Studying for your MBA abroad is not the only way to gain a global outlook. Chris Alden reports.

Working for an MP might appeal, but, as we revealed last week, it can cost you dear. Teresa Smith investigates a cross-party scandal.

Women who dismiss a career in computing are missing out, says Helen Kaut.

Reading University is planning to close its physics department following a review.

England faces shortage of nurses as funding cuts force universities to reduce student numbers, academics warn.

Teachers should play Mozart in the classroom to help calm unruly children and improve their work, says new book.

A method of schooling that focuses on personal development rather than exams produces more socially adept children, scientists have found.

A gunman who killed himself after fatally shooting one of six girls held in a high school classroom selected his hostages and sexually assaulted some of them, police say.

There are considerable advantages in taking your Tefl training course in another country, says Laura Harrison.

Attempts to reform the way research is assessed for funding has met with almost united opposition from university heads.

Pauline Yates’ son has Auditory Processing Disorder, a condition that affects hearing. Here she describes the battle she faces to get him a good education

Lessons in citizenship, made compulsory when David Blunkett was Education Secretary, offer the best opportunity to schools to combat disaffection among today’s young people towards government - and impress upon them that they can get involved in trying to change institutions for the better. Unfortunately, according to a report from Ofsted, the education standards watchdog, that does not appear to be happening. Provision for citizenship lessons in one in four schools is inadequate - the worst performance for any subject. The reasons for this lie in a lack of commitment by senior staff towards the subject and a feeling among teachers that they do not really know what is expected of them.

As sixth-formers and parents turn their attention to university applications, totting up predicted UCAS points and getting some last-minute charity work in to put on that personal statement, there is one lot who have good reason to feel a little more confident: not the usual smug independent schools but International Baccalaureate students.