Taking away the ‘fear factor’ could help raise the profile of science, technology, engineering and maths careers – especially among female pupilsHow to encourage more young people, particularly female students, to study science, technology, engineering...
Emerging technologies are a boon for the work of conservation researchers, but not all universities are equipped for themTechnology is playing an increasingly vital role in conservation and ecology research. Drones in particular hold...
Universities are propping up their local economies, but they need government support to do even moreThe austerity agenda has had severe consequences for local communities, as this week’s troubling Centre for Cities report laid bare. Local...
Hundreds of children withdrawn from Parkfield community school for dayA primary school that taught pupils about homosexuality as part of a programme to challenge homophobia has stopped the lessons after hundreds of children were withdrawn...
Some faith communities have rejected draft guidance for independent schoolsMore than 50 faith leaders, education experts and rights advocates have said young LGBT people would be at increased risk of bullying in schools if the...
Growing up gay and Muslim, I know I would have benefited. Parkfield school should continue its ‘No Outsiders’ programmeParkfield community school in Birmingham has found itself in the headlines once again after protests against its No Outsiders...
Half of universities have fewer than 5% of students from poorer white backgrounds. Just trying to boost numbers isn’t enoughAt half of England’s universities, fewer than 5% of students are classified as being from disadvantaged...
Damian Hinds wants everyone to mimic public school children, but class assimilation is a superficial solutionIt really does take a special kind of inattention to observe public life today and conclude that what we...
Alan Clark says LGBT education should be mandatory in all schools. Jill Wallis thinks sex education is both a right and a boonSimon Jenkins agonises about the implications of LGBT education on parents, teachers and even on...
Readers respond to news that the University of Cambridge is receiving a £100m gift from the financier David HardingIn choosing to contrast Birkbeck with the University of Cambridge, Marthe de Ferrer hits a nail...