Millions of UK pupils have help with their tuition. Does this boost children otherwise overlooked at school, or just exploit their anxious parents? Tracy McVeigh talks to a student, a tutor and a headteacher http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/oct/04/private-tutors-arms-race-schools-parents
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If universities want to increase opportunities for women and working class and BME people, they should think about abolishing selection criteria http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/sep/22/oxbridge-comprehensive-university-selection-criteria
Welsh study warns that disruption caused by using social media may have more of an impact on fatigue than how long children actually spend in bed http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/sep/15/fifth-of-secondary-school-pupils-wake-almost-every-night-to-use-social-media
Find a course at a UK university http://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2015/may/25/university-league-tables-2016
Change in methodology used to rate institutions means only Cambridge University makes it into top five http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/sep/15/british-universities-slip-downing-global-rankings
Universities minister Jo Johnson criticises ‘highly variable’ quality of undergraduate teaching and backs simplified research funding http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/sep/09/lamentable-teaching-damaging-higher-education-jo-johnson-minister-warns
Sir Michael Wilshaw calls for more focus on 11 to 14-year-olds as Ofsted report finds many secondary schools in England assign best teachers to older pupils http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/sep/10/schools-key-stage-three-pupils-too-low-priority-sir-michael-wilshaw-ofsted-report
Ucas figures show applications for teacher training in England down 9% year-on-year http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/sep/09/shortage-of-maths-teachers-in-england-admits-education-secretary
Working out who pays for what at a restaurant is among the practical skills to be taught in new post-GCSE qualifications that also include core English http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/sep/03/new-core-maths-exam-course-to-include-skills-such-as-dividing-bills