Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government is to cut back a hugely successful programme designed to encourage teenagers to take up ...

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Chris Brignell is Deputy Director of the Observatory for Mathematical Education, which is supported by a founding grant from XTX Markets Ltd. Stephen Lee is a Senior Research Fellow at the Observatory ...

Entries for A-level maths exceeded 100,000 this summer – the first time this milestone has been reached. The subject remained the most popular A-level this year, with a 10.9% increase in entries ...

In 2025, more young people than ever have opened their A-level results to find out how they did in their maths exam. Once again, maths has been the most popular A-level subject, with 112,138 entries ...

Paul Glaister CBE does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...