In recent years, the push to ban smartphones in schools has picked up, with advocates citing everything from improving focus ...

A landmark study suggests education chiefs need to take a wider approach to reducing children's time on smartphones and ...

First study of its kind finds that restrictive school policies don’t lead to lower phone and social media use overall, nor ...

Banning phones in schools is not linked to pupils getting higher grades or having better mental wellbeing, the first study of ...

School phone bans do not improve young people’s grades or mental wellbeing, a study has found. The research, by academics at ...

A new study has recommended raising VAT on meat, but a zero-rating on fruit and vegetables, in a bid to improve public health ...

The University of Birmingham research looked into sleep, exercise and academic records to compile its conclusions ...

In its weekly voxpop, the Advertiser heard what people think of the idea of banning phones in schools. The idea of banning ...

Data shows that families on lower incomes struggle to afford a healthy diet which is why the Tesco Fruit & Veg for Schools programme was launched in October 2024. The £4 million project directly ...

The Conservative government put out formal guidance on how to ban mobile phones in schools almost exactly a year ago. But 12 months later, a new study finds this approach does not have much of an ...