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Case study: ‘US funding is a big draw’

Tom Gibson, 18, from Berkshire has accepted an offer from a university in North Carolina that focuses on liberal arts

Oxbridge can’t match big spenders

Such is the enormous wealth of some Ivy League universities that they are scouring the world for the best students

'Quack' degrees will damage our university say academics

Degrees in homoeopathy and herbalism could be scrapped after academics branded them 'quackery'

Who is Lord Waldegrave?

Lord Waldegrave of North Hill, a minister in Margaret Thatcher's government, has been chosen as the next Provost of Eton

Graduate gains wiped out by student debt says report

The higher salaries earned by some graduates because they have a degree will be wiped out by the debts they rack up, a report says today

Schoolgirls to get vaccinated against cervical cancer

Girls as young as 12 will be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer

What is cervical cancer?

Girls as young as 12 will this year be vaccinated against the virus which causes most cases of the disease

William Waldegrave named Provost of Eton

Lord Waldegrave, a minister in the Thatcher and Major governments, will head governing body of the elite boys' school

Schoolchildren show addiction to caffeine

School nurses have been urged to look out for pupils complaining of headaches, chest pains, restlessness

'Exam results are priority not pupils' careers

Teachers' survey shows job advice downgraded as schools are under more pressure to increase the numbers of good grades

New teachers ill qualified to teach disabled students

Children with disabilities are suffering when taught by young and newly qualified teachers, an Ofsted report claims

Teachers say careers advice is not their job

Teachers no longer think it is their job to prepare pupils for the workplace or give them advice about suitable careers, figures suggest

Thousands of students face delays for grants

Computer problems at Education Maintenance Allowance will leave many teenagers without student funding at the start of term

Lessons in life that will earn a diploma

The history of hairstyles and the importance of personal hygiene will be taught to 14 to 19-year-olds taking new diplomas

Mini-schools ease transition for Year 7 pupils

Secondary schools should create 'mini-schools' on campus to prevent new arrivals being intimidated by the size of the place

Those first day jitters

Starting primary school is an anxious time for children – and their parents

Fees to rise in shake-up of childcare

Families will be hit by increased childcare costs under government plans to 'professionalise' staff with better training

Value of gaining a degree plummets

One-third of graduates are receiving no financial benefit from their degree as the value of studying declines for the first time

‘Boring and mindless’ GCSEs scrapped

Nine of the top ten in The Times independent schools league table offer the 'more rigorous' International GCSE

A badge for the better-off

Heralded as a return to old-fashioned standards, the O-level style IGCSE could end up heading a drift into educational segregation