As higher education funding dominated the news agenda during the first decade of the millennium, so it does at the start of the next decade. Lord Mandleson has announced a shocking spending cut of £533m for universities in England, casting yet more despair amongst young people already wondering what...
Read more ›Specialist schools are one of the most interesting developments in education of recent years. Designed to raise engagement and academic achievements amongst pupils, they also give youngsters the chance to specialise and excel in a particular field - whether that's sports, science, drama or modern la...
Read more ›Teachers, tutors and educational campaigners have expressed alarm at today's announcement that a state school with a 10 hour working day is to be piloted in the UK.
Based on a charter school programme in America, the new academy will open at 7.30am and run until 5pm or 5.30pm to "maximise opportuni...
Read more ›Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher, said that the unexamined life was not worth living. In other words, education is fundamental to life, and should be undertaken for its own sake.
He would have been horrified to read a recent BBC Online article revealing that today's graduates can expect to e...
Read more ›American universities have always held an appeal for young people across the world. Most British teenagers could name the Ivy League universities and the qualities that their students possess: intellectual, high-achieving and exceptionally talented.
It's perhaps no surprise that more and more of th...
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