Jeremy Hunt's promise of more mental health nurses is welcome. But with bursaries cut, the proposals will be difficult to deliver

There is no two ways about it: real, per-pupil funding is plummeting. Unless this is reversed, and fast, we could start to see recent improvements in attainment undone

“Sexual health and district nursing services are under particularly severe strain”

Since its birth, the NHS has periodically seen off financial crises, charges of unsustainability, and wheezes to fund healthcare in new ways. Is this time any different?

A thousand wasteful weeds are set to bloom in Jo Johnson's HERB garden

Unacceptable regional attainment gaps persist

The demise of the human brain project shows why promising the earth to get funding isn't always the best option

The militant organisation could be offered a compromise: more financial security in return for loosening their hold on Gaza

As British universities receive the results of their research assessments, AC Grayling considers what future there is for the idea of a liberal education and laments the demise of the intellectual scholar