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University funding cuts: which institutions are worst hit?
Universities across England are facing large cuts to their funding according to figures from Hefce out today. Which universities are worst affected?• Get the dataAll but five universities in England...
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Legal battles against cuts are worth fighting | Jon Robins
From tuition fees to library closures, charities and individuals are challenging in court the coalition's attempts to roll back the stateSo where are the limits of that most vague of concepts: the "big...
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Competition for secondary school places remains tough
More than one in six children in England didn't get into the secondary school of their choice this year, government figures showMore than one in six children in England were refused a place at their...
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Cribsheet 17.03.2011
Simon Hughes says he took up the "poisoned chalice" of making sure people weren't put off going to university. How well is he doing?Report from the Guardian's Future of Higher Education...
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School places: find out how many people get the first choice secondary place...
Secondary school places are controversial - new figures show exactly how many parents get their first choice preference. Download the data • Get the dataJust over one in six children in England were...
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Paul Kriwaczek obituary
Television education producer and writer on the ancient worldPaul Kriwaczek, who has died aged 73, was a communicator with great presentational flair. A producer of educational television and,...
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Surrey University to charge students maximum tuition fees
Vice-chancellor says increase reflects financial uncertainties and "substantial cuts" in government grantsSurrey has become the sixth university planning to charge the maximum £9,000 tuition fees from...
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Educating Thilo Sarrazin | Aylin Selçuk
The multiculturalism debate in Germany is ignoring the glaring flaws in our education system'If you don't like it here, why don't you go back to your own country? We Germans would love it, because we...
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BBC offers Salford apprenticeships
BBC North is launching an apprenticeship scheme at its new MediaCity headquarters in Salford. It is hoping to recruit 100 young people to take up opportunities to train in various aspects of...
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First News helps children to read
Teachers believe that the weekly newspaper First News is improving children's literacy. A survey of 735 schoolteachers found that 87% of their pupils are more likely to read if they have access to the...
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Bake a Gruffalo cake for Red Nose Day
This wonderful Gruffalo cake big enough to feed the whole class! (You'll notice that he has a red nose: like all of us, he's supporting Comic Relief)
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Google Science Fair: Roll up for the geekiest show on Earth | Alice Bell
They have never been part of our culture in the UK – and they're on the wane in the US – but this year Google has created a science fair for the 21st century. Alice Bell heartily approvesIt is not just...
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Cribsheet 18.03.2011
Cribsheet's top tips to celebrate Red Nose Day and World Story Telling DayArtworld celebs set up fund for students fighting cutsBrit art's enfants terribles Jake and Dinos Chapman are launching a fund...
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Cardiff lecturers strike over pensions
A mass walkout took place in Cardiff today as part of a national strike over university staff pensionsMore than 50 lecturers and students from Cardiff University stood out in the wet weather today to...
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From pen to wig: the 40-plus brigade who make a late switch to law | Alex...
The College of Law is putting on additional 'Switch to Law' open days to deal with the demand"A lot of people have questioned my sanity," says the Times's former travel editor, Cath Urquhart, of her...
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Brightest pupils may be allowed to skip GCSE and start A-levels early
Education secretary Michael Gove considers fast-track planMichael Gove is considering plans to allow the brightest pupils to skip GCSEs and start studying for A-levels at 14.The education secretary...
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My enthusiasm for a career in science is slowly ebbing away
Nathan Ley describes what it's like to apply for a studentship in the UK just as the government's austerity measures start to biteApplying to study for a PhD is meant to be the time in a young...
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European Court of Human Rights rules crucifixes are allowed in state schools
Strasbourg judgment overturns 2009 ruling that crucifixes violate secular principles, calling them an 'essentially passive symbol'The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that crucifixes are...
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Teacher loses appeal against dismissal over raunchy novel featuring pupils
Leonora Rustamova expected to take case to higher tribunal after judge chairing Leeds employment tribunal backs herA teacher who helped pupils to read by writing them into a raunchy novel has lost her...
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Ofsted encourages parents to air concerns over children's schools
Website to be launched in September is intended to warn inspectors of problems such as falling standards and bullyingParents will be encouraged to pass on concerns about their children's schools via an...
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