The amount of maintenance help available varies across the UK. Undergraduate students in England and Wales can borrow more for day-to-day living costs in 2025-26 than in previous years. The maximum maintenance loan for students from England living away from their parents outside of London, for example, rose to £10,544 …

Getting kids to drink water can be a thankless task – they would often rather do anything else. But the answer could be in foods that contain lots of water. From 12 months old, try frozen lollies made from plain water or very diluted fruit juice. For older kids, ramp …

When it comes to age verification, it is expected that the tech giants will do the checking. “The methods available to platforms are well established. Identity document scanning with a face match, email-based age checks and facial age estimation are proven to work at scale,” says Andy Lulham, Chief Operating …

Millions of hopeful medical students across India are resitting a crucial exam under unprecedented security, after the first paper was cancelled following allegations that the questions had been leaked. Nervous students were met with biometric identification checks, metal detectors, armoured patrols and frisking at exam centres on Sunday morning. Leaving …

“The market is clearly showing signs of slowing down. We’ve already seen enrolments to the UK and US fall by 20% over the last two years, and I expect another 10-15% decline from those levels going forward,” Sushil Sukhwani, founder of Edwise International, which sends thousands of Indian students to …

As temperatures increase significantly over the next few days, these are your rights. BBC News

“Countries such as Germany, Ireland, Italy and several other European destinations are attracting increasing interest from Indian students because of lower tuition costs, favourable post-study work pathways, strong employment prospects and a more attractive overall value proposition,” said Mayank Maheshwari, co-founder and COO of University Living, a student accommodation platform. …

Millions of candidates face biometric checks and frisking as air force deployed to secure exam papers. BBC News

If we are witnessing a profound shift in the online space, how will it reshape our relationship with it? Technology and AI editor Zoe Kleinman writes. BBC News

Why did Hungary’s pronatalist approach deliver an early rise in births only then to fall back? And what lessons does it offer to other countries desperate to lift fertility? BBC News

Sites including Instagram, YouTube and TikTok will become inaccessible for millions of children, the prime minister has announced. BBC News

A University College London (UCL) study suggests that smacking children “does no good whatsoever”. BBC News

More are reading for fun for the first time in five years, according to new research. BBC News

The prime minister has pledged “decisive” measures in response to calls for an Australia-style ban. BBC News

The guidance is set to include tips on how much screen time children aged five to 16 should have. BBC News

Naomi Gleit has weathered many controversies at Meta, but remains in what she tells the BBC is her “dream job”. BBC News

The union argues that instead of cutting teacher recruitment, the government should use falling pupil numbers to make class sizes smaller. BBC News

“We’re hearing stories – and I hear this directly from schools as I go up and down the country – of devices like supposedly hidden earpieces, smart glasses that play text covertly on the inside of the glasses that only the wearer can see, and even biros that have got …

The boss of X, Tesla and SpaceX is the world’s richest person and has used his platform to make his views known on a vast array of topics. BBC News

The BBC has been contacted by hundreds of users who claimed they had been wrongly banned from the sites. BBC News