Education

MIT launches free online ‘fully automated’ course

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one of the world’s top-rated universities, has announced its first free course which can be studied and assessed completely online.

Игнатов обяви принудителна ваканция до края на седмицата

Извънредна ученическа ваканция разпореди министърът на образованието Сергей Игнатов. Във връзка с изключително сложната и непредвидима метеорологична обстановка и непроходимостта на по-голяма част от пътищата

Year-over-year jobs data by race and education

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Hard-hit African-Americans and the most-educated Americans enjoyed the most improved job prospects in the 12 months ending in January. Among racial groups, whites, Hispanics and

Academy schools: Vocational equivalents ‘inflating results’

The “excessive” use of vocational equivalents is “inflating” the results of England’s academy schools, analysis of league table data suggests. Thousands of the qualifications which

University students: Fines over access threatened

Universities that fail to recruit more students from poor backgrounds should be heavily fined, the man ear-marked as the head of fair access has said.

Swedish schools aim to ditch books by 2013

The Stockholm suburb of Sollentuna plans to get rid its schools of text books entirely by next year in favour of tablet computers like the

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