Staff at 74 universities walked out on Thursday on the first of 14 days of unprecedented industrial action over a long-running dispute over pay, pensions and working conditions.

An Ofsted report has revealed that the majority of secondary schools are increasing class sizes to save money.

A study by researchers at University College London looked at the activity levels of 4,257 12- to 16-year-olds and has found that children who spend lots of time sitting still are more likely to develop depression by the age of 18.

The US has launched investigations into Harvard and Yale universities over suspicions they received undisclosed funds from foreign countries, including Saudi Arabia and China.

Schools are being told they do not need to close or send people home if there is a suspected case of coronavirus.

More than 5,000 qualifications in England studied by few or, in some cases, no students are being scrapped.

According to the latest analyse carried out by the Department of Education children of immigrants are ahead of their British counterparts in GCSE maths and English.

There is an ongoing debate within the education system about the importance of teaching pupils the truth about British colonialism including those aspects of it that are less than stellar.