Amy Borrett

Tuesday, 5 December, 2023

The true extent of damage to schools from Covid-19

The pandemic had a highly disruptive effect on learning around the world, but in many cases also reinforced longer-term trends in attainment

Sunday, 3 December, 2023

UK Inequality

Benefit limit one of ‘biggest drivers’ of child poverty in England, say charities

Data shows that limiting payments to 2 children hits those in Midlands and North West hardest

Tuesday, 14 November, 2023

FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign

Record number of UK households seek help with cost-of-living issues

Latest Citizens Advice data shows mounting crisis heading into winter as voluntary sector warns it will struggle to cope

Friday, 10 November, 2023

UK economy

UK’s flagship vocational qualification failing to attract students

Association of Colleges survey finds fewer than expected numbers signing up for T-levels

Monday, 6 November, 2023

UK universities

Non-EU international students at UK universities less likely to get top grades, data shows

Analysis will add to pressure on institutions accused of placing financial concerns ahead of academic quality

Thursday, 2 November, 2023

UK schools

Falling pupil numbers add to primary school budget pressures in England

Number of students in early education set to fall by 13% by 2032, leading to schools receiving less funding

Wednesday, 1 November, 2023

Datawatch

Women at the sharp end of the rental crisis

A lack of affordable housing means the most vulnerable simply cannot rent in some parts of the UK

Wednesday, 25 October, 2023

News in-depthUK economy

Can towns fund arrest decades of decline of UK provinces?

Hastings is among the areas to receive extra money to drive regeneration but experts warn ‘temporary prettification’ will not solve deeper problems

Tuesday, 17 October, 2023

Special ReportWomen in Business

New tech is both a threat and a benefit for women’s access to work

Flexible working and skills-based hiring will improve gender equality and help companies to attract top talent

Sunday, 8 October, 2023

UK universities

Most disadvantaged UK students are still not going to top universities

Research shows university students from least well-off families are no more likely to attend top universities than 25 years ago

Wednesday, 4 October, 2023

News in-depthNational Health Service

‘Fragile’ NHS confronts winter crisis made worse by strikes

FT research finds dangerously high bed occupancy levels and delays for A&E treatment

Monday, 2 October, 2023

News in-depthScotland

How a £25 payment is turning Scotland into a European pioneer in reducing child deprivation

Welfare policy is cutting poverty among under 16s to levels below the rest of Britain, say supporters

Friday, 29 September, 2023

Demographics and population

Why are white Britons dying at higher rates than other ethnic groups?

New mortality data could help create targeted policy to reduce the UK’s large and growing disease burden

Saturday, 23 September, 2023

Climate change

What Rishi Sunak’s net zero overhaul means for UK emissions

Critics say the country is ignoring its role as a large historical emitter

Thursday, 21 September, 2023

National Health Service

Number of UK nursing students plummets despite NHS shortages

Low wages and student debt worries are believed to have undermined applications, putting workforce plan in doubt

Thursday, 14 September, 2023

Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases

Sydney’s HIV success shows way for others

Experts say joint effort by clinicians, activists and politicians to deploy preventive tools shows how effective they can be

Thursday, 14 September, 2023

Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases

In charts: Threat from infectious diseases eases across the world

Illnesses such as cancer and heart disease supplant likes of HIV

Thursday, 24 August, 2023

UK schools

Share of top GCSE grades falls sharply after return to pre-pandemic exams

Proportion of level 7 or above marks awarded fall to 22% from 26.3%

Friday, 18 August, 2023

Work & Careers

Is a degree worth it?

Employers are starting to look more at skills than education, which is good news for students opting not to go to university

Thursday, 17 August, 2023

UK schools

UK exam boards make sharp cuts to top A-level grades

Return to pre-pandemic marking causes A and A* grades to fall to 27.2% of total, down 9 percentage points

Sunday, 23 July, 2023

Visual and data journalism

Europe is far from completing its energy transition

Other charts of the week: jobs at risk of automation, the ideal age of a US president, the main drivers of tree cover loss and record UK temperatures

Friday, 21 July, 2023

Pollution

Sadiq Khan defends bigger low-emission zone in London

Labour leader Starmer blames policy for Uxbridge by-election loss but capital’s mayor says move is ‘right’

Friday, 21 July, 2023

UK universities

Britons squeezed out of top universities by lucrative overseas students

Intake of lower-paying domestic students drops at Russell Group as funding crisis bites

Tuesday, 18 July, 2023

The Big Read

The looming financial crisis at UK universities

Tuition fees are not keeping up with the rising costs of the country’s world-class higher education sector, prompting calls for a radical rethink

Amy Borrett

Data journalist

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