Stock market and Rodin's Thinker Banker and thinker: Oxford ethicist says a career in finance could be the moral choice Idealistic youngsters with ethical values should opt for a banking career, says an Oxford University ethicist. Will Crouch argues that if ethical people went into finance - and then gave back a slice of their higher salaries - the impactRead more

British schools and universities face the largest cuts to public education spending since the 1950s, reported the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS). Britain's chief tax and spending experts at the IFS, a leading London-based economic research institute, have revealed that public spending on Britain's education system will be slashed by over 14% between 2010-11 and 2014-15. Furthermore, the study revealedRead more

Thousands of Cairo University students staged a march expressing their solidarity with Tahrir demonstrators and rejection of the violent crackdown by security forces which lead to protesters’ killings. The march is not affiliated to any political movement or party. Participants criticized government and military council statements, describing them as "provocative and like the decisions of the ousted president's regime." TheRead more

A university students political mainstream urged the Tehran officials to start revising Iran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency after the UN body impaired Iran's trust and confidence in its proper and fair functioning by releasing a biased report against Iran merely on the basis of the US allegations.The Iranian university students' Office for Consolidating Unity (Daftar-e Tahkim-e Vahdat)Read more

There will not be any immediate changes in the management of the Rajagiri International School, education officials have assured parents following Saturday's chaotic events. The Educational Permit owner of Rajagiri school has assured that there will not be any changes in the management of the school, the curriculum, the quality of education delivered, the day-to-day running of the school orRead more

As anti-capitalism Occupy Wall Street protests have grown to cities across the United States, they've also taken root at the nation's universities, where students have staged rallies and walk-outs from classes.On Thursday, students were among the thousands who took part in protests across the country. At the University of California, Berkeley, where 40 people were arrested in a violent confrontationRead more

Chinese students attending educational programs jointly run by Chinese and foreign institutes of higher learning will have to register online since this December, as required by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in a notice issued Sunday at its website. The move is to further regulate and supervise the granting of diplomas of the Sino-foreign cooperative educational programs, the notice said.Read more

The UK's children's commissioners are warning that child poverty could rise as the UK tackles its economic problems. The commissioners for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, who champion children's rights, say cuts are already hitting "key children's services". They warn that benefits changes could push more families in to poverty. The government says its benefits changes should cut childRead more

A deadly bus collision in Gansu province has sounded the alarm for schools and alerted the authorities to fix loopholes in the school bus safety rules, an educational expert said. The current regulations, released by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine in July 2010, haven't improved school bus safety, according to Yuan Guilin, a renowned education professorRead more

A US university says it is launching an investigation into the use of pepper spray by riot police trying to clear a demonstration. Video of the incident at the University of California, Davis, shows officers blasting seated protesters in the face with the chemical at close range. The university chancellor, who had called in the police, described the pepper sprayRead more