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'I'm not surprised football commentators have old-fashioned attitudes to...
Lynne Truss recalls her days as a football writerI am intrigued by this Andy Gray-Richard Keys story for the simple reason that people have been shocked by it. Apparently it was a secret that football...
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Education letters
From gurus to history lessons, uniforms and English as a second languageWhat the guru saidThere is an over-simplification in Peter Wilby's interview with Dylan Wiliam: the statement that recruiting the...
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Graduate job prospects forecast to improve
The upward trend is predicted to continue this year, but the average salary is predicted to remain static at £25,000 for an unprecedented third yearGraduate employers are predicting a surge in...
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School matchmakers lift results
A scheme that links schools has significantly improved GCSE results: could it spread across the country?Knowledge has always abounded in Manchester and its surrounding towns, birthplace of the British...
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Research uses space-age technology on 16th-century history
Scientists from the Space Research Centre are working with an art historian to reveal secrets of the Tudor ReformationCutting-edge space science technology of the sort used to analyse moon rock is...
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College saviour defies his critics
Colin Hindmarch is a college principal who once inspired hate – but now inspires envyColin Hindmarch sits at the oversized boardroom table in his office. There are no books on the shelves and nothing...
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Coalition seeks to introduce post-exam university admissions
Can the coalition succeed where Labour failed, to make university admissions follow A-level results?"Post-qualification university admissions in England. Where have I heard that before?"So tweeted...
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How does class affect student behaviour?
Rich and poor students have different experiences of university life. Researchers launch a project to track the progress of 80 first-yearsResearchers have started a major study into how rich and poor...
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The school I'd like: Are pupils' dreams being realised?
Ten years ago, Education Guardian held a competition, The School I'd Like, offering children a chance to start setting the agenda for their own education. Did they get what they wanted? And are we...
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Are we listening to what children want?
These are some suggestions school children have for the perfect school in 2011'My perfect school would be where we could decide which days we wanted to go to school. So if sometimes we worked for 10...
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The Children's Manifesto of 2001
This is what the school children of Britain wanted back in 2001The school we'd like is:• A beautiful school with glass dome roofs to let in the light, uncluttered classrooms and brightly coloured...
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Have your vote on the new Children's Manifesto
This is a chance for pupils to tell us what they like about their school, and what they would change, for our new manifesto, which we will present to decision-makersDo you know what makes a perfect...
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Gove's idea of schooling is great for some children – but not for everyone
Ministers seem to think the traditional academic subjects they studied and the team games they played at school are what everyone's children should do, says Estelle Morris – but what about the...
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More A-level students will need A* to get into top universities
Leading universities increase the number of courses requiring elite gradeHundreds more teenagers will have to achieve the elite A* grade at A-level this year to stand a chance of winning a place at a...
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Head says sorry for excluding '24-year-old schoolboy'
Parents of 10 stone and 5ft 8 tall pupil Prince Summerfield had to produce birth certificate to prove he was 14A headteacher admitted today that he made a mistake in excluding a 14-year-old boy from...
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Don't hang young people out to dry
High youth unemployment could leave a painful legacy. The coalition must act now to widen access to education and create entry-level jobs, says Clare McNeilThe latest employment figures show that youth...
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Cribsheet of the week 25.01.11
We're inviting all pupils to contribute to a Children's Manifesto for 2011There's something very special in the Education Guardian supplement this week. Ten years ago, we ran a competition, The School...
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Universities must do more to end middle-class bias, says Alan Milburn
Former Labour minister who now advises coalition government says universities need to do more to ensure access and outreach policies are effectiveAll Britain's universities, not just the elite few,...
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Head admits mistake over '24-year-old' schoolboy
Parents of a teenager excluded from school on suspicion of being an adult produced his birth certificate – and his headteacher says sorryHe is 5ft 8ins (1.76m), weighs ten stone (63.5kg) and wears an...
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