Guardian (UK)

It's not just in finance that the inquests have begun. What part have the business schools and business academics played in the implosion of the world's banking system? That was the question posed in a letter to the Financial Times last week by Nottingham University Business School's ...

The government is considering cutting student grants and freezing the number of university places after it drastically miscalculated increases in the bill for higher education, the Guardian has learned. It would constitute a major U-turn, reversing last year's pledge to raise the number of stud

Playwright extols value of free education as he donates his archive to the Bodleian library

A decision to send a group of London headteachers on a £60,000 trip to Arizona has been condemned as a waste of public money and "crashingly insensitive" given the financial crisis.

Families seek advice on competitive application process, from filling in forms to official appeals

Harry Phibbs
As councils employ positive discrimination to get more male teachers, it's time to tackle boys' underachievement in education

Huge scope to end under-achievement and improve mental health of nation. Children's wellbeing is a key issue for the government and the schools minister, Baroness Delyth Morgan, recently outlined plans to measure schools on their efforts to promote it.

Full coverage of the Teaching Awards 2008, including videos and interviews with the winners.

Evidence suggests that during difficult periods for recruitment people take time out to embark on master's degrees to improve their CV, writes Anthea Lipsett

In a bid to allay fears that the academies programme will falter, minister insists schools will have greater autonomy. In a bid to outflank the Tories and allay fears that the government's academies programme will falter with the departure of Lord Adonis, Knight has insisted that schools will have greater autonomy.

Roughly 50,000 16- to 19-year-olds at risk of dropping out after problems with the education maintenance allowance, says NUS

Every state school gets a grade from A to F in a new 'no-excuses' ranking system

Francis Gilbert: Andrew Widdowson's refusal to allow his son to be punished in an 'isolation room' has rightly focused the public's mind on this issue. From the description he gives, it sounds like a place where it is very difficult to work; there is no natural light and visibility is poor, while children have their backs to a supervising teacher in partitioned cubicles.

Parents and teachers at nearby primary oppose merger with threatened school. Julie Bindel reports

Fraudulent applications for school entry are rising sharply as parents lie about where they live to secure their child's place at a 'good' school. Jessica Shepherd reports