BBC: Education

• Universities must do more to prevent suicides, ministers say

  The government wants universities to check the safety of halls and reach out to families after a death.

• Family criticises law change on paedophiles' parental rights

  Those convicted of child sexual offences may not be banned from contact with their own offspring.

• Wait to enter education 'frustrating' for teenage asylum seekers

  A report calls for a specialist education programme for those aged 16-24 who come to NI as asylum seekers and refugees.

• Fruit juice 'not fruit' in school food shakeup plan

  The plan also sees sweet treats and fried food being cut down in primary schools.

• Pay deal reached with further education lecturers

  The Department for the Economy says the unions have agreed an increase of 5.5% for 2024/25.