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06/18/2013 05:40 PM
A-level confusion 'unacceptable'
Confusion over an A-level maths paper set by exam board Edexcel is completely unacceptable, says the chair of the education select committee, Graham Stuart.
 
06/18/2013 03:04 PM
£42k pay rise sparks uni occupation
A group of Warwick students occupy university buildings in protest at the £42,000 pay rise for its vice-chancellor.
 
06/18/2013 09:11 AM
Schools reading contest: e-books win
Nearly half the titles read by children in a national reading competition were consumed online, according to the charity Booktrust.
 
06/18/2013 05:59 PM
Minister hails 'web porn' progress
Ministers say agreements reached with internet firms will lead to a "fundamental change" in how images of child abuse are dealt with online.
 
06/18/2013 04:44 PM
'Cut a third' of education services
The 22 education services running schools in Wales should be cut by a third, a review recommends.
 
06/18/2013 11:53 AM
Shot girl wants education priority
Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai is to lead calls for education to become a top priority.
 
06/17/2013 01:59 PM
No extra free schools, says Labour
Labour would keep open existing free schools but would not open any more, says Stephen Twigg. He also says all state schools in England should have the independence given to academies.
 
06/17/2013 08:38 AM
Top unis 'now less socially diverse'
A report on social mobility claims the UK's leading universities have become less socially representative in the past decade, not more.
 
06/17/2013 07:07 AM
Science plan lands 'star' researcher
A £50m project to attract world-class scientists to Wales makes its first appointment - a leading stem cell researcher looking at diseases of the nervous system.
 
06/17/2013 01:02 PM
Signing 'should be foreign language'
A charity calls for British Sign Language to count as a modern foreign language at GCSE.