UK slipping down graduate league
The UK is slipping behind international rivals in university places, according to figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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Students 'put off by £7,000 fees'
A report suggests two-thirds of UK students would be put off university by fees of £7,000 a year.
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First 16 'free schools' revealed
The first 16 'free schools' to be set up are named by Education Secretary Michael Gove.
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Former head jailed for sex abuse
A former boarding school head teacher is jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing and beating pupils.
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Student migration 'unsustainable'
The number of foreign students let into the UK is "unsustainable", minister Damian Green says in his first major speech on immigration.
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Gove defends free school numbers
Michael Gove says demand for new free schools has exceeded expectations but Labour says plans for 16 new institutions next year are "laughable".
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Tory defects over schools scheme
A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".
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Men in short supply in primaries
One in four state primary schools in England has no male teacher, statistics show.
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Music tuition falling, poll says
Fewer children are learning to play a musical instrument than in their parents' generation, a survey suggests.
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School lottery 'failed in aim'
England's first city-wide lottery system aimed at solving the problem of allocating places at over-subscribed schools failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.
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Prodigy makes Cambridge history
A 15-year-old maths prodigy is set to become the youngest undergraduate at the University of Cambridge for more than two centuries.
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School meals 'help fussy eaters'
School lunches can tempt fussy eaters to try new foods, a survey carried out in England for the School Food Trust suggests.
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GCSE triumphs: Whizz kids and athletes
Across England, Wales and Northern Ireland thousands of pupils are celebrating and commiserating with each other after receiving their results for their GCSE exams.
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GCSE pupils score record results
Teenagers score another GCSE record with almost seven out of 10 exams awarded a C grade or above, as separate science entries rise.
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'One in four' students unplaced
The latest figures show that currently more than a quarter of UK university applicants are unplaced.
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Did the new A* make the grade?
Did the new A-level grade do what it said on the tin?
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The bright pupils shunning university
The bright, young things shunning university
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No university place...? Go Dutch
With UK students facing a tough battle for places at home, universities in the Netherlands are promoting themselves as an alternative - and still have spaces left for this year, reports the BBC's Jonty Bloom.
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A* boosts record A-level results
One in 12 A-level entries is awarded the new A* grade, as pupils attain record results.
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Ditch the flute and get swotting, students told
Oxford's head of admissions tells candidates it wants the academically gifted, not 'second-rate historians' who play the flute.
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Why has studying French lost its élan?
Is the big fall in the number of British school children studying French something to be concerned about?
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Ellen MacArthur's global ambition
Yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur has set herself a new challenge - creating an educational foundation to promote sustainability.
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Shoesmith given leave to appeal
Sharon Shoesmith is given leave to appeal over her sacking as the head of children's services at Haringey Council after the death of Baby Peter.
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One in nine schools 'half empty'
Figures obtained by the BBC suggest that in one in nine Scottish primary schools at least 60% of places are unfilled.
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Imperial College expands overseas
Imperial College is going to open its first branch outside the UK - a medical school in Singapore, run in partnership with a local university.
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Higher student loan rates begin
Millions of graduates will now start paying interest on their student loans again as new interest rates come into effect.
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School gender views 'start early'
Girls believe they are cleverer, better behaved and try harder than boys from as early as the age of four, research suggests.
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Budget 'hits the poorest hardest'
The coalition government's Budget announced in June has hit the poorest families hardest, says an economic think tank.
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Charity loses gay adoption appeal
The Charity Commission rejects an appeal by a Roman Catholic charity to allow it to discriminate against gay people seeking to adopt.
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Warning over 'untracked' children
Some children are not being educated because local authorities are often unable to track youngsters who are not being taught, inspectors warn.
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Hundreds of playgrounds scrapped
Hundreds of playground developments in England are being mothballed as the Department for Education cuts funding for them.
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Adult drinking sparks child calls
More than 100 children a week are turning to the ChildLine helpline with worries about their parents' drinking or drug use, the NSPCC says.
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Row over bus breastfeeding claims
A young mother says she was ordered off a Manchester bus because she was breastfeeding her baby.
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Mandarin popular in UK Schools
Some schools in the UK are teaching their pupils languages like Mandarin and Arabic rather than the more traditional French and Spanish.
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Only 16 new free schools sign up
Education Secretary Gove says there will be initially only 16 "free schools" in England set up despite 700 expressions of interest.
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Schoolboy describes finding pipe bomb
The suspicious object was left in the playground of St Comgall's Primary School and picked up by an eight -year-old pupil.
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'I was nearly six foot at 11 years old'
President Barack Obama's daughter, Malia, is now 12 years old and 5ft 9in (1.75m). But what's it like to be a young girl who's taller than the rest?
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Sikh values
UK gets first Sikh temple school
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Group-think
Why do UK leaders all study for the same qualification?
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Blast from the past
BBC Micros help train young student programmers
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Young achievers
Why are more pupils taking GCSEs early?
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GCSE trends explained
Single sciences and Polish are up, but French and ICT are down
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Teen drift
A scheme aimed at stopping teenagers from becoming NEETS, could soon be abolished.
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'Our nightmare'
A couple wrongly accused of hurting their child tell their story
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