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Kids Company school faces funding axe
A pioneering school has changed the lives of children written off by the system, but its funding is now at risk. What is the future for young people like these?Michael Gove may think blazers, prefects...
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Immigration minister infuriates FE college leaders
Damian Green suggested that overseas students applying for FE course places weren't necessarily 'the brightest and the best' during a crackdown on 'bogus colleges'The immigration minister, Damian...
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Oxbridge elitism: how many black and poor students go to Oxford and Cambridge?
How elitist is Oxbridge? New data gives a picture of the divide in race and class at Oxford and Cambridge. Find out how many people went there from where you live• Get the dataAre black students...
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Nick Clegg's choice: a new Steel, or a second Tebbit? | Paul Goodman
Hatred could be the making of Nick Clegg. It's humiliation the Lib Dem leader really should fearHe can no longer cycle to work. His image is burnt in effigy. Dog mess is pushed through his letter-box....
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Politics live blog - Tuesday 7 December
Rolling coverage of all today's political news as it happens10.31am: My colleague Matthew Weaver is writing a WikiLeaks live blog which is covering the news of the arrest of the WikiLeaks founder...
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Asbestos raises its ugly head in schools
As many as 75% of schools still contain asbestos – but does it remain dangerous if 'properly managed'?Headteacher Estelle O'Hara knows only too well how school life can be turned upside down when...
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Video: Turner prize 2010 – Susan Philipsz, sound art and student protests
Last night Susan Philipsz walked away with Britain's biggest contemporary art prize, but the evening was dominated by art students demonstrating against cuts. Here's how events unfoldedShehani...
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Save our sprouts!
Scientists have found a way to protect Christmas veg from an unsightly plague of black spots The Brussels sprout, that diminutive brassica that either makes or ruins your Christmas dinner, depending on...
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A new twist on New Year's resolutions
As children's thoughts turn to Christmas presents, the British Humanist Association is launching a pilot project to encourage them to think about othersChristmas is a strange and unruly time for many...
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Top athletes to join protest over school sports
Denise Lewis and Darren Campbell to join students for a protest at parliament over loss of funding for school sports partnershipsPupils will today demand that a minister explain why the coalition has...
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UK schools slip down world rankings
OECD study shows that despite comparatively high levels of per-pupil spending, the UK is behind Poland and NorwayThe UK is slipping down world education rankings in maths, reading and science, and has...
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Goldsmiths, Lewisham and libraries
Those free-thinkers, eh? They're protesting everywhere. Last week Goldsmiths scholars were involved the ructions at Lewisham Town Hall and last night some of them participated in a three-hour sit-in at...
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Oxbridge admissions: Lammy is right about the key barriers to opportunity |...
The former higher education minister's article is spot on in stressing class ahead of race as the key barrier to opportunity when it comes to getting into Oxbridge collegesA nice chap, David Lammy. I...
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Why my attitude towards university tuition fees changed | Chris Rennard
I will vote in favour of the tuition fee changes – it's a workable policy that should not put off poorer studentsI suspect that many people base their view of the current student fees controversy on...
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Government confirms plans to curb international student numbers
UK to close the door on up to 120,000 international students from outside the EU who come to Britain to take 'below-degree-level' coursesThe immigration minister, Damian Green, today confirmed the...
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Campaigning newspapers secure hundreds of apprenticeships
Several regional daily newspapers have launched campaigns to find 100 apprenticeships in 100 days in order to help tackle the problem of youth unemployment.The idea appears to have originated with a...
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Cribsheet daily 07.12.10
Council set to make every school an academyRichmond council considers turning all of its school into academiesRichmond councillors met last night to discuss plans to turn every school in the borough...
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Heineken Cup double-headers are always singularly difficult to predict |...
Such are the wild fluctuations in form and results across Europe that the eight-week gap between rounds can seem like a lifetimeA week in politics feels short by comparison with professional rugby....
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Lib Dems should vote for tuition fees increase, says senior party figure
• Lady Williams describes plan as 'a very fair policy'• Liberal Democrat leader tries to unite party before vote• Thinktank warns new scholarship fund may prove inadequateA senior Liberal Democrat peer...
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Language reaches poor by mobile phone
English language lessons delivered to handsets show how to harness low-cost technologyEnglish language lessons are providing a blueprint for the way that mobile phones can be used to deliver education...
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