According to new figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), white students have made up the minority of applicants for Oxbridge and medical degrees for the first time. Of the 51,890 UK applicants 49.2 per cent were white, down from 50.7 per cent last year and 67.9 per cent in 2015. By Louisa Clarence-Smith, The Telegraph.

The Telegraph reports BBC Newsround, the youth-focused news service, is facing complaints from campaign group Don't Divide Us over an article on its website titled "White privilege: What is it and how can it be used to help others?" The group, which seeks to promote a "common sense" approach to race, claims the concept of "white privilege" should not be taught as fact. By Craig Simpson.

Findings from a recent Teacher Tapp poll suggest the proportion of senior leadership team members experiencing consistent feelings of "burnout" has more than doubled over the past five years. Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said that senior leaders and headteachers are being “broken by the severity of the pressures they are facing”. By Matilda Martin, Tes.

Emma Balchin, joint CEO of the National Governance Association (NGA), outlines the key priorities governors want any future government to focus on, in advance of the upcoming general election. These issues, which feature in the NGA's recently published manifesto, include recruitment and retention, school buildings, edtech equality, supporting families, SEND, and funding the future. Tes.

The Commission on School Reform, set up by the Reform Scotland think tank, has found that one in five teenagers across the country are missing a day of school every week on average. The data reveals 18 per cent of S4-6 students had attendance lower than 80 per cent in 2022-23, compared with 13 per cent in 2018-19. By Lizzie Roberts, The Times.

Tes reports findings from the Department for Education’s (DfE) behaviour hubs scheme have been delayed until 2024. The DfE's contract with the firm commissioned to produce the interim report reportedly came to an end in July due to a "no-fault exit". By Matilda Martin.

An analysis by the Higher Education Policy Institute and the student housing provider Unipol has found the average student is left with just 50p a week to live off after paying rent out of their student loans. The study found rents have risen by nearly £1,000 over the last year across ten key university cities, taking up the whole of a maintenance loan. By Emma Yeomans, The Times.

Tes offers a guide to teacher pensions, exploring everything from how much you might pay into a pension scheme to what you can expect to receive as a salary when you retire.

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