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Michael Rosen, Francesca Simon, Phil Earle and Andrew Hammond will be at the Telegraph Hay Festival 2012 Programme for Schools.
Posted: February 23, 2012, 7:00 am
A nine-year-old boy shot and critically wounded a female classmate on Wednesday at a Washington state elementary school, authorities have said.
Posted: February 23, 2012, 6:34 am
More than a quarter of degree courses have been axed in just six years as universities increasingly abandon serious academic disciplines to save money, according to research.
Posted: February 23, 2012, 6:00 am
Kids from poor backgrounds don't want the university access tsar's help with 'fair admissions', says Allison Pearson.
Posted: February 22, 2012, 8:34 pm
A former head teacher has described how his career was left in tatters after he was forced out of his job over false claims that he assaulted pupils.
Posted: February 22, 2012, 7:30 am
The memory of coach crash victim Peter Rippington will long remain with his pupils. Iain Hollingshead reports.
Posted: February 22, 2012, 7:30 am
Students at a leading university have been told not to dress in drag in case it offends transgender people.
Posted: February 22, 2012, 6:28 am
Students at Exeter University have been told cross-dressing is offensive to transgender people - but history shows drag has been a part of student revelry for more than a century.
Posted: February 22, 2012, 6:26 am
Religious education is being undermined by a "crippling ambivalence" towards the subject in state schools, according to research published today.
Posted: February 22, 2012, 6:00 am
Profit-making firms are making hundreds of millions of pounds from the state education system, according to new research.
Posted: February 22, 2012, 6:00 am
Ten years after the Duchess of Cambridge helped found St Andrews University's first women-only club in protest of an elitist men-only society, her alma mater has endorsed a breakaway group that will promote inclusion for all, regardless of gender.
Posted: February 22, 2012, 6:00 am
Universities are increasingly employing data on teenagers' family and education background to hit tough Government targets to recruit more poor students, according to research.
Posted: February 21, 2012, 9:30 pm
Universities minister promises that new controversial access tsar Les Ebdon will be "called to account" for his decisions.
Posted: February 21, 2012, 11:01 am
The Business Secretary has defied many senior Conservative critics to appoint Professor Les Ebdon as director of the Office for Fair Access.
Posted: February 20, 2012, 4:46 pm
Leading universities clashed with the Government's new higher education access tsar today by criticising the imposition of controversial admissions targets.
Posted: February 20, 2012, 4:39 pm
Solutions to the prime number puzzles devised by 'Stand-Up Mathematician' Matt Parker.
Posted: February 20, 2012, 2:20 pm
Former prep school head Peter Dix answers your questions. This week: university places for fee-paying pupils, homework issues and prefect duties.
Posted: February 20, 2012, 2:06 pm
Former prep school head Peter Dix answers your questions. This week: university places for fee-paying pupils, homework issues and prefect duties.
Posted: February 20, 2012, 2:06 pm
Telegraph View: Professor Les Ebdon will force our best universities to take less well-qualified candidates.
Posted: February 20, 2012, 7:31 am
As well as clamping down on headteachers, there are other ways to keep pupils in school, says Katharine Birbalsingh.
Posted: February 20, 2012, 7:06 am
School exam papers are to be vetted by university academics in a radical overhaul of the A-levels set by one of the country's biggest exam board
Posted: February 19, 2012, 7:40 am
Professor Les Ebdon's selection as the new head of the university regulator has raised fears of "social engineering" among independent schools and elite universities. Julie Henry finds out why.
Posted: February 19, 2012, 7:30 am
More graduates of Oxford University go into jobs as waitresses, waiters or bar staff than chartered accountants or mechanical engineers, new figures show.
Posted: February 19, 2012, 7:00 am
Our numeracy campaign is now gaining support from readers, experts and celebrities. Here Joan Bakewell gives her support for learning maths at an early age .
Posted: February 18, 2012, 6:30 am
Academics, parents and teachers join the Telegraph's maths reform campaign.
Posted: February 18, 2012, 6:28 am
