Jackson Hall, a 17-year-old manufacturing and engineering T-Level student at York College, designed a polycarbonate screen that keeps rats away from electric cables inside signal boxes. He came up with it on a work placement. Network Rail has fitted it at two Leeds-area signal boxes, with 63 more installations planned.
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Ángela Karime Venegas Hernández, 17, from Tamaulipas in Mexico, invented Vortex Tech, a fire extinguisher that puts out flames with low-frequency sound waves instead of water, foam or chemicals. It won gold at an international science and invention competition in Indonesia. Fire, it turns out, has a hearing problem.
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A team from a Ho Chi Minh City school won an international robotics championship in China, its principal told Tuoi Tre. Teams came from South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Türkiye, Egypt and China. The theme was Robots Meet Culture, which the principal said posed a major challenge for the students.
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Mai Van Khanh and Nguyen Quang Dung, 12th-grade physics students at Lam Son High School for Gifted Students in Vietnam, each won a gold medal at the 2026 International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad. They prepared for only three months, focusing on independent thinking and persistent effort.
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Ghana International School in Accra has appointed Nadia Bruce-Muller as Principal and Head of School, effective September 2026. She brings more than 25 years of international education experience across Cambridge, the Ontario Curriculum and the IB. She was Vice-Principal of the Junior School for nine years before the move.
Read more at educationafricamag.com →Birla Public School in Doha won gold in the 4x100m relay at the CBSE National Athletics Championship 2026, held from 14 to 19 October at Punjabi University, Patiala. The team clocked 43.76 seconds. The baton made the trip from Qatar too.
Read more at thepeninsulaqatar.com →New Horizon Crescent International School in Dhaka was a finalist in the Leadership in Teaching category of the British Council Partner Schools Awards 2026. It was shortlisted with Daffodil International School and Cider International School, which won the category. The school says its journey has focused on teacher development.
Read more at thebangladeshtoday.com →Srijan International School, Jammu, ranked first in Jammu and Kashmir and seventh in India in the Future Ready Sustainable School Award category of the Education World India School Rankings 2026-27. The rankings list categories as specific as the schools that top them.
Read more at Daily Excelsior →The International Schools Sports Organisation held its 8th National Archery Championship in Ahmedabad on 24 and 25 October, with 56 schools from across India. Archers competed in Under-14, Under-17 and Under-19 categories across the Indian, Recurve and Compound rounds. Aim, release, wait for the scoreboard.
Read more at thenewsmill.com →Amaia Ardhanareswari S., a student at SMAK Tirtamarta BPK Penabur Pondok Indah, won a bronze medal in economics at Indonesia's 2026 National Science Olympiad. She had been torn between mathematics and economics before choosing. The medal followed months of selection and preparation alongside her regular schoolwork.
Read more at jurnalpost.com →Students at St John Bosco Arts College Sixth Form in Croxteth have been on trips, visited universities and joined workshops this year as part of an enrichment programme to build employability skills. Year 12 students recently explored healthcare and emergency services careers at a North West Ambulance Service awareness day.
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A petition signed by nearly 12,700 students asks the Joint Admission Board, IIT Council and Ministry of Education to review JEE Advanced eligibility. It argues that CBSE's 75% attendance requirement and the two-attempt limit restrict preparation time for regular school students, and seeks a third attempt.
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The University of California is reviewing its SAT and ACT policy, which could mean future applicants have to prepare for tests they were not expecting, a student paper reports. The UC Regents made tests optional for fall 2021 and 2022 admissions in 2020.
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The State University of New York is letting applicants apply to its institutions for free from 19 October to 2 November, Chancellor John B. King Jr. announced. It is the fifth time the campaign has run, covering fee waivers at five SUNY campuses. The deadline is the only fee left.
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France's government has pledged to replace Parcoursup, its national online university admissions platform, in 2028, with substantial changes in 2027 first. Students have criticised unclear selection criteria and unequal access to preferred courses. The announcement followed weeks of student protests over education and living costs.
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Indian institutions including IISER Pune, ISB, IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore are moving from blanket AI bans to controlled classroom use, reworking teaching and assessment. The aim is to help students use AI critically while keeping independent thinking, subject knowledge and academic rigour intact, the Indian Express reports.
Read more at The Indian Express →IIT Kharagpur has announced the Benjamin Gupta School of Physical AI, backed by an investment of Rs 35 crore. It will focus on research, education and innovation in artificial intelligence that interacts with the physical world, including robotics and computational engineering, according to a PIB statement.
Read more at News18 →NEP 2020 allows multiple entry and exit options in undergraduate study, subject to academic and credit requirements, and universities are exploring how to widen student choice without lowering standards. The debate picked up after comments by V. Ramgopal Rao, former director of IIT Delhi, News18 reports.
Read more at News18 →Anand Prakash Chouksey began teaching at 15 after money troubles ended his engineering plans. The school he later set up in Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh, now reports more than 550 IIT/JEE and 630 NEET selections. His family earned a living selling milk, and he founded Macro Vision Academy in 2002-03.
Read more at EdexLive →Small US colleges are reviving football to attract students as a shortage of college-age applicants looms. Azusa Pacific University dropped football in 2020 after 55 years and Whittier College in 2022 after 115 years, mainly for financial reasons. Both are back on the field. Admissions now comes with a kickoff.
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The University of the Sunshine Coast is offering a $5,000 scholarship to Queensland students completing Year 12 in 2026 who score an unadjusted ATAR of at least 90. They must make a UniSC course their first QTAC preference by 12pm on 21 December and meet residency requirements.
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The Deepika Scholarship, run by the Karnataka government with the Azim Premji Foundation since September 2025, gives eligible girl students Rs 30,000 a year towards a degree or diploma. The 2026-27 cycle is under way. It aims to ease the financial pressure that stops many girls from entering higher education.
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Foundation for Excellence is accepting applications for scholarships for first-year engineering, MBBS and law students across India. Each new awardee gets Rs 50,000 or more, with selection based on academic merit and financial need. The general programme has no separate quotas by caste, community, gender or religion.
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The Nanded district administration will give free NEET, JEE and CET coaching to 200 meritorious students from economically weaker rural families amid drought in Maharashtra. Class 10 students at Zilla Parishad and private aided rural schools can qualify through an entrance test in December.
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IIT Gandhinagar will host the finale of the GIFT FutureLab Grand Challenge 2026-27, a national competition for technology solutions in financial services. Students and researchers from technical, management and other higher education institutions can apply alone or in teams until 12 November.
Read more at The Indian Express →Rutuja Sonawane and Mohammad Riyaz were selected from 183 participants in the 2025-26 Students' Biennale for a semester at Beaux-Arts de Marseille, running from 21 September 2026 to 29 January 2027. The programme is backed by the French Institute in India, the Raza Foundation and the Kochi Biennale Foundation.
Read more at Local Samosa →The BDA Youth Voice Project is a 12-month opportunity for UK residents aged 12 to 30 with a formal dyslexia diagnosis. Participants share experiences and ideas to help shape the British Dyslexia Association's campaigns, educational resources, events and communications.
Read more at opportunitiesforyouth.org →The William Floyd Scholarship Fund's annual golf tournament on Long Island has raised more than $700,000 for student scholarships over its 28-year history. Organisers were presented with a plaque at the William Floyd School District Board of Education meeting on 20 October. A long game, played for students.
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From 30 November, overseas students coming to UK universities will have to prove they have more money to cover living costs for each month of their course, as the Home Office raises the financial maintenance requirement, The Independent reports. Bank statements are now part of the application essay.
Read more at independent.co.uk →International enrolment at Canadian public schools in CAPS-I membership fell 4% in 2025/26, with a sharp drop from China driving most of the decline. Germany, South Korea, Italy, Spain and other markets grew. Some school systems also reported limits on their capacity to host international students.
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Universities in England will pay £925, about $1,200, per international student above a threshold of 220 enrolments, from August 2028. The government expects £445 million in the first year. Students will not pay it directly, but the cost could shape universities' tuition fee decisions, including for applicants from India.
Read more at The Times of India →Tuscaloosa City Schools will send up to three student groups abroad each year from 2027, after the city committed Elevate Tuscaloosa funds to its Sister Cities programmes. High schoolers have long alternated summers between Narashino, Japan, and Schorndorf, Germany, living with host families and attending local schools.
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Immigration New Zealand announced four student visa changes on 27 October, effective immediately. They remove unlimited work rights for research master's students, strengthen English-language checks and give authorities broader powers to suspend visa applications. Three of the four changes tighten the rules.
Read more at awaaz.co.nz →Applicants lodging new Australian visa applications in India from 26 October may be asked for fingerprints and a facial image, the Australian High Commission in New Delhi said. The rule does not affect visas already lodged before that date. Indian students should factor in the extra step.
Read more at EdexLive →US educators warn that a Trump administration proposal to charge universities $70,000 for each international student seeking work experience could discourage foreign students, CNA reports. They say it threatens billions in economic contributions and America's global influence. The proposal is still a proposal.
Read more at CNA →New OECD data shows international student mobility rising at master's and doctoral levels, with high shares in Luxembourg, New Zealand and Switzerland. Even countries with stricter policies make exceptions for advanced-degree applicants, and international students are much more likely to graduate in STEM than domestic ones.
Read more at ICEF Monitor →Australia has introduced reduced student visa fees for eligible applicants from selected Southeast Asian and Pacific Island countries, below the standard AUD 2,500 charge. Kenya is not on the reported list, Education News reports, and Kenyan students are advised to confirm the charges before applying.
Read more at educationnews.co.ke →China remains Malaysia's largest source of international students, but its share of applications fell from about 41% in 2023 to about 27% in the first four months of 2026, Education Malaysia Global Services said. Applications from other countries are growing as Malaysia draws students from more markets.
Read more at malaymail.com →Ireland recorded 44,535 non-Irish enrolments in 2024-25, up 10.2% in a year, according to Higher Education Authority data cited in an ETS-attributed piece for Connect Gujarat. It says Indian students planning for Ireland must check entry requirements, including English-language proficiency, alongside courses and institutions.
Read more at connectgujarat.com →International investors have been buying their first purpose-built student accommodation in Australia since 2025, according to JLL. Greystar, Mapletree and M&G have all entered the market, backed by offshore institutional money and European pension capital. The dorm room is now an asset class.
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UC Berkeley mathematics professor Richard Borcherds, a 1998 Fields Medal winner, now gives students credit for turning in homework on time rather than for correct answers. He told Newsweek there is no point marking papers generated with AI. "AI can now solve many" of the problems, he said.
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The largest evaluation of an instructional coaching programme to date found no benefit to teacher retention or student test scores from an intensive, expensive coaching model used in hundreds of schools, Education Week reports. The study adds to research showing common professional development models often fall flat.
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At Arabia Mountain High School in Georgia, teachers set limits on when students can use AI, so students spend more time working problems out on their own. Some say it is helping them learn, according to a Georgia Public Broadcasting student voices piece. Getting stuck is back on the syllabus.
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Princeton professors are rethinking assessment as student AI use grows, with a return to mandated proctoring for in-person exams, device-free classes and oral exams. Dean of the College Michael Gordin's teaching memo urged a more sceptical approach than assuming all technology is permitted unless there is cause to forbid it.
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In a Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union survey of about 2,700 teachers, 82.3% said current supervision procedures make it difficult to tell whether students are wearing AI smart glasses during the CSAT and mock exams. Spectacles now need a second look.
Read more at news.sbs.co.kr →Software engineer German Gil, a veteran of Netflix, Facebook and GitHub, enrolled his daughter at the San Francisco Waldorf school, a screen-free school built around nature play, the Guardian reports. He wanted a school where his "kid could be a kid".
Read more at The Guardian →Microsoft has expanded its AI Classroom Toolkit with Cyberlite during Global Media and Information Literacy Week. The resources aim to build media and AI literacy as AI makes it harder to know whether content is authentic. Microsoft says the responsibility for reliable AI lies with the companies that build it.
Read more at blogs.microsoft.com →Ethiopia's Ministry of Education launched a pilot AI teacher assistant in mid-October that runs offline on standard laptops, with World Bank support. Built on grades 9 to 12 textbooks, it can generate lesson plans and exam questions, a practical answer to the country's connectivity gaps.
Read more at birrmetrics.com →The Georgia Department of Education has received two federal grants to expand teacher apprenticeships. A nearly $6 million grant supports paraprofessional-to-teacher apprenticeships, mentoring and support for new educators, and about $4.3 million expands apprenticeships for aspiring special education teachers.
Read more at ajc.com →A British Council piece argues that teachers and their professional development should be at the centre of education reform in Africa to improve equitable learning in multilingual classrooms. Drawing on global research and its own work in Africa, it notes teachers make a difference even where resources are scarce.
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Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi inaugurated CBSE's experience centre in Dwarka on Tuesday and called for experiential learning in place of rote learning. He said education, and anxious parents with it, has become overly fixated on marks, calling it "marks-wadi". Students may quote this at home.
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CBSE's proposed Open Book Assessments for Class 9, approved by its Governing Body in June 2025, would place more emphasis on understanding concepts and applying knowledge. Being allowed to consult a textbook does not make an exam easier, Times Now notes. Less memorising, more thinking.
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Class 10 and 12 students taking the 2027 CBSE board exams should check their registration details, and report a missing subject to their school immediately, Jagran Josh reports. CBSE has asked affiliated schools to ensure student records are accurate, including subject codes and personal details.
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CBSE is scheduled to open the List of Candidates correction window for the 2027 Class 10 and 12 board exams from 2 to 4 November. Schools and candidates can find and fix errors in submitted exam data. Spelling your own name is the first exam.
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Bihar plans to make computer education compulsory from Class 6 in all government schools from the next academic session, Education Minister Mithilesh Tiwari said on 23 October. Teachers will be trained through SCERT first. Smart classrooms are due in all 700 Saraswati Vidya Niketan schools by 31 March 2027.
Read more at EdexLive →Government data shows most students travel longer distances to school than the RTE Act's short-distance norms, The Hindu reports. In August, Class 9 student Tina Vaikunthe from Nagpur district went viral documenting her daily seven-kilometre walk to school, after which a state bus service was introduced.
Read more at The Hindu →IIT Mandi, Plaksha University and the Igniting Dreams of Young Minds Foundation have launched Science on Wheels in Himachal Pradesh to promote practical science education among school students. The state segment launched on 17 October at IIT Mandi Campus School. The lab now has a driver.
Read more at Hindustan Times →The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday asked CBSE to suggest measures to improve traffic management around its affiliated schools in Lucknow, PTI reported. It summoned a responsible CBSE official to explain how earlier directions could be implemented, seeking safer commutes, regular vehicle checks and accountability for violations.
Read more at India Today →Odisha ordered schools and Anganwadi centres in Rayagada, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Ganjam, Khordha and Puri districts to close as a precaution against Cyclone Arnab. The OCS Mains exam has been rescheduled. Students in the affected districts should follow official updates.
Read more at Hindustan Times →The Delhi High Court dismissed a review petition by the NGO Justice For All against the Delhi government's decision to give cash, instead of uniforms, to EWS and disadvantaged students enrolled in private schools. The court said the policy did not warrant judicial interference.
Read more at The Times of India →The Karnataka State Primary School Teachers' Association has asked the state to set up cluster-level kitchens to supply midday meals to government schools. It argues that cooking at each school burdens teachers and affects academic work, and has sent a proposal to the school education department and PM POSHAN.
Read more at The Hindu →NMMS admit cards for Uttar Pradesh and Telangana have been released, with both states holding the National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship exam on 1 November. UP students can download hall tickets from the official portal, while Telangana students collect theirs from their schools.
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Tanmay Chaudhary, 17, scored 278 runs in a quarter-final of the Schools Total T20 Tournament, hitting 22 fours and 27 sixes, including eight sixes in a row. Five came in one over. It adds to a prolific run across school, state and league cricket. The bowlers have been informed.
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Zeus Lalani, a Class 12 student at Navrachana International School in Vadodara, runs Project Eklavya and Project Saksham to make study materials more accessible for visually impaired students and help them find people to write their exam answers. For them, exam challenges start long before the exam.
Read more at The Times of India →
A OnePoll survey found widespread concern among teenagers and parents about how AI could reshape jobs, with some families looking more closely at vocational careers, FE News reports. College students training for practical work say their skills will stay essential. "AI can't deliver a lamb," one said.
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Aditya won gold in the men's 55kg category at the World Boxing U-19 Championships in Budva, Montenegro, coming back after narrowly losing the opening round to win 4:1. Megha Sheokand took silver in the women's 80kg category. The Asian silver medallist upgraded.
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The NCPA and the National Theatre UK are running the fourth edition of Connections India, a youth theatre programme where young people make and perform plays. For the first time it expands beyond Mumbai to Bengaluru, with plays on friendship, identity, climate change and the choices that shape young lives.
Read more at deccanchronicle.com →More than 100 young people from the Liverpool City Region attended an AI Skills Festival at Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium, with training from Microsoft, Accenture and LinkedIn. The event, run by charity Movement to Work, aimed to help young people not in employment, education or training start their careers.
Read more at birkenhead.news →Sanketh, a BTech graduate from Pune, started in a call centre, then joined Amazon as a customer service associate through campus placements. He moved into a technical role through Amazon's internal recruitment and now works in Singapore. News18 credits communication skills and continuous learning.
Read more at News18 →Entry-level roles are being taken by AI, leaving recent graduates facing a job market that wants high-level skills and experience while few employers offer the chance to gain it, a student paper argues. It says the fix does not lie only with employers.
Read more at mdcthereporter.com →Teacher roles at international schools and student opportunities with deadlines ahead, checked today. Every listing links to the original page. The deadlines are real, unlike extensions.
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