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Education should be Pakistan's top priority | Rina Saeed Khan
Pakistan's government has failed to provide its people with primary education, but for the country's long-term stability it's more important than spending on defence and securityA few months after the...
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Teachers to strike over pupils' bad behaviour
Students are impossible and senior staff undermine us, say 70 teachers at Darwen Vale high schoolTeachers at a Lancashire comprehensive will go on strike on Thursday in protest at the unruly behaviour...
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Karen Dust obituary
Our ex-colleague and friend Karen Dust, who has died aged 48 after suffering from a progressive form of multiple sclerosis, made a considerable contribution to arts education, through her written work...
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A silver lining to universities charging maximum fees | Mary Evans
The assumption that universities outside a charmed circle should know their place has been challengedIt is now likely that the great majority of universities in England will charge a figure either of,...
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Nick Clegg at home: 'Why are the students angry, Papa?'
Interviewed by Jemima Khan, deputy prime minister says 'I'm a human being ... not a punchbag'Poor old Nick Clegg. The deputy prime minister has exposed his vulnerable side in an interview in which he...
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Young fees protesters in Brighton 'mistreated' by police
Report by three academics accuses police of 'unjustified' violence against demonstrators, many of whom were under-16Police will on Thursday be accused of using "unjustified" violence against children...
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Schoolchildren visit the Natural History Museum's butterfly exhibition – in...
Children from a school in Hackney are among the first visitors to the Sensational Butterflies exhibition
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Soaring student fees: Pain without gain | Editorial
Recouping the vanished teaching grant by charging high is a natural impulse there is little reason to suppressThis week the Liberal Democrats forced an open retreat on the NHS. The state of play in the...
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Response: Universities need proper public funding, not US-style privatisation
Going private will lead to students buying places through privilege instead of meritSimon Jenkins highlighted the "absurdity of the coalition's so-called fees policy", but then argued that the only...
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This bauble of an immigration cap should be sent back home | Zoe Williams
The coalition may gain a shortlived uplift from this sop to the right, but where's the data on its likely economic effect?From yesterday there was a new cap on immigration: this is a longstanding Tory...
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Wellcome Trust, Guardian and Observer launch science writing prize
Alok Jha introduces the new Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize 2011 in association with the Guardian and The ObserverOur competition kicks off today to find talented new science writers. The Wellcome...
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The Save EMA campaign proves peaceful protest works | James Mills
Our peaceful direct action has achieved two government U-turns – but nowhere near the same media attention as the black blocThe English poet and 19th century radical William Blake, who was largely...
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Cribsheet 07.04.11
Keep Shakespeare incomprehensible!Didn't take long for "he's a changed man" Toby Young to return to his bombastic ways. He's launched a vitriolic attack on Francis Gilbert (@wonderfrancis) for daring...
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Why universities are charging £9,000 fees
Economic theory shows universities are like champagne, not potatoes, Richard Alcock explainsHigher education ministers have got their Giffens and their Veblens in a twist. It's an issue of whether you...
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Sharing is a bold way to preserve Kafka's legacy | Nicholas Murray
The Bodleian Library and German Literary Archive's purchase of 100 letters will shed new light on Kafka's favourite sister, OttlaThe remarkable announcement this week by the Bodleian Library and the...
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Three times as many academy schools
One in six secondary schools now an academy, figures showThe number of academy schools in England has trebled over the last year to one in six secondary schools, government figures show.Statistics from...
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George Fothergill obituary
My friend George Fothergill, who has died aged 77, was a teacher who influenced many young lives. His first full-time post was at the Bolton school in Lancashire, where he taught history between 1958...
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Lancashire school strike: Teachers walk out over out-of-control pupils
Staff at Darwen Vale comprehensive claim headteacher is not consistent in dealing with bad behaviourTeachers at a Lancashire comprehensive who walked out over the unruly behaviour of their pupils have...
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Schools hit by last-minute £155m budget cut
Money already allocated by councils withdrawn amid fears that poor areas are likely to feel impact disproportionatelySchools across England face an unexpected budget cut of £155m this year in a move...
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Computer gamers less likely to go to university, research shows
Report by Oxford University also reveals that reading enhances the likelihood that teenagers will go on to study for a degreeFrequently playing computer games appears to reduce a teenager's chances of...
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