More and more people are learning and working from home, especially in response to continued measures being taken to help combat the spread of coronavirus.As a result, you might need access to a good video conferencing platform — and two of the best are Google Meet...

Detailed plans have been unveiled for all children and young people to return to full-time education from September. Current restrictions on group sizes will be lifted to allow schools, colleges and nurseries to fully reopen to all children and young people, as...