Bribes could increase maths intake
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Oxford rector suggests cash reward for A grades The head of an Oxford college has suggested that simple bribery might help boost the numbers of students taking maths at A-level.â¦
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Some students face increased tuition fees of more than Â£7,000 because of funding cuts, universities warn.
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Head teachers warn the exam system is in trouble because of the number of pupils challenging results.
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Proposed new maths GCSEs could leave students unprepared for A-level study, experts say.
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Parents worried about secondary school places are paying for extra tuition, says report.
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Off-shoring continues to take its toll This month has seen the UK's aspiring Prime Minister recycling his views in his Budget Report on the requirements and funding for enhancing the training opportunities and skills to compete globally as a prelude to announcing greater investment in higher education. Some people and organisations, âspeaking on behalf of the UK IT Industryâ, have hitched themselves to this bandwagon in the anticipation that some of the UK Government's proposed increase in its skills and education funding will find its way to the IT industry both in funding terms and in delivering more highly trained and motivated IT professionals.â¦
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A European judge's comments raise the prospect of EU students getting student loans in the UK.
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Grade-school math plus time can add up to big bucks in the bank.
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A report suggests maths A-levels have become easier and no longer stretch the brightest pupils.
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Billions of dollars worth of bribes paid each year go into pockets of public officials in rich countries, study finds.
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The government explains some of the "unusual" results in a pilot of tests that might replace England's Sats.
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An extra Â£20m is to be put directly into schools in Northern Ireland next year, the education minister says.
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Government exceeds target of increasing the number of pupils achieving at least five A* to C grades in their GCSEs.
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There is a warning that independent schools are stretching their lead among A-level students.
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When Yelena's son was preparing for admission exams for a top communications institute, school officials hinted he might not get in unless she offered them a little "reward." She and her family scraped together the required $4,000 bribe, and her son was admitted.
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Unofficial league tables are increasingly influencing university choices, suggests research.
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One of the seven great unsolved mysteries of mathematics may have been cracked by a reclusive Russian who is not remotely interested in the Â£560,000 prize his solution could win him, it emerged today.