Girls just wanna do maths – and the women who help them
Project aims to boost pupils’ confidence and tackle gender imbalance in Stem professions“I used to think boys were just better at maths,” said...
Why study English? We’re poorer in every sense without it
Fewer are taking the subject at A-level and university. Are they being put off by the way government says it must be taught?The...
Chief medical officer to become first female Trinity College master
Prof Dame Sally Davies to step down to take up new role at Cambridge University collegeProf Dame Sally Davies is to leave her post...
My university accepts overseas students who are doomed to fail
I was told to ‘shut up’ when I tried to blow the whistle on my university for recruiting international students for cashAfew years...
Private schooling at the public’s expense
Readers respond to a Robert Verkaik article about subsidies given to private schoolsRobert Halfon, chairman of the House of Commons education select committee, is right...
Teaching all pupils to act more like Etonians won’t help solve inequality
Damian Hinds wants everyone to mimic public school children, but class assimilation is a superficial solutionIt really does take a special kind of...
Universities can work with businesses to regenerate left-behind Britain
Universities are propping up their local economies, but they need government support to do even moreThe austerity agenda has had severe consequences for...
Virginia high school students pose with Confederate flags during ‘spirit week’
A rural Virginia school faced backlash this week after pictures emerged showing students posing on school grounds with Confederate battle flags during “Spirit Week.”The school district told parents in...
The Latest: Denver teachers get ready to walk out over pay
DENVER – The Latest on a possible strike by Denver teachers (all times local):4:15 p.m.Denver teachers are prepared to walk of the job for the...
Ben Shapiro to speak at Christian college after it initially spurned him, Young America’s...
After receiving significant backlash for canceling a speech from conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, Grand Canyon University (GCU) decided to reverse its decision.Still, it was a complicated set...
