Poppy Wood @poppyeh

Education Editor @Telegraph [email protected] London, England Joined April 2009

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George Parker @GeorgeWParker

3 weeks ago

This was the article where Peter Mandelson told me to F*** off over Epstein. But there is a telling pay off, as he signs off after 8 years as chancellor at Manchester Met Uni, when he says: “I hope I survive in my next job for at least half that period." ft.com/content/085e20…

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Poppy Wood @poppyeh

4 weeks ago

Saying the next general election is going to be the most important one is the “most overused phrase” in politics, says Nadine Dorries “It’s like Peter and the Wolf,” she says (She means the Boy Who Cried Wolf)

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a month ago

🇬🇧 State 'Has Failed White Working Class Pupils' ▫Education Secretary says demographic has been ‘let down’ and UK productivity is suffering as a result ▫@poppyeh ▫is.gd/2sEiLY #frontpagestoday #UK @Telegraph

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Sam Dunning @samdunningo

2 months ago

CCP repression of academics in the UK is a source of systemic distortion of our knowledge of China. This is strategic. British university administrators are taking part in this. Indeed, in many cases, by second-guessing the anger of the CCP, they are making things worse. They…

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James Baxter-Derrington @jamesbaxterd

2 months ago

Incredible work from @poppyeh on this very involved story - no mean feat getting this together.

Poppy Wood @poppyeh

2 months ago

Incredible work from @poppyeh on this very involved story - no mean feat getting this together.

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Ben Butcher @bienbutcher

2 months ago

🧑‍🎓 Some key stats in the world of private special schools: - Top-up funding to ind schools up from £900m to £2.4bn in a decade - Number of private special schools has doubled - Avg. pupil cost 4x that of state Great story by @poppyeh bit.ly/46rDmcW. .

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Felix Armstrong @felixKarmstrong

4 months ago

King's College Cambridge has announced that it will drop investments in arms firms, following long-running pressure from students over the war in Gaza. King's becomes the first Oxbridge college to do so. For @Telegraph with @poppyeh telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/2…

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Bridget Phillipson @bphillipsonMP

5 months ago

We’re tackling poor mental health, poor attendance and poor behaviour. This year, Mental Health Support Teams will be available to another 900,000 children in schools across our country. We’re delivering on our Plan for Change. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…

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The Telegraph @Telegraph

5 months ago

🔵 Children will be taught the value of “grit” to tackle a growing mental health crisis in schools, The Telegraph can reveal Read this front page story here ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…

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The Telegraph @Telegraph

5 months ago

The front page of today's Daily Telegraph: 'Children to be taught to show some grit'

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Ben Butcher @bienbutcher

5 months ago

These deficits come with the grimmer reality that universities are laying off more and more staff - easily the biggest expense of universities. The reports highlight 10k+ redundancies last year, costing university hundreds of millions of pounds.

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Ben Butcher @bienbutcher

5 months ago

🧑‍🎓 We've been through the annual reports and the numbers are shocking - 61 universities recorded a deficit last year - 43pc of ttotal. That's 43pc. Read mine and @poppyeh analysis, and see the unis which are now entering their sixth year in the red bit.ly/4kaSBdL