Pupils hoping for a place at the UK’s top university next year can expect to answer some slightly unusual questions during the interview process http://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/oxford-university-reveals-answer-most-difficult-interview-questions-queens-college-christchurch-a7358211.html
DetailsWhat exactly does it take to run a successful rent protest? Student activists explain it’s all about strength in numbers https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/nov/15/how-students-are-striking-for-affordable-university-rent-and-winning
DetailsIn the US, 76% of academics are in casual posts with little job security, and some are even on food stamps. There are growing fears that it could happen in the UK https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/nov/17/university-lecturers-uk-us-casual-posts-food-stamps
DetailsSuriyah Bi to take case to court after being fired by Heartlands Academy in Birmingham for raising concerns https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/nov/14/teaching-assistant-suriyah-bi-sacked-911-footage-birmingham
DetailsAcademics fear a threat to research, funding and overseas recruitment https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/nov/13/what-will-brexit-mean-for-british-universities
DetailsAlbert Einstein patented a refrigerator in the 1930s that doesn’t use greenhouse gases and can run without electricity. So what happened to it? http://www.fromthegrapevine.com/innovation/albert-einstein-abandoned-refrigerator-invention#!
DetailsNearly one in four schools affected by shortage of headteachers, deputies and assistant heads, says report https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/nov/11/english-schools-shortage-of-19000-heads-by-2022-report
DetailsStudy finds poorer white children’s attainment has stayed stubbornly low despite improvements among other groups https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/nov/10/schools-focus-struggling-white-working-class-pupils-uk
DetailsExperts tell Commons education select committee that poorer pupils are less likely to get into grammar schools https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/nov/08/tutor-proof-11-plus-grammar-schools-nick-gibb-education
Detailshttps://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2016/may/23/university-league-tables-2017