Universities competing with each other have overhauled degree marking to “ratchet up” the number of students getting firsts, a report discloses.

A team of Harrow pupils are reaching for the stars after winning a national competition to design a spacecraft for NASA.

Social mobility is so frozen that it would take five generations for a poorer family in the UK to reach the average income, an OECD report says.

Schools and parents should not be scared to take smartphones and other electronic devices away from teenagers, the headmaster of Eton has said. Simon Henderson, head of the private school since 2015, says it is sometimes appropriate to take...

Teenagers in England are having to make choices about university on the basis of too little information, a report by the Public Accounts Committee warns.

Students are more likely to want universities to take a tougher line against drugs on campus, rather than a more liberal response, say researchers.

Family background, subject choice and university have a significant impact on English students' earnings five years after graduation, new data shows. Figures compiled by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) show economics and medicine students...

Schools need help from leading businesses to offset skills shortages on their governing bodies, according to Education Secretary Damian Hinds. In a speech later, Mr Hinds will call for a range of professionals to "take on this vital role".

Universities have been warned against running low quality, "threadbare" courses just to get "bums on seats".

Black students are more likely to have their university applications flagged for potential fraud or errors than any other ethnic group, according to data from the Ucas admissions service.