Two events at Brown University last week have unsettled Jewish students. First, a lecture having nothing to do with Israel was called off after students petitioned the lecturer to refuse to participate in any event co-sponsored by Hillel, as the lecture was to have been.

In 2013, University College Cork, in Ireland, asked its faculty members to encourage people familiar with the university to register to vote in the survey of universities conducted by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), one of the major producers of international higher ed rankings.

The government promised to open 500 new schools by 2020 and is urging universities to help – but not everyone thinks it’s such a good ideaMost year 7 boys weren’t sure about attending the fashion show put on by Plymouth College of Art students in their school last summer.

74,3 procent af eleverne i 9. og 10. klasse har i år valgt at sætte kryds ved en gymnasial uddannelse, mens 18,4 procent har valgt en erhvervsuddannelse. Dermed er søgningen til de gymnasiale uddannelser steget en smule i forhold til sidste år, mens tallet for erhvervsuddannelserne er på niveau med sidste år.

A series of well-publicized studies in recent years have offered evidence that minority students, especially African-American males, and particularly in the South, are disproportionately likely to be punished and expelled in elementary and secondary school disciplinary processes. The findings have led many observers to suggest that institutional racism is at play.

Ministry of Education head Peter Hughes has made a plea to all schools, asking them to consider ditching sugary drinks in favour of water to help tackle childhood obesity.  

Danske Gymnasieelevers Sammenslutning mener ikke, at karakterkrav skal afgøre adgang til en gymnasieuddannelse

Regjeringen har ennå ikke bestemt seg for om fylkesmennene eller Barneombudet blir klageinstans i mobbesaker. Nå synes leder Trond Giske (Ap) i Utdanningskomiteen at de nye tiltakene mot mobbing drøyer unødvendig lenge.

Pupils at city schools in England will plant mini-forests in their playgrounds under a government backed scheme.

Students say they don’t have enough help from an adviser, and many don’t graduate.

Der er stor forskel på, hvor mange elever et karakterkrav på enten 02, 4 eller 6 rammer. Især ville unge med indvandrerbaggrund blive afskåret, viser analyse.

It’s their sanctuary, their first “home” in Canada. They consider their fellow students and teachers family. And the teens at Greenwood Secondary School — all recently arrived refugees and immigrants — don’t want it to close and move into nearby Danforth Collegiate.