UK students excluded from UK medicine degree
A medicine degree course at a UK university is not open to students from the UK - only overseas students are allowed to apply.
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Hong Kong minorities ‘marginalised’ in school
Ethnic minorities in Hong Kong are "marginalised" by the education system,
Texas university students in dildo protest over gun law
Texas students are planning to hang sex toys from their bags in protest at a law allowing people to carry concealed weapons on university campuses.
Online brain training ‘helps older adults with everyday tasks’
Brain training - playing online games that give memory and reasoning skills a workout - is beneficial for older people, a large-scale study has concluded.
Online schools ‘worse than traditional teachers’
You can see why online charter schools in the United States were seen as the next big thing.
Anger at ‘stolen’ online courses on Udemy
Udemy, a platform for experts to sell educational courses, has been accused of not doing enough to remove stolen content from its service.
Schools ‘struggle to recruit teachers’
Schools in England face a deepening problem in recruiting enough teachers, head teachers say.
Los Angeles schools shut over email threat to students
Los Angeles schools have been closed as an unspecified threat emailed to the school district is being investigated.
Franklin Pierce University makes test scores optional
Franklin Pierce University is joining a growing list of schools that no longer require most applicants to submit standardized test scores.
U.S. academics raise concerns over ‘Digital India’ campaign
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Silicon Valley to promote 'Digital India' campaign, more than 100 prominent US-based academics have raised privacy concerns about the project.
