A Conservative peer and ex-chairman has blasted a government whip who demanded to know what university professors were telling their students about Brexit.

Ahead of a Westminster Hall debate this afternoon, Caroline Spelman MP says it’s in everyone’s interest that all refugees are able to learn English – and women must have the same opportunity as men.

Oxford and Cambridge represent a “social apartheid”, a former Labour minister has said as he revealed “shocking figures” on admissions of ethnic minority students.

British universities have demanded "urgent clarity" from Theresa May over the future of EU academics and students in the UK. 

Universities must guarantee free speech or face penalties from the new higher education regulator, the Universities Minister has said. 

Theresa May is facing a ministerial revolt over her plans to freeze tuition fees, it has been reported.

RAeS President, Sir Stephen Dalton, explains why now is the right time to consider the impact of its outreach programmes and look to future collaboration with industry and Government to support growth in the next two decades. 

A survey of 29,000 NAHT members showed that seven out of ten expected their budgets to be untenable by 2019, says NAHT General Secretary Paul Whiteman.

David Davis is reportedly calling on the Treasury to scrap historic student debt, arguing that it is hampering young people from contributing to the economy. 

The positive health effects of art are well documented. But much more can be done to incorporate this into our care system, writes Ed Vaizey MP.

On the fringes, panellists were all very keen to emphasise the importance of skills, particularly within the context of the industrial strategy, says Dods political consultant Andrew McQuillan.

Taxpayers are paying more to subsidise university students now than they were before fees were tripled to £9,000 a year, it has been claimed, in a major blow to Theresa May.

Britain will lose out on skilled labour after Brexit unless politicians can find a “positive narrative” about the country’s direction and values, a minister has said.

Students can choose a "frugal existence" to help cope with the financial burden of university living costs, a Tory minister has said.

Robert Halfon MP and Alan Mak MP spoke at the Apprenticeships Forum Reception last night at Conservative party conference. 

Tuition fees are to be frozen as the Conservatives try to win back young voters from Labour.

The Government's new education minister once declared that he "does not believe in grammar schools". 

Schools could be forced to employ more black and ethnic minority teachers if Labour wins the next election, Angela Rayner has revealed.

A future Labour government would spend £500m on reversing cuts to Sure Start centres, Angela Rayner announced today.

Shadow Secretary for Education Angela Rayner argued in favour of hard quotas for BME teachers in schools at a NASUWT fringe event at Labour Party Conference. 

Labour has piled pressure on the Government by offering to back a compromise deal that would see eye-watering student debts slashed.

Schools should teach pupils British values as some children are brought up in environments “actively hostile” to the UK, the head of the school inspectors department has said.

Proving it’s never too early to start exploring career opportunities, starting this week, more than 3,100 under 12s in fifty schools in West London will learn the ABC’s of exporting with the new Heathrow Primary School Challenge.

Dods Monitoring Consultant Harriet Jones argues that education policy could be a platform for the Prime Minister to reignite her domestic agenda at this year's Conservative party conference.