Its name may evoke scholarly tranquility, but under its previous identity, Oxford Spires was closed down for its poor results.

I went to a West End theatre on Sunday night – not something I would normally mention in this column, but it was rather a special occasion.

Boys are more likely to shun university as a result of the rise in tuition fees, according to new research.

Student leaders have elected the first ever president of their union not to have been to university.

A university which became the first in the country to be stripped of its right to teach foreign students has been given the green light to accept them again.

Squeeze on labour as graduates dumb-down in recession, then find it hard to move on, says NUS

US universities offer software which they claim can instantly grade students' essays and short written answers

They say 40 is the new 60 as we get to grips with our new ageing population – and the message seems not to have been lost on the National Union of Teachers (NUT).

Teachers are to demand a new contract limiting them to spending just 20 hours a week in the classroom.

Motion is first time in NUT's 143-year history union has taken such a step over Education Secretary