It is easy, and very popular, to start an online journal, but always remember that employers could be reading your blog, too. Claire Adler meets grads who typed their way to the top.

Pupils aged 11 to 14 will learn more about the British empire but will not have to study Jane Austen or swim during physical education, under new draft curriculum guidelines.

Consultation has started on a programme to improve standards and performance throughout further education.

A 13-year-old girl who slashed a classmate across the face with a blade, leaving her needing 30 stitches, has been given a two-year supervision order by a judge.

A 13-year-old girl has been found dead in the grounds of her convent school.

A much criticised knife amnesty ends today. Hazel Davis finds that young people want education about personal safety and alternatives to carrying weapons.

Mothers who undertake study are likely to see an improvement in their children’s education, a new report reveals.

Mothers who undertake study are likely to see an improvement in their children’s education, a new University of Bristol report reveals.

The loophole allowing immigrants to pose as students at bogus language schools should have been closed at least a year ago, the Association of Colleges has warned.

A senior lecturer eager to pioneer new assessment methods has allowed his final-year students to set their own exam and take notes into the test.

The new leader of the University and College Union will be decided in March after the date for the election of the general secretary was set this week.

The final wording of the new charities bill could spell the end for some, writes Graham Leigh.

The push for open access to publicly funded academic research gets a boost as an umbrella body supports placing subscription journals’ articles on the internet for free.

Playgrounds and even Enid Blyton are now being sanitised - but where there is no element of danger, there is no fun for children, says Tom Leonard.