Students in England 'work less'
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Undergraduates in England spend less time studying than their European counterparts, a report suggests.
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Boys are less keen to go to university than their female counterparts, a survey suggests.
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One student next term at Oklahoma Wesleyan University may have paid a lot less for tuition than his or her classmates.
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Scotland's classroom assistants receive 'scandalously low wages', a  report claims.
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Couch-potato British children are a short "chill out" from being the world's laziest, according to an international study. UK youngsters spend 9.4 hours in front of a computer games console or TV screen per week, just behind Australian children's 10-hour average.
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Pupils have made improvements in maths but there has been little progress in writing, official figures show.
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Universities are relying on foreign student to prop up key subjects like science and engineering, a report 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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Graduates earn on average about a quarter more than  people who leave school after A-levels, research suggests.
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The report says students are catching up to their worldwide counterparts but fourth-graders are not. By Michael Dobbs / Washington Post.
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One in seven students at UK universities drop out, but there are wide variations between universities.
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A new study examining the correlation between study time and GPA scores found that video games (or any other extra-curricular activity) can slightly reduce grade performance.
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The number of foreign students at Massachusetts colleges and universities dropped 7.2 percent between 2003 and 2006, according to a study being released today at a gathering of Bay State business leaders worried about the future pipeline of scientists and engineers.
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Disadvantaged children lagging a full year behind before they start school.
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Children in England have the least summer school holidays in Europe - but long hours do not mean higher results.
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Almost a fifth of England's state secondary schools do not meet the government's GCSE target but things are improving.
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Expanding waistlines are squeezing the bottom line of the nation's schools, as poor eating and exercise subtly strip money from education, a new study suggests.