A report has shown millions of pounds are wasted attracting graduates to teaching, when they in fact never end up entering the profession. By Nicola Woolcock, The Times.

Labour MP, David Drew, has called on the Government to investigate the safety standards of noticeboards, which are often made of flammable material. BBC News.

Lord Willetts, minister for universities and science between 2010 and 2014, has claimed the former education secretary, Michael Gove MP, is partly to blame for the decline in the International Baccalaureate. By Will Hazell, Tes.

The cost of tuition fees and living costs has meant nearly 10 million adults have "missed out on a university education", according to a survey by Universities UK (UUK) and the CBI. By Richard Vaughan, iNews.

BBC News reports on calls from the CBI and UUK for more support for students wishing to take flexible or part-time courses.

An experiment, published in the Journal of Paediatrics, has shown children are more responsive to the sound of a fire alarm if the recording has been changed to the sound of their mother’s voice. By Tom Whipple, The Times.

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