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Thu, 23 May 2013 04:43:54 GMT |
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A growing number of children are being sexually abused by other children, say charities. |
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Thu, 23 May 2013 01:01:54 GMT |
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Tuition fees in England could be limited to £6,000 per year and remain cost-neutral to universities and the Treasury, research suggests. |
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Thu, 23 May 2013 00:33:27 GMT |
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More children may drown without better school swimming provision, the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) has warned. |
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Wed, 22 May 2013 17:53:27 GMT |
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The world's first bookless public library |
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Wed, 22 May 2013 17:48:52 GMT |
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An international human-rights training centre to teach digital skills to activists and protesters opens in the Italian city of Florence. |
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Wed, 22 May 2013 17:35:52 GMT |
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Researchers suggest students in Scotland could be "squeezed out" if there is a yes vote on independence and the free tuition system continues. |
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Wed, 22 May 2013 12:26:36 GMT |
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Head teachers may have to increase class sizes if they are to pay the best teachers higher wages, the chief inspector of schools in England admits. |
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Wed, 22 May 2013 09:46:19 GMT |
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From 2014, 102 new free schools are set to open in England after being granted approval from the Department for Education. |
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Wed, 22 May 2013 08:29:11 GMT |
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Are university courses worth the money students have to spend? |
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Wed, 22 May 2013 07:28:34 GMT |
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Let's shift the debate to their parents |
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Wed, 22 May 2013 06:53:03 GMT |
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Mild iodine deficiency during pregnancy could be dimming the intellect of some babies born in the UK, say researchers who studied 1,000 families. |
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Wed, 22 May 2013 01:09:34 GMT |
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A music school for deprived teenagers in east London and two schools for autistic children are among the latest wave of free schools to be approved. |
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Wed, 22 May 2013 00:39:34 GMT |
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Cheating by students is being investigated in a US university course dedicated to understanding the hidden world of academic deception. |
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Tue, 21 May 2013 15:49:00 GMT |
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An advisory group for Labour calls for a tougher line on teaching standards in further education colleges. |
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Tue, 21 May 2013 13:01:25 GMT |
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The shared A-level and GCSE system for England, Wales and Northern Ireland should no longer be continued, says Education Secretary Michael Gove. |
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Tue, 21 May 2013 10:45:36 GMT |
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A think tank report argues that 18% of public spending on schools could be cut without damaging standards. |
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Mon, 20 May 2013 16:48:26 GMT |
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Parents of children who are regular school truants are to be fined up to £120 from September, says the Welsh government. |
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Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:17 GMT |
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Education Minister John O'Dowd has announced some changes to A-levels in Northern Ireland following a local consultation. |
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Mon, 20 May 2013 11:26:22 GMT |
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There is an unidentified problem with stress, depression and suicidal thoughts on university campuses, warns a survey from the National Union of Students. |
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Mon, 20 May 2013 10:27:00 GMT |
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Young children should hear about the dangers of pornography as soon as they have access to the internet, head teachers say. |
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Mon, 20 May 2013 08:48:35 GMT |
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The education secretary is like a "fanatical personal trainer" who urges schools to jump higher and run faster, a head teachers' leader is to say. |
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Mon, 20 May 2013 01:55:33 GMT |
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Fewer children are walking to school in the UK, campaigners say. |
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Sun, 19 May 2013 23:23:56 GMT |
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Should Scotland have more single-sex schools? |
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Sun, 19 May 2013 14:59:09 GMT |
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Pupils' well-being and education should not be sacrificed to meet new targets, the leader of a head teachers' union tells its annual conference. |
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Fri, 17 May 2013 17:15:09 GMT |
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A leading academy chain has been criticised for widespread financial irregularities in an official report. |
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Fri, 17 May 2013 14:09:58 GMT |
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Computers and smartphones have become a "digital dummy" used by parents to pacify their children, says a head teachers' leader. |
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Fri, 17 May 2013 12:51:39 GMT |
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Plans backed by Education Secretary Michael Gove could see a free school set up on a Sussex playing field, but the bid has angered some residents. |
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Fri, 17 May 2013 11:09:40 GMT |
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Graduates on a new fast-track scheme for trainee social workers will co-handle caseloads after just five weeks of intensive initial training. |
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Fri, 17 May 2013 11:00:18 GMT |
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David Cameron indicates he is ready to compromise over changes to childcare, after concerns were raised by Lib Dem coalition partners. |
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Thu, 16 May 2013 16:46:28 GMT |
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Social workers are warning changes being brought in to speed up adoption and the family courts might be bad for the welfare of some children. |
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Thu, 16 May 2013 12:15:24 GMT |
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Estonian pupils are taught computer skills from an early age as the internet is seen as symbolic of political independence. |
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Thu, 16 May 2013 11:41:55 GMT |
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Nearly a quarter of a million children in England and Wales are caring for a relative, new statistics just released show. |
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Thu, 16 May 2013 09:39:06 GMT |
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Poor quality expert evidence is to be "driven out" of family courts, the Ministry of Justice says, as it launches a consultation on standards in England and Wales. |
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Wed, 15 May 2013 16:45:39 GMT |
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Almost one in three first year students at UK universities say their courses are not good value, suggests a study. |
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Wed, 15 May 2013 06:43:14 GMT |
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Women live longer than men partly because their immune systems age more slowly, a study suggests. |
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Mon, 13 May 2013 13:47:51 GMT |
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Aberdeen University students' association is introducing a new exam welfare scheme which includes a puppy room. |
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Thu, 09 May 2013 09:03:10 GMT |
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi is calling on Britain to help rebuild Burma's universities, which she says have been ruined by military rule |
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Wed, 08 May 2013 17:20:31 GMT |
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How lack of sleep is damaging pupils' learning around the world |
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Wed, 01 May 2013 09:29:29 GMT |
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Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales predicts the death of student boredom |
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Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:42:57 GMT |
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What are the greatest global threats to the future of humanity? An international team from Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute is investigating the biggest dangers. |
