One in six children relatively poor
At least one out of every six children in the UK lives in relative poverty, according to data released by the Department for Work and Pensions.
Four teenagers are arrested after a fire at an Islamic boarding school in south-east London.
Three universities have banned adverts from high-cost payday lenders after fresh fears were raised that unscrupulous firms are targeting hard-up students.
Admissions to Oxbridge are biased by where students live, new figures reveal.
A students' union wants a ban on payday lenders advertising on campuses, but the industry says this will do nothing to stop rogue operators.
Two pupils and a teacher from each state school in England will visit battlefields in France and Belgium to mark the World War I centenary, the government says.
An Essex high school is fined after a 14-year-old boy fell from a climbing wall and fractured his heel during a PE lesson.
Many parents may secretly think their child is a genius but Michelle Goodwill's son, Alex, is the real thing.
It was a prank that made a group of students infamous - a car mysteriously placed on top of a building at Cambridge University overnight that took officials more than a week to remove.
Manchester Metropolitan has topped the People & Planet Green League for 2013, while Oxford and Cambridge do even worse than last year? Universities fail to make ethical investment policies?...
Manchester Metropolitan university has been named the greenest university in the UK. Which other universities make the green list and which are bottom of the class?? Get the 2013 data?...
This year's People & Planet Green League shows that most universities are making a real effort to become more sustainable. But the worrying exception is in the area of investment policies....
University data confounds the post-Thatcher myth of progress ? in fact the UK's social and economic divisions are growing widerThe news that Surrey contained almost as many successful...
The then-Museum of Photography, Film & Television inspired Si Cunningham to a career in journalism. He says its closure would wave a white flag for the promotion of creativity in the...
Scottish universities are joining forces to focus on good practice, rather than the past, say Andrea Nolan and Bill HarveyThere are many reasons to visit Scotland ? its fine cities,...
The first of the annual boat races between Oxford University Boat Club and Cambridge University Boat Club took place on this day in 1829Karin Andreasson
With the Science Museum's northern outpost facing closure, Guardian photographer Eamonn McCabe, who was a photography fellow in the 1980s, shares his love of the museum ? if not its...
The top ten districts accounted for more than one in every four places offered last year, despite making up only 17% of the eligible populationJohn Burn-Murdoch
Pre-university attainment varies dramatically by local authority, and addressing inequalities is critical. Universities can't make a difference on their ownAs both director of undergraduate...
Other nations are expanding their higher education systems, says Libby Hackett of University Alliance. Why not the UK?We talk a lot about the importance of UK students and graduates...
Until I was 16, I had no idea I was a young carer and certainly wasn't offered any help. Schools must get better at identifying usPlaying football, watching TV, picking your mum up...
NUS vice president says payday loan borrowing is having a real impact on students' wellbeing and educationThe National Union of Students has called on UK universities and colleges to...
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Labour should express a clear view about the governance, rights, responsibilities and freedoms that should apply to all schools, says Fiona MillarI am not really a fan of Michael Gove's...
Straight answers without blushes ? this week the Guardian Teacher Network has plenty of resources to guide you through the maze of teaching sex educationWhile the biological basics...
Children?s academic performance is not harmed if their mothers work during the first years of their lives, comprehensive research seen by The Independent shows.
A major shake-up of GCSEs for England is to be unveiled, with exams to be graded from eight to one - and exams at the end of two years instead of coursework.
Confidence in the examination system has been ?shaken? by the fiasco over marking last year?s GCSE English papers, MPs
Sweeping overhaul of the qualifications will see the reintroduction of end-of-course exams and the abolition of coursework.
Organisers gave high school pupils free mobile phones if they agreed to receive missives ? some motivating, some prosaicA groundbreaking experiment that bombarded US high school students...
Committee says regulator must object if it feels the latest redesigned examinations put standards at riskThe exam regulator Ofqual should be prepared for public battles with ministers...
Details of the most radical overhaul of GCSEs in England for a generation will be announced today, including plans to scrap the current grading system.
The GCSE grading fiasco that caused chaos for teenagers last summer risks being repeated under a major overhaul of the exams system, MPs warned today.
MPs warn against a rush towards separate school exams systems in Wales, England and Northern Ireland, saying such a move would be "regrettable".
Report says fall in global funding threatens millennium development goal of universal primary education by 2015International aid for primary school eduction has fallen for the first...
There is no link between children's academic performance and mothers who go out to work in the first years of their lives, according to new research.
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Liz Truss said the qualifications taken by more than half a million 16-year-olds each summer are too easy and must be replaced, as the Coalition unveiled sweeping reforms.
Overhaul of qualification to include end to modular coursework, an emphasis on final exams and a new grading systemMichael Gove's shakeup of GCSEs will mix 19th-century traditionalism...
A free school in Norwich is proposing a ban on homework, in favour of extra study time in school. Here is a round up of the reaction to the story on TwitterA new free school in Norwich...
For the first time in five years, we are making post-publication amendments to the Guardian league tablesWe are launching a slightly revised version of the Guardian university league...
Sweeping changes to the GCSE examiination will be unveiled by Education Secretary Michael Gove later today.
Sweeping changes to the GCSE examiination will be unveiled by Education Secretary Michael Gove later today.
Northern Ireland's education minister rejects a proposal to cancel extra payments which could have led to the closure of hundreds of small schools.
New-look GCSEs for schools in England have been unveiled, with exams graded from eight to one rather than A* to G.
Maria Miller is on her way to being remembered as the most irrelevant culture secretary ever ?
Michael Gove has announced substantial changes to GCSEs, with a new marking scheme and longer essay-style questions. Discuss the changes in the open thread below.GCSE exams in England...
Need advice on starting an environmental project at your university or college? Join in the discussion by posting in the comment thread and join us between 1-3pm on TuesdayAs education...
From womens liberation to the campaign against apartheid, throughout history students have led the way in changing the world, says veteran student activist Adam Ramsay"Go to the stall...
New GCSEs will be ?more challenging, more ambitious and more rigorous?, Michael Gove said today.
Union leaders have levelled a range of criticisms against sweeping changes to the GCSE examination to be unveiled by Education Secretary Michael Gove later today.
Sweeping changes to the GCSE examination will be unveiled by Education Secretary Michael Gove later today.
The Telegraph speaks to ringleader Peter Davey about the infamous 1950s car on roof prank.
Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is writing a picture book based on his song Octopus's Garden.
GCSEs will feature more British history, a study of classic literature and an increased focus on spelling, punctuation and grammar as part of a major drive to raise standards in schools,...
Reducing energy consumption on the university estate, switching to clean energy, and monitoring the ethical standards of suppliers, are all ways that universities can rise up the ranks...
60-year-old practice of segregating faiths for weekly morality lessons is out of step with modern need for coexistenceIt is 8am and Corine Vida, 50, is preparing for a class of 13 -...
'We think we can bring knowledge to the masses,' says UK-based mobile games startupLondon-based mobile games startup Brainbow has more than 1m people playing its 6 Numbers game, eight...
Oxford University's willingness to accept donations and form partnerships with individuals and businesses that are mired in controversy puts it at the bottom of the ethical league tableThe...
An old boys' network that only likes to promote those who "look, think and speak like the current leadership" is preventing thousands of women from accessing top jobs, the leader of...
Education Secretary Michael Gove today pledged ?more ambitious and more rigorous? GCSE exams as he outlined outlined the biggest shake-up to the exam since it was first introduced...
New GCSEs will be ?more challenging, more ambitious and more rigorous?, Michael Gove said today, but the Education Secretary faces a range of criticisms over the reform.
Speaking to MPs in the House of Commons, Education Secretary Michael Gove defends his education reforms, saying the Government is "protecting the standards on which all our children...
The Government has announced new details of its plans to reform GCSEs. Here are some of the key points behind the latest proposals.
Sustainability is more than just a green issue. Join our #HElivechat Friday 14 June from 12-2pm BST to discuss its relationship with leadership, procurement, learning and research"Universities...
I'm no fan of the unpopular education secretary. But I stand by my belief that working-class children need academic rigourIt may be that my political career does not survive the toe-curling...
The chair of the Education select committee says the current design of GCSE qualifications is problematic for students
BBC announces a new Blue Peter sport badge and television series to continue the Olympic legacy of London 2012.
A video featuring school teachers dancing behind unsuspecting students becomes an internet hit.
Morning-after pill: America has missed the point - what about preventing unwanted teenage pregnancy?
"Science" may have prevailed in getting the Obama administration to drop age restrictions on the morning-after pill, but Cathy Newman says US politicians are missing the point: isn't...
Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, has pledged to introduce "more challenging, more ambitious and more rigorous" courses as part of an overhaul of GCSEs. Here is a breakdown of...
Plans to let nurseries and childminders in England look after more children have been abandoned, the Education Minister Elizabeth Truss has confirmed.
What do you need to know when you step foot into a new school? And how can schools better support supply staff? Supply veterans share their ideas and tipsWhen we asked our readers to...
The London Mayor says a massive investment is needed in primary education in London to lift children in the capital 'up the world rankings'
Focus on final examination neglects importance of young people learning how to learn, work in teams and speak wellMichael Gove's view is that the current qualification system is letting...
Are Gove's plans to make new exams include more poetry, Dickens and algebra really going to help England compete with the rest of the world? Here's what you saidNew GCSE exams will...
This year we are showcasing work made by art and design students across the country. Here is what students at the University of Hertfordshire are up to
Education secretary outlines proposed changes to exam system that critics say hark back to bygone era of O-LevelsMichael Gove has pledged to make GCSE qualifications in England "more...
On GCSE reforms Michael Gove has delivered a masterclass in how to mess up and get away with it. Journalists take noteBeneath the florid Victorian wallpaper of a Commons committee room...
Eyeing the Senate, the New Jersey mayor turns self-promotion into an art form. His corporate-friendly policies are not so prettyIn 2002, a now defunct magazine called Shout NY put a...
If he wants to challenge the 'cram-and-forget' culture he should tell universities to look beyond grades in seeking out potentialThere is no denying Michael Gove's energy. Before his...
Return to final examinations, emphasis on Shakespeare and British history, and new marking systemMichael Gove unveiled a symphony of major and minor reforms to the way GCSE examinations...
Public schools using or beginning to use cloud based services are providing scope for data mining of users in the futureSchoolchildren are at risk of having their online activity tracked...
The education secretary has thrown himself into rewriting the exam syllabus.Steve Bell
Read our subject-by-subject guide to the new GCSE exams, scheduled to be introduced for the start of the 2015 school yearGeography? Students will be expected to show their understanding...
Rep who sell to new mothers on hospital wards should be banned, the online parenting forum Mumsnet has urged.
The federal government has sweetened its deal to get Western Australia to back its school reformsJulia Gillard has made Western Australia a new, increased offer on schools funding in...
So you've finished your training, but now's the time to discover more about your new school and pupilsSo you've made it. You've got through the year and you've managed to get by in...
Minutes before a pupillage interview, you may be given a problem question. Where should you begin?At the junior end of the bar, the ability to work at speed is invaluable. It is common...
A father withdraws his children from a Devon primary school after his 10-year-old son is refused lunch over a
A 10-year-old boy had to go hungry after he was refused lunch because the family owed his school
A video featuring Devon school teachers dancing behind unsuspecting students has become an internet hit.
U2 singer and actors Goldberg and Cumberbatch among the celebrities to turn artist for postcard sale to raise funds for schoolTo call the postcard-sized creation by Whoopi Goldberg...
This year we are showcasing work made by art students across the country. Here is what students at Goldsmiths in London are up to
A roundup of comments and insights from our live chat on what a 21st-century music education system should look like? Read a full transcript of the live chat hereLynne Phillips, piano...
Schools have been advised to open early on Monday because of disruption caused by the G8 summit in Northern Ireland.
The last thing those of us struggling with GCSE exams need is the education minister telling us how easy-peasy they areDear Liz TrussI sat my maths GCSE non-calculator paper yesterday....
Education Secretary Michael Gove is flouting the law over his plans to revamp the national curriculum, a group of history teachers will warn tomorrow.
Education Secretary Michael Gove today pledged ?more ambitious and more rigorous? GCSE exams as he outlined outlined the biggest shake-up to the exam since it was first introduced...
Too many comprehensive schools are failing to get the best out of their brightest pupils, chief schools inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw, will say today.
Hands up those of you who have been hungry for three days, asked Sylvia Mwichuli, director of communications at AGRA, which aims to help smallholder farmers in Africa combat hunger.
Many in the education world believe the sixth form is too early for a pupil to narrow their subject options down and specialise. Instead of the three-subject option ? which could be...
Education Secretary Michael Gove is flouting the law over his plans to revamp the national curriculum, a group of history teachers will warn tomorrow.
Michael Gove's fundamentalist meddling is about conforming to a dimly imagined past, when analytical thinking was surplus to requirementsWhen my 12-year-old said this week that she...
Playing relaxing music in school playgrounds during break time could reduce bullying, according to a new study.
Your criticisms (Editorial, 12 June) of Michael Gove's reactionary "reforms" of GCSEs are fair enough ? although making the exam more dependent upon short-term recall will do nothing...
A father has taken both of his children out of a primary school after one was refused lunch because the family owed
Thousands of bright children are being let down by England's non-selective secondary schools, inspectors warn.
Care minister Norman Lamb is holding talks to discuss what he says is a crisis in care of the elderly and disabled at home.
Appeals jumped by 20% between 2011 and 2012 ? the first year of the new, higher fee levelStudents have become more willing to issue formal complaints about their treatment at the hands...
Sir Michael Wilshaw launches new report card to show parents how their children are performing compared with their peers nationallySir Michael Wilshaw, the chief inspector of schools,...
The class of 2013 are the most optimistic bunch of graduates over their prospects of gaining employment for 15 years, according to research out today.
Complaints by students in England and Wales against universities rose by a quarter last year to a record level, a report by a higher education watchdog says.
Students taking internships are three times more likely to win good jobs amid a dramatic surge in competition for top graduate positions, it emerged today.
State comprehensives are systematically failing the brightest children by staging mixed-ability lessons, setting mediocre homework tasks and refusing to push pupils towards top universities,...
University leavers need work experience to get jobs and are heading to London in record numbers, say researchers
Thousands of bright children in England are being let down by non-selective secondary schools, inspectors are warning.
Record numbers of students are lodging complaints against universities as more undergraduates demand top degree grades in return for a hike in tuition fees.
State comprehensives fail the brightest children by staging mixed-ability lessons and refusing to push pupils towards top universities, says Ofsted.
Too many comprehensive schools are failing to get the best out of their brightest pupils, chief schools inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw, will say today.
State comprehensives fail the brightest children by staging mixed-ability lessons and refusing to push pupils towards top universities, says Ofsted.
The Scottish government is to set out its response to a major report on rural school closures which called on a more transparent decision-making system.
Project work offers a bridge to independent learning for students. John Taylor shares his advice for getting it right in the classroomWhat are your plans for the remaining weeks of...
Sussex's plummet down the rankings capped a bad year for the university ? but whose fault is that?When the Guardian published their university league table earlier this month, the University...
Perhaps, says independent adjudicator Rob Behrens. But cuts in university resources are creating a more dangerous equationAs the independent adjudictor for higher education in England...
? Schools' focus on competition 'puts Olympic legacy at risk'? 'Over half of girls still aren't happy with school sport'Campaigners have called on the government to do more to reduce...
General secretary of Nasuwt says conclusion that brightest pupils are being let down is 'scandalous' and does not 'stack up'Teachers have reacted angrily to comments from Sir Michael...
Thousands of children risk being consigned to educational failure because of Ofsted demands to set pupils by ability in secondary school, teachers' leaders have warned.
Files released by intelligence operative Edward Snowden to the Guardian have revealed a vast data collection operation by the US National Security Agency. Mobile phone metadata as well...
Our weekly round-up aimed at showcasing the latest research across the subject spectrum at UK universitiesScience and technology? University of Nottingham Scientists have discovered...
From choosing the right plants and materials to size and maintenance, here's our step-by-step guide to creating an outdoor space that will stimulate learning and the sensesBrowsing...
UK academics aren't short of big ideas, argue Robert Ford and Matthew Goodwin ? and have the evidence to back them upAmerican writer Henry Mencken once noted that there is always an...
The loss of an A-level exam paper in Amsterdam has led to calls for a free re-sit from students who sat the replacement paper.
Proposal is found in Whitehall-commissioned study examining how coalition could privatise entire stock of student loansA confidential report commissioned by the government has proposed...
Ofsted is playing to Michael Gove's agenda by scaremongering about bright children. The facts tell a different storyMore than four in 10 (41%) of the most able children who go to grammar...
Michael Wilshaw's conclusion is strange (Schools failing to nurture the brightest, says Ofsted chief, 13 June). Obviously selective schools select the pupils they regard as most likely...
Graduates should start repaying their student loans earlier in order to offset cuts in public spending on higher education, Treasury officials suggest.
A Google-backed London start-up that teaches primary school children computer coding is expanding overseas after being flooded with requests to set up spin-offs across the world.
Too many comprehensive schools are failing to get the best out of their brightest pupils, chief schools inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw, will say today.
At seven, pupils should know their tables up to 10 and be introduced to basic algebra, argues a study.
Premier Jay Weatherill has secured an extra $1.1 billion for his state's schools under by accepting the prime minister's offerSouth Australia has signed up to the federal government's...
Our weekly round up of the latest research papers, methods and ideas related to teaching and learningGenes barely affect reading abilityResearchers think a child's genetic make-up has...
We've chosen the best goal of the football season, but who was responsible for the worst miss in 2012-13?Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the goal of the season, according to the thousands...
A decent total of 293 for seven is not enough to stop Sri Lanka beating England in their second match of the ICC Champions Trophy
? James Sutherland warns batsman over his future conduct? Confirms five Australian players were in the Walkabout barDavid Warner's behaviour has been condemned as "despicable" by the...
? Donald at four-under after 13 holes? Phil Mickelson one of only two to complete a sub-par roundLuke Donald returns to Merion today in the lead of the 113th US Open as his playing...
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Today's tell-all knows there are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns; that is to say, there are things that we now know we don't know. But...
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Our man Tom Jenkins brings you all the action from the Oval as England take on Sri LankaTom JenkinsSteven Bloor
If young people are to succeed in the global job market, there needs to be a stronger focus on entrepreneurial educationThe future of Europe depends upon 94 million Europeans aged between...
The French sprinter on details, running barefoot on grass and how he may start eating chicken nuggetsSprinting is dominated by Americans and Jamaicans. What does the rest of the world...
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NBA Finals: Dwyane Wade and LeBron James inspire Miami Heat to Game Four victory in San Antonio to tie series 2-2Hunter Felt
Paul Connolly: Australia's women's football team won the Asian Cup in 2010 but their new coach believes they play too few gamesPaul Connolly
? Californian leads with first-round 67 after last-minute arrival? 42-year-old had returned to San Diego home to practicePhil Mickelson is proof that competing at the summit of professional...
Government defends grassroots participation claims as Sport England figures show 20 sports declined while only nine gainedThere are now fewer adults playing sport regularly than before...
The outspoken football manager on dealing with Adel Taarabt, his mouth-watering MasterChef menu and discussing team selection with a deer in Richmond ParkHi Neil, your book is called...
Hole-by-hole report: A long day at Merion. Scott Murray was there for all of it. All of it!Scott Murray
Russell Jackson: Whether the Tigers are tough enough; the fixture list needs fixing; perspective on Jake Carlisle; and other talking pointsRussell Jackson
Matt Cleary: Des Hasler returns to Manly; Josh Papali v Nigel Plum; a test for the Warriors; and other talking pointsMatt Cleary
Young Yorkshireman effortlessly surfs a wave of support at The Oval in the wake of his Walkabout ruckThe roar Joe Root received at The Oval seemed a touch louder than is typical anywhere...
The Spaniard was expecting a backlash after the 'fried chicken' furore but problems were mainly on the course as he shot a 73When trouble, and plenty of it, was predicted for Sergio...
? England captain lauds 'outstanding' Kumar Sangakkara? Joe Root's 68 shows he is made of 'the right stuff', he addsThere is no room for schadenfreude now. If England's fans have spent...
? Tiffany Porter and Shara Proctor earn Diamond League wins? Olympic champion beats Bislett track record with 19.79secOn a night when Usain Bolt returned to somewhere close to his swaggering...
Journalist and education activist Fiona Millar called for a full English baccalaureate as she claimed Michael Gove's plans to reform GCSEs were "just tinkering with a redundant system".
Parents should be able to exercise their right to a later school start for their summer-born children.
Almost half of newly qualified teachers have found full-time permanent jobs since August last year, research suggests.
A-level maths students have complained that they could lose their university places following a blunder which saw an exam board lose a set of papers in the post.
A second grammar school is consulting on opening an annexe in Sevenoaks after a campaign by parents to expand selective provision in Kent.
Canons High appointed a team of pedagogy leaders to spread good teaching practice throughout school. Here, deputy head Keven Bartle discusses their workI have a number of words for...
Chief inspector of schools says consequences of underachievement in state schools could be graveFailure by Britain's comprehensive schools risks fuelling the drift by jobless and unskilled...
Who takes on a loan without knowing the interest rates or period of payment? That's what the government is asking of studentsToday's revelation that a government report has proposed...
To be clear: this is what a government-appointed investment bank considers to be the best options for a sale of state assetsThis week, the Guardian has published details of a government-commissioned...
How St Bonaventure's school in east London helps its students to progressOn the wall of St Bonaventure's school in Upton, east London, there is a quote from Arthur Ashe, the only black...
Five head teachers have been knighted or made dames in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours.
Russell Group to have permanent role in dictating design and content of exams despite fears over Michael Gove's proposalBritain's top universities will take a permanent role in dictating...
Britain's top universities will lead a major overhaul of A-levels amid fears the gold standard qualification is failing to prepare teenagers for the demands of higher education, the...
Hard-working fathers are cutting their long working hours, while mothers are working more, researchers say.
Dozens of groups aiming to open free schools next year are meeting to get tips from pioneers of the movement, the West London Free School.
Yet more upheaval is on the horizon, but the Secret Teacher fears English education is stuck in a rutIf the constant kvetching over the GCSE reforms has taught us anything this week,...
Revolutionary Socialist Student Federation is launched at conference held at the London School of EconomicsStudents from British colleges and universities yesterday founded the Revolutionary...
The head of Ofsted has warned that underachieving young people could be more susceptible to joining organisations such as the English Defence League, as low skilled jobs become more...
Shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg to issue challenge over free schools as party joins battle with Michael GoveMore than 5,000 untrained teachers who have been allowed to work...
We have a romantic attachment to skills from the past which are no longer relevant on a curriculum for today's childrenWould a person with good handwriting, spelling and grammar and...
Students from state schools outperform private ones admitted with same A-level grades, according to Cardiff and Oxford Brookes researchTwo studies showing state school pupils do better...
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More than 150 council leaders write to the Observer, warning the chancellor that they cannot absorb more cutsMore than 150 council leaders ? including 36 Conservatives ? have warned...
With pornography accounting for huge volumes of internet traffic, it's a subject ripe for analysis. But a new journal, Porn Studies, is causing outrage among campaigners against hardcore...
Cellist and Twitter composer Peter Gregson on the meeting ground between music and technologyEdinburgh-born Peter Gregson is a cellist, composer and founder of the Electric Creative...
Brushing up your cyber-hygiene, maintaining intimacy haptics with your partner, and engineering your personal environment are going to be vitalIdeas and technologies are changing the...
Revelations about the National Security Agency's online surveillance raise important questions about privacy in a digital age. Explore the issues in class with these resourcesThe extent...
Headteacher Carol Powell talks about the headteacher mentors that helped her take on a challenging role at the troubled Gorton Mount primaryHow did you become a head?I started my career...
School entrance exams should be scrapped because the traditional selection system is being undermined by a culture of private tutoring, according to one of the country's leading headmasters.
Claire Perry, an adviser to David Cameron, is enjoying a blossoming friendship with Bill O'Neill, a professor at Cambridge University.
Selling off student loans just doesn't make sense ? it's short-termist and contemptuous of citizensThe Guardian recently saw a copy of a report produced by Rothschild to conclude a...
Top speakers including Ian Livingstone and John Naughton will seek to inspire the ICT curriculum at this one-day event"Even though the world is in slight disarray? there has never been...
Northern Ireland's Enniskillen residents and workers do not know whether to expect a G8 summit rush or to shut up shop "I suppose it is a bit disappointing," said Darren Carnegie, glancing...
Report indicates proportion of state-educated pupils attending Russell Group universities has declined since 2002Britain's top-flight universities should be prepared to make lower exam...
While I acknowledge that Oxbridge can and should do more to admit students from non-selective schools, working-class backgrounds and areas other than south-east England (Oxbridge in...
Thousands of schoolchildren from the age of three upwards are to receive lessons on how to deal with death.
Party plans to tackle inequality by taking policies applied to academies and extending them through state sectorLabour will on Monday attempt to wrest the initiative on education away...
Every state school in the country will be able to choose its own curriculum and lengthen term times if Labour wins the next general election, the shadow Education Secretary, Stephen...
Every state school in the country will be able to choose its own curriculum and lengthen term times if Labour wins the next general election, the shadow Education Secretary, Stephen...
Top universities have been warned they must change their ?elitist? image after a study found that they are awarding places to fewer students from state schools and poor families than...
A new report on social mobility claims the UK's leading universities have become less socially representative in the past decade, not more.
All state schools in England should have the independence given to academies and free schools, under proposals to be announced by Labour's education spokesman Stephen Twigg.
Labour is preparing to drop its blanket opposition to free schools in a further major change in policy.
Top universities should admit teenagers from poorly-performing state schools with lower A-level grades than their privately-educated peers to boost "sluggish" levels of social mobility,...
Labour is to offer all state schools the freedoms given to academies, which include the ability to set pay levels, curriculum and aspects of the school calendar. At the moment, schools...
Plans to sell off student loans to private investors undermine trust in the whole university process, says Martin McQuillan The Guardian last week revealed a secret report commissioned...
Education policy misses the fact that our economy needs creative risk-takers more than ever, says Simon Ofield-KerrThe ongoing tug of war between the Treasury and the ever vulnerable...
A charity calls for British Sign Language to count as a modern foreign language at GCSE.
Shadow minister says free schools and academies are no panacea, and calls for stronger local oversight of all schoolsA Labour government would end the building of free schools and reassert...
Neil Bates explains how he uses tales of ordinary men and women in classAs history teachers we are all familiar with the big names; the kings, queens, statesmen and warriors who have...
As you contemplate the higher education market place, how do you pick a university to feed your child's hunger for knowledge?When tuition fees rose to as much as
We're creating a space to provide advice, news and discussion for everyone whose sons or daughters are studying in the UK and abroadFrom the moment your child's life begins, you start...
Labour will enable more parent-led academies, like the West London Free School, to be established where there is a local demand for places, Lord Adonis writes.
Labour's education reforms will allow the creation of more free schools, former minister Andrew Adonis has said.
Every state school in the country will be able to choose its own curriculum and lengthen term times if Labour wins the next general election, the shadow Education Secretary, Stephen...
Top universities have been warned they must change their ?elitist? image after a study found that they are awarding places to fewer students from state schools and poor families than...
Top universities have been warned they must change their ?elitist? image after a study found that they are awarding places to fewer students from state schools and poor families than...
Britain's leading universities risk being "relegated from the top division" because of a failure to hang on to the brightest students, a top American academic has warned.
Leading UK universities offer short Mooc courses to help mature students stay abreast of the latest developmentsThe world of distance learning has changed beyond recognition since the...
A study from the University of Oxford reveals widespread cruelty and exploitation in the treatment of child actors in Elizabethan theatres.
The Guardian Teacher Network has resources this week to help you whether you are teaching English as a foreign, second or additional languageMany people all over the world will be embarking...
The opposition says it will only support plan if an 'overwhelming' majority of states agree to itThe Coalition is refusing to state a position on the government's Gonski school funding...
Opposition to the new system centres among middle-class mothers whose children attend a model primary school with an enviable 11-plus recordThe typical woman opponent of comprehensive...
Technology allows students to become more independent in the classroom. But is the change from teacher to facilitator a positive move for the profession? Mike Britland is firmly in...
Hyperspectral imaging to be employed to study deterioration of sponges and cupcakes and prolong their shelf lifeIt took 10 years and an elite unit from America's navy seals to hunt...
The coalition's Priority Schools Building programme is not delivering results and some pupils are still being taught in buildings that were declared inadequate 10 years agoThere is...
English and maths Sats tests will not be changed in time for the launch of the new curriculum; more extreme marketing for teacher training in schools; and is Ofsted being uncommonly...
Teachers need a clearer idea of what is expected of them so Ofsted must do better, says Laura McInerneyTeachers know the drill. When the text arrives from a friend saying "Uh-oh, Ofsted...
He's a historian, TV documentary maker, author and teacher. What difference is the new boy on the shadow education team going to make? Anna Bawden talks to himThe MP who aspires to...
Professor Sugata Mitra imagines an alternative education system with no need for memorisation or teaching to testAt a recent British Council debate, Is teaching obsolete?, Professor...
Experts from our recent #HElivechat share best practice and advice on better engaging the public in university researchThe definition of public engagement is changing "Any member of...
With millions living in refugee camps, how can innovations push beyond meeting their basic needs to harnessing their wellbeing and prosperity? Join our live debate on Thursday, 20 JuneSome...
Nearly half the titles read by children in a national reading competition were consumed online, according to the charity Booktrust.
If you change your mind about your career during your degree, find a postgrad course to give you the focus you needEmployability is the buzzword in higher education but a surprising...
MA courses have elevated the subject to an academic disciplineThink expertise in social media is something just picked up by trial and error? Think again.In March the University of...
Overseas students are good for British schools - and British pupils - says Christopher Middleton.
George Osborne has warned that Britain needs an "education system we can afford" amid reports that the Treasury wants to make
George Osborne has warned that Britain needs an "education system we can afford" amid reports that the Treasury wants to make
The number of council education services running Welsh schools could be reduced following the publication of a review into their structures.
Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai is to lead calls for education to become a top priority.
Sponsored Q&A: Need advice on finding postgraduate funding? Post your comments now and join us between 1-3pm to discuss the funding options that are availableIf you want to study a...
An innovation by Salford Business School enables MSc students to work on 'live' projects, making them hugely employableSince Salford Business School (SBS) launched its business innovation...
National winners of the Read For My School scheme were announced today - a competition that engaged 100,000 pupils from 3,600 schools across England, reading more than 400,000 books
Exams where you can Google the answers; is research all it's cracked up to be; plus our new hub for parents of students ? all on our online education communities this weekGuardian Teacher...
Nigel Farage has branded the Scottish protesters who last month hijacked his visit to Edinburgh as a "feral, baying mob of subsidised students".
A survey reveals teachers to be constantly tired and stressed. Does this sound like you?Finding a teacher who doesn't feel stressed is possibly like trying to find a needle in a haystack....
Join our live chat Friday 21 June from 12pm to discuss making an informed choice on the future of your research careerThe traditional academic career path for newly qualified postdocs...
Smartphones and laptops mean students on field trips can interact with universitiesA postgraduate student is on a field trip to the Orkney Islands collecting data for her PhD in cultural...
Confusion over an A-level maths paper set by exam board Edexcel is completely unacceptable, says the chair of the education select committee, Graham Stuart.
Methodist College students report on the reaction to a speech about the future of Northern Ireland made by their schoolmate Hannah in front of an audience including President Obama...
Parents and staff from Parentzone explain how they would like to make the internet safer for children.
Good songwriters are always in demand, which is why many are studying the art at universityWithout songwriting there would be no music industry, but there are surprisingly few places...
A Buckinghamshire village is threatening legal action over plans to set up an 850-pupil Sikh secondary school in its midst. Residents of Stoke Poges have warned they will seek a judicial...
We are concerned at the threatened closure of the northern "national" science museums: Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, the National Railway Museum, York, and the National...
Sir Michael Wilshaw is no doubt correct that the next generation of EDL supporters are in today's schools (Underachievement in state schools 'creates moral and political danger', 15...
Dr Selina Todd is wrong about our relationship with the University of Liverpool (Letters, June 16). Liverpool College is an independent school with 813 pupils which has chosen to become...
Forget the US model. British academics should aspire to offer more than just intellectual fig leaves for policymakersFirst there was Francis Fukuyama's The End of History. More recently,...
The days of universities seeking the best athletes and sportsmen and women to boost their sporting prowess appear to be over, according to a new survey.
A Buckinghamshire village is threatening legal action over plans to set up an 850-pupil Sikh secondary school in its midst. Residents of Stoke Poges have warned they will seek a judicial...
Girls will no longer have to pledge their devotion to God when they join the Guides and Brownies in the UK, the organisation announces.
Plan supported by Office for Fair Access aims to encourage talented students from disadvantaged backgroundsUniversities are being urged by the government to sponsor new free schools...
Many UK universities do not consider candidates' backgrounds when offering places, research suggests.
A report claims schools are facing increasing pressure to spend money aimed at very poor pupils, known as the pupil premium, to plug holes in their budgets.
Forget devices, the future of education technology is all about the cloud and anywhere access. In the future, teaching and learning is going to be social, says Matt BritlandA couple...
PETA recently released a video game where you commit violence against research scientists. Arguably the best response would be to create video games that promote and educate about scienceApparently...
University admissions staff rank "good written English" as the key to a successful personal statement, but show little interest in work experience or volunteering.
Collaborations with international universities have created courses with dual degrees and the chance to study abroadIt sounds like the academic version of a supermarket promotion ?...
April saw the implementation of cuts worth
Is the Co-op Bank at risk of losing its co-operative status or are external investments a viable solution to financial woe?The relationship between co-ops and capital has never been...
Sport and international development courses build students' employability skills by exposing them to project workPeople who don't like sport tend to dismiss it as pointless. Yet down...
Even in the 21st century, if you're young and not white it's unlikely you feature in much teen fiction, but times are changingWhere are the UK's stories about teenagers of colour? That...
Bournemouth is just one university offering a master's in public relations, which encompasses social media and viral campaignsSpin doctors might be less high-profile than they once...
Research no longer starts with a visit to the library building, say Rachel Bruce and Mike Mertens, but it still plays a crucial roleAsk someone to describe an academic in the throes...
It is perhaps Britain's best known and most respected student society and has produced 12 prime ministers.
Careers advice is on "life support" in many schools in England with teenagers having little knowledge of the workplace, the director general of the CBI, John Cridland, claims.
Student group says Nigel Thrift's
Award-winning children's author Sally Gardner today savaged the Government's proposed new national curriculum for stifling creativity in the classroom by leaving pupils with a diet...
A plethora of charity-related postgraduate courses have sprung up to meet the demands of the third sectorAs a grants assistant at the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Juliet Valdinger, 32, helps...
Careers advice in schools is on "life support" with too few youngsters equipped to cope with the world of work, the head of Britain's employers warned today.
Sally Gardner wins the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal with dystopian tale Maggot Moon, while illustrator Levi Pinfoldclaims the Kate Greenaway Medal
Sally Gardner, a dyslexic author once branded "unteachable" at school, wins the prestigious Carnegie Medal for her book Maggot Moon.
The government and UK aerospace industry are investing
Michael Gove has questioned the "intellectual rigour" of the Labour frontbench, as he described the party's education policies as "confusing, uncertain and incoherent".
Four-year-old Caerphilly girl wins a national design competition award
'I showed it to the caretaker who'd wiped it ? he was surprised he'd created such a beautiful image'A few years ago, I became increasingly interested in all the academic institutions...
New degrees in biotechnology, facilities management, the music industry and aviation reflect a trend towards specialisationRanging from music to disaster management, the specialist...
In 2011, I was privileged to receive private sponsorship to research a book on how countries across the world educate their most able children. This spawned an interest in what the...
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A dyslexic author branded "unteachable" at school has won this year's prestigious Carnegie Medal for children's literature, as she uses her platform to condemn Michael Gove's "hypocritical"...
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