Thousands of students could discover the fees at the universities to which they have applied are to change, just weeks before the application deadline. The Office for Fair Access is expected to announce later how many of England's universities have sought fees changes for 2012. Universities blame delays in planned changes to higher education. Ministers said it had been madeRead more

Teachers in schools across NSW have been bashed and threatened by students, angry parents and intruders, reports to a government department show. Almost 460 serious incidents including 130 violent acts against school staff were logged during the first two terms of this year in reports to the Department of Education and Communities, The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday. The reports,Read more

The UAE's higher education sector has been characterised by rapid growth over the decades since UAE University (UAEU), the country's first such institution, was established by the late Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan in 1976. UAEU started with a cohort of 500 and now 12,279 students are enrolled, with female students representing 75 per cent of the population. FromRead more

A large number of Tehran University students and professors staged a rally on Saturday to voice their strong support for the Occupy Wall Street protests in the US and other western countries ruled by the capitalist system. The demonstrators began their rally in front of the Tehran University's mosque and are now moving toward the University's main gate in EnghelabRead more

London schools are to share more than half of an England-wide allocation of £500m government funds to tackle a shortfall in pupil places. Schools in the capital received £260m of a £500m Department for Education funding package. The amount of money to be allocated was calculated using figures provided by local authorities. A Department for Education spokeswoman said: "Funding isRead more

Many pupils who sat Standard Grade and Higher exams earlier this year struggled with basic skills, according to Scotland's exams board.The Scottish Qualification Authority has highlighted the problems in annual reports summarising the performance of candidates.Examiners found many had difficulty with spelling, punctuation and following instructions.The Scottish government said literacy was improving.Every year, the SQA published external assessment reports forRead more

Scotland's schools are facing the first strike in almost a quarter of a century.Members of the largest teaching union, the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), have voted overwhelmingly for a day of action.It is likely to take place on 30 November.Union leaders said the patience of teachers had been exhausted by a pay freeze, budget cuts and proposed changes toRead more

Blackspots for youth disengagement where high levels of youngsters are not in education, work or training (Neet) have been revealed in a new report.In Grimsby, Doncaster, Warrington and Wigan, nearly a quarter of 16 to 24-year-olds are Neet.In a further nine cities in England and Wales, dropout rates for youngsters are about one in five.The Work Foundation report blames aRead more

Deputy Chief of Mission at Kuwait Embassy in Washington D.C. Counselor Jasem Al-Budeiwi presented a lecture here Thursday at George Washington University (GWU) on Kuwaiti-American relations on various levels and domains.During the lecture, of which graduate students at GWU's Political Science Department took part in, Al-Budeiwi shed light on the history of the Kuwait-US relations, which go back to 1912,Read more

Irish Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn on Thursday approved plans to abolish the Junior Certificate and replace it with a new system, local media reported. The new system, which will be introduced from 2014, will place a greater emphasis on continuous assessment with exams making up just 60 percent of the final grade, plus extra marks for activities such asRead more