'Halt science decline in schools'
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Britain will run out of world-leading scientists unless the downward spiral in science education is stopped, says Professor Colin Pillinger.
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England's school inspectors warn that geography is in decline and needs to be made more relevant.
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The future of medicine in the UK is at risk due to the closure of university science departments, doctors say.
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Gordon Brown will make science a top  priority, says Education Secretary Alan Johnson.
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A falling birth rate and demand for education in Welsh means a big change in the capital's schools.
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A survey of academics suggests many believe university standards have been 'dumbed down' due to funding shortages.
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England's secondary schools should drop GCSEs and A-levels for a diploma, a report says, but reaction is mixed.
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Britain's leading scientific institution said Monday it is urging countries to back a campaign to stop a possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty banning human cloning.
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Catchment areas ought to be banned to stop richer families buying their way into good schools, a study says.
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Urgent action needs taking to tackle the lower attainment of ethnic minority university students, a report says.
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Geography is the worst-taught subjects in primary school and fewer teenagers are studying it, inspectors say.
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VAT discounts could help Educational science centres are facing a funding crisis, a group of MPs has warned in a new report.â¦
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The number of children in England taking foreign languages at school has fallen, inspectors find.
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UK's prestigious science academy launches major investigation into the state of practical science lessons in schools
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Failing students could repeat the last year of primary school, Tory leader David Cameron proposes.
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Developing the scientific potential of poor nations could reduce the scale of disasters like the Asian tsunami, researchers said on Thursday.
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The United Kingdom has slipped significantly down the world education league, particularly in maths, a report said yesterday. In the second round of tests conducted by the Programme