Education

The new peer is peddling misinformation about Bridget Phillipson’s plans for education

Labour’s caution over the EU’s youth mobility proposals is damaging a reset of relations – and is founded in irrationality

Getting honorary status at the university he has just left is nothing special

Foreign language teaching in Britain is on the decline, which risks making the country more cut-off and inward-looking than ever before

Market competition and debt-based expansion have left institutions with an uncertain future

There are gaping holes in our education system that are vulnerable to exploitation by certain politicians

The world university rankings paint a dangerous picture for Britain, with 58% of UK unis declining in rank

After 14 years of the Tories, the spending gap per student between the state and private schooling system has more than doubled

For generations, the country has been run by the graduates of a single university. How can we protect public life from its over-confident, under-principled hordes?

The Tories want to cut university places to give more funds to a failing scheme

Of course American students have the right to protest over Gaza. But what happens as a result may put Donald Trump back in the White House

There’s a simple way to save our crisis-hit universities. But Rishi Sunak is the only one who can’t see it

Banning talk of sex from classrooms contradicts the openness and love of learning the philosopher strived for

The government’s policy is not built with real children or teenagers in mind

When you invite local or state police to campus to address protests, control of the situation is handed over to them

Protesters at the Paris Institute of Political Studies have taken a leaf out of Columbia University’s book

Younger generations are paying the price for Rishi Sunak’s stubbornness and pride

A new offer is profoundly sensible - no wonder Labour and the Tories have rejected it

New data shows the programme not only helped the poorest but paid for itself

An EU advisory body has urged Britain to rejoin the Erasmus scheme - but its hopes are even more ambitious

To dismiss ADHD while offering no supporting evidence is small-minded and overlooks Britain’s leading role in understanding the condition

Britain’s universities and colleges are on the brink because of government policies

British under-30s are some of the unhappiest in Europe – where have they got that from?

The Labour leader’s stance on the conflict has left him out of step with a large number of younger voters

Banning phones for under-16s would make them more anxious, not less

Despite the government’s best efforts, international students still want to study in the UK

The Tories treat being poor as a fact of life for many. Labour can’t do the same

The way the country is neglecting the younger generations amounts to criminal negligence

The Young European Movement has launched a campaign urging the UK government to rejoin the EU’s study-abroad project

A new crop of hardline Christian fundamentalists think they should decide what’s taught in British classrooms. They’re just as sinister as their US counterparts

It’s hard to look at all the problems facing the UK today and conclude that the planning system is key to putting them right