Exams reformer given knighthood
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Mike Tomlinson, who has proposed replacing A-levels and GCSEs with a diploma, is knighted.
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UCSD&#39;s Dr. Edward W. Holmes, vice chancellor for health sciences and dean of the School of Medicine, was one of five University of California deans named yesterday to the commission governing the stem cell research institute voters approved this month.
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University Of Leicester Law Society has selected Jagmohan Mundhra for David Flynt Honorary Award ...
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Don't call him Sir Anthony Leggett just yet. Queen Elizabeth II put the University of Illinois physics professor and Nobel Prize winner, a British native, on her birthday knighthood list this summer, but he ...
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The Prince of Wales is to defend himself publicly after being accused of being &quot;old fashioned&quot; over modern teaching methods.
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A petition calling for a posthumous knighthood for Brian Clough is handed in to Downing Street.
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Prince Harry was cleared yesterday of cheating in his art A-level by the examination board that set and marked his papers. Edexcel said it had re-examined all the
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Mike Baker ponders the latest announcement about new Diplomas and the A-level review.
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Michael Edwards is one of six people shortlisted to become a member of the Academie Francaise.
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Changes are being made to the amount of coursework in A-level exams, as part of a review of the qualifications.
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The new head of the European Commission has re-submitted key nominations in hopes of gaining parliamentary approval. Jose Manuel Barroso announced the new nominations in
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A University student and alumnus were awarded Rhodes Scholarships Saturday evening, marking the first time in University history that two representatives from the University were awarded the scholarship in the same year.
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"I am honoured to join an Order which includes such distinguished practitioners in the arts. It is particularly pleasing that 'equality' is included in my citation"  Ian McKellen is already a knight, but his highest British honor is right around the corner. via My58.com
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Prince Harry, younger son of the Prince of Wales, has passed his entrance exam to Sandhurst and is looking forward to joining the Army.
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The highest grade at A-level - the new A* - will require students to score at least 90% in their exams.
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Celebrated opera singer Willard White took another kind of bow Wednesday, bending before Queen Elizabeth II as she awarded him a knighthood.
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A leading figure in the effort to minimise the impact of disease in developing countries has been knighted.