The gradual withdrawal of state support for universities has been the largest, and quietest, privatisation in UK history, and most people don’t even know about it.
The university strikes show how a dispute around a fairly technical employment issue, pensions, can develop a momentum of its own and become a catalyst for a much wider expression of dissatisfaction.
Around 25% of Indonesian students as high as in the fifth grade still struggled to understand short paragraphs, research suggests.
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Indonesian researchers developed an Indian-inspired toolkit to assess literacy and numeracy among elementary-level students. The results were worrying.
Not only do some countries perpetrate direct attacks on students and academics but the internationalisation of higher education has also created new global threats.
The prospect of going to university is exciting but it can also be an anxious time. Here are the things you need to know from the start.
School students took to the streets in Melbourne and other Australian cities back in March as part of a global rally on climate change. Now they’re doing it again.
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Young people have reason to protest today and call for action on climate change. But they risk anxiety if they feel they are not heard and nothing is done.
Knowing how to plan, write and evaluate your assessments is key.
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When children don't live with their fathers, educators often act as if the men don't exist, an expert on child development laments in an essay about why schools must do more to recognize dads.