Tracy McVeigh: Holiday resorts - and not inner cities - were identified last week as centres of low ambition and limited opportunity. Beyond the beach, Weymouth is a place beset by low wages, lack of transport, isolation and poverty of aspiration
Frances O'Grady, TUC general secretary, says 'ministers seem keener on kicking youngsters when they're down' than getting them into work
If you want your child to make the school team try to ensure they are born in November or October, say researchers
Toryboy wants to home-school our son… He wants to what?
Deborah Orr: A new report says white working-class children are failing at school, and suggests their attitudes and lack of aspiration are the cause. This sounds like victim blaming to me
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Data visualisation skills are strongly in demand, but where can you study the subject?
From the politics of Beyoncé, to the sociology of Miley Cyrus, unis around the world are using pop stars to dissect wider issues
If you see your future in the legal world, there are many postgraduate routes to consider
Postgrad students shouldn't skip open days - they're just as important now as they were when you chose your first university
Scandal shows Gove has too much power and daily worship should be scrapped, but the most important point is the need to support the schools involved
Lack of local authority control means governing bodies, or a sponsor with an agenda, can undermine school leaders
The government's actions in Birmingham are in sharp contrast to its support for, and secrecy over, Steiner schools
The £53m initiative aims to strengthen research ties and fund projects on climate change, energy and human diseases
For six months, we've followed PhD graduates Mel and Dean in their hunt for a job. The final instalment sees them feeling positive about the future
The vice-chancellor of Sussex University shares his views on student protests, how he got the university's accounts back in the black and why he's committed to interdisciplinary research
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