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Most football fans 'are not homophobic'
More gay footballers could 'come out' without fear of being victimised, according to new researchAsk a football fan to name a gay professional footballer and they'll almost certainly come up with one...
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Schools focus on middle-ability pupils to boost results
The practice of focusing extra attention on 'C/D borderline' pupils in order to improve a school's GCSE results may be widespread. But at what cost?The words come easily to the teacher as he describes...
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The 1994 Group of universities advertises for graduate volunteers
Is it a good idea for the 1994 Group of universities to seek unpaid 'volunteer' graduates for admin jobs?Are you are "dynamic, talented, questioning" individual? Do you have "excellent communication...
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Harvard faces protests over honour for Islamophobic editor
University under fire for plans to honour New Republic's Martin Peretz who wrote that 'Muslim life is cheap'Harvard academics and students are demanding that the university rescind a plan to honour the...
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Crib sheet 21.09.10
Suffering from league table withdrawal symptoms? Fear not, another will be along in a minuteWhat, no league tables of universities this week? Cambridge had just a week to rest on its laurels as the...
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How to separate without hurting the children
Following comments by Britain's most senior family judge on the damage divorce does to children, tell us about your experiences of separationSir Nicholas Wall, Britain's most senior family judge,...
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Grassroots Liberal Democrats vote for graduate tax campaign
Delegates at party conference pass motion to explore the 'possibility to build cross-party support' on the issueGrassroots Liberal Democrats today voted to campaign to replace university tuition fees...
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Student challenges degree result in high court
Andrew Croskery claims his 2:2 from Queen's University Belfast would have been a 2:1 with better supervisionA graduate has taken the unusual step of going to the high court to challenge the result of...
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Students targeted by internet scammers
Students awaiting loans and grants should watch out for scam emails asking for bank details, Student Finance England warnsStudents were today warned to beware of scam emails purporting to be about...
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Reclaiming a Liberal legacy | Phillip Blond
The party's great postwar leader Jo Grimond would have approved of David Cameron's 'big society'This coalition, in facing unprecedented levels of public debt, has the most difficult economic...
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Jude Law goes back to school to launch film competition for pupils
Actor visits east London academy to congratulate and encourage children who made short film on peace themePupils were treated to much more than the usual assembly when actor Jude Law today arrived at a...
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Syed Mohammed Naseer obituary
My father, Professor Syed Mohammed Naseer, who has died aged 81, was a teacher and leftwing thinker of unwavering commitment. Though he spent most of his life in Pakistan, he was born in Rai Bareli,...
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Mildred Blaxter obituary
Sociologist who shed new light on the causes of deprivationThe sociologist Mildred Blaxter, who has died aged 85, played a major role in establishing the foundations of health research – and...
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Another middle-class escape tunnel parents don't want | Simon Jenkins
He may see them as a way of saving children from local politics – but Gove's free schools are just a blackboard Tea PartyThe free-school row is the first concerted threat to the integrity of Britain's...
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The wrong housing right | Lynsey Hanley
Right to buy works well for its beneficiaries – but it's ramped up the social inequalities of the marketExercising the right to buy your council house is meant to be easy in our property-owning...
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Response: Multilingual schools can still achieve impressive results
Parents should not assume pupils with little English will hold their children backAndrew Penman discusses the problems for parents choosing a suitable secondary school for their children (Can't do God,...
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Letters: The real problem in university funding
The anonymous writer of the letter on university funding (September 18) recommends abolition of the research councils. This would be rearrangement of the deckchairs on the Titanic as 35% budget cuts...
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One in three call centre staff are graduates
Despite a reputation for badly paid work, one in three call centre staff are graduates, as university-educated workers struggle to find suitable employmentOne in three call centre workers in the UK now...
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What else can a qualified primary school teacher do?
Nicola, 42, a primary school teacher, works part-time in a positive parenting group and as a family support worker. Earning £22,000 she wants a full-time job1 A career in youth justice, working with...
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Pregnancy clinics 'should be set up in schools'
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence wants midwives to advise young mothers in schoolAntenatal clinics should be set up in schools to care for pregnant teenagers who are missing out on...
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