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Revise, recall, then rest - your exam season survival guide Teachers and tutors share tips for students to get through exam season.
Testing sustainable agriculture in Barcelona
Testing sustainable agriculture in Barcelona A dozen MIT students recently set out for Barcelona — not just to study climate resilience, but to experience it firsthand. As part of STS.S22 (How to Grow Resilient Futures: Regenerative Agriculture and Economies in Catalunya, Spain), an Independent Activities Period ...
Attacks on media workers must end, UN urges
Attacks on media workers must end, UN urges War in the Middle East has made Lebanon the deadliest country for media workers so far this year, but practically no country offers a safe environment in which to be a journalist, according to the UN High Commissioner for Human ...
Artemis II astronauts underscore our shared humanity, in historic UN visit
Artemis II astronauts underscore our shared humanity, in historic UN visit A month after completing their historic flyby of the Moon, the astronauts from NASA’s Artemis II mission landed at UN Headquarters in New York this week with a message that sounded like a reminder: humanity is capable of extraordinary things ...
What is Ofsted and how does the new school ratings system work? The rating system changed after the death of head Ruth Perry highlighted the pressure of inspections.
Sudanese journalists awarded UNESCO press freedom prize
Sudanese journalists awarded UNESCO press freedom prize An independent organization for journalists in Sudan has been honoured for its commitment “to deliver accurate, lifesaving information” amid the ongoing civil war, the UN educational and cultural agency UNESCO announced on Thursday. 
Meta in row after workers who say they saw smart glasses users having sex lose... Meta and its subcontractor disagree over why over 1000 Kenya-based workers were made redundant.
University wins record freedom of speech fine challenge A record fine had been issued by the Office for Students over the university's trans and non-binary inclusion policy.
Freedom, humanity and justice: The enduring legacy of jazz
Freedom, humanity and justice: The enduring legacy of jazz Jazz music can bring people together and promote freedom, humanity and love according to a contemporary musician practicing his art in New York City.
'I can't stop using it' - under-16s have their say on possible social media ban Thirty three children discussed possible limits the government are considering on social media.
Enhancing creative writing with robot–LLM integration: The interplay of embodiment, AI creativity and user engagement Abstract
This study explores the impact of robot–LLM (Large Language Model) integration on collaborative creative writing, focusing on how embodiment and AI creativity influence various aspects of creative output. A total of 150 undergraduate students participated in a structured experimental design ...
Jacob Andreas and Brett McGuire named Edgerton Award winners
Jacob Andreas and Brett McGuire named Edgerton Award winners MIT Associate Professor Jacob Andreas of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science [EECS] and MIT Associate Professor Brett McGuire of the Department of Chemistry have been selected as the winners of the 2026 Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award. Established in ...
Q&A: MIT SHASS and the future of education in the age of AI
Q&A: MIT SHASS and the future of education in the age of AI The MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) was founded in 1950 in response to “a new era emerging from social upheaval and the disasters of war,” as outlined in the 1949 Lewis Committee Report. The report’s findings emphasized MIT’s ...
Flying at the edge of the stratosphere
Flying at the edge of the stratosphere All the ingredients to leave the first layer of the atmosphere were laying on a picnic table. T-minus 30 minutes before launch from the New York Catskills, students in MIT's reborn 16.00 (Introduction to Aerospace Engineering) course tore open hand ...
Department for Education - Activity on GOV.UK
Transparency data: Teachers’ pension scheme payments: 2025 to 2026 Teachers’ pension scheme payments made on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE) in the 2025 to 2026 financial year.

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