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The challenge to educate the children uprooted by the siege of Marawi

In partnership with The European Commission

Two years after Marawi's siege, 66,000 Filipinos still live in tents or shelters and only a small amount of displaced children have resumed school regularly. Improving access to education is among the aims of a project, funded by EU Humanitarian Aid, which has been a gamechanger for many families.

Europe News

The Brief: MEPs vote to condemn Poland's anti-sex education bill

Parliament voted overwhelmingly to condemn a bill proposed by the Polish government that would criminalize sex education in schools.

Italy

Italy introduces mandatory climate change lessons in schools

"I want to make the Italian education system the first education system that puts the environment and society at the core of everything we learn in school," Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti said.

United Kingdom

Italian academics warn post-Brexit UK universities' reputation at risk

Italian academics who have left the UK over concerns about their immigration status after Brexit have warned the country may face a brain drain and a decline in funding

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World

Sal Khan's non-profit online school began with free maths classes for his cousins

The non-profit Khan Academy now provides thousands of online classes for people around the world

USA

Watch: Sesame Street tackles US opioid addiction crisis

The show will tell the story of the puppet Karli, whose mother is battling addiction. There are 5.7 million children under 11 living with a parent with a substance abuse problem in the US.

Living

Spanish university builds eco-campus for students to learn outside

The University of Malaga partners with Ecosistema Urbano to design open, outside classrooms for students.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Why better adult education in the UK could be key to solving the wounds opened by Brexit ǀ View

If there is a single lesson to take away from the referendum result, it’s that large swathes of the country have been ignored, and that the opportunities available to them aren’t up to scratch.

Green News

Would you go to university to become a social media influencer?

The course promises instafamous influencers as guest speakers will give its students the edge.

United Kingdom

World's first vagina museum to open in London in November

Its aim will be to educate visitors about female genitals while fighting stigma surrounding them.

Spain

History of the Roma community to be taught in Spanish schools

Spain's education minister has announced that the history of the Roma people will be incorporated into schools' curriculums.

World News

Euroviews. The G7 should deliver progress, not promises, on gender equality ǀ View

Most countries in the world limit the economic opportunities of women by law. More than 100 countries even exclude women in particular from obtaining certain jobs. There are 18 countries, where it is legal for men to forbid their wives to work at all.

Finland

Watch: Purpose-built primary school is designed to combat stress

The school is publicly funded and was created with the help of designer Margit Sjöroos.

United Kingdom

Rochester Cathedral turns medieval nave into mini-golf course

The "play and pray" initiative is aimed at attracting a younger audience.

Angola

Insight: The street children of Luanda

Insight: The street children of Luanda

Netherlands

Dutch school forced to close playground after noise complaints

A primary school in the Netherlands has been forced to close its part of its playground for the pupils after people living nearby complained about the noise.

USA

Florida principal reassigned after saying Holocaust was not "factual"

After furor and calls for his resignation, the Palm Beach County school board announced the principal would be moved to an administrative role.

United Kingdom

First British female medical students get degrees 150 years later

The "Edinburgh Seven" enrolled at university in 1869 but were prevented from graduating and qualifying as doctors after pressure and discrimination from their male peers.

Canada

Picture of Quebec education minister with Malala stirs controversy

The Canadian province recently adopted a law barring teachers and other civil servants from wearing religious symbols.

World

Will an Emirati businessman succeed in towing an iceberg to the UAE?

An Emirati businessman wants to tow an iceberg from Antarctica to the Arabian Gulf.