A secondary school pupil is being investigated after parents and classmates claimed he was as old as 30.

A Chinese headmaster has been fired after a secret stack of crypto-currency mining machines was found connected to his school's electricity supply.

High School students in New Zealand who didn't know what the word "trivial" meant in an exam question have demanded not to be marked down as a result.

A university in Hungary now formally accepts that it "has been forced out" from its Budapest base - after a weekend deadline to reach a deal with the government passed without any last-minute agreement.

YouTube has deleted thousands of videos promoting academic cheating in the last week after a BBC Trending investigation.

A robot has been used to confer degrees on three students who were unable to attend their graduation ceremony.

A security analysis of cyber-attacks against universities and colleges in the UK has discovered staff or students could often be responsible, rather than organised crime or hacking groups.

A Japanese men's magazine has had to issue an apology after publishing a list ranking universities on how easy it is to convince female students to have sex at drinking parties.

Music teaching could be left behind in an outdated acoustic age if it does not keep up with technology, an in-depth report says.

The TED talk organisers have announced the Audacious Project, a $280m (£215m) prize fund to be shared across eight projects it feels tackle the world's toughest challenges.