Universities are failing to equip their students with a basic sense of morality, Steven Schwartz, the vice-chancellor of Brunel, has said.

Cambridge University has rejected a proposal to close its 100-year-old department of architecture.

Churchill's school report is one of hundreds of rarely or previously unseen objects going on show in a new museum dedicated to his life.

You can wear a badge or don a T-shirt proclaiming the goals of the Autistic Liberation Front - to celebrate autism, stop the search for a cure and "defend the dignity of autistic citizens".

Nursery teachers have been criticised for teaching their pupils to count and write their names and not allowing them enough time to "explore their feelings and thoughts".

A girl of 12 wept as she told a court that her teacher had repeatedly assaulted her at primary school.

A boy worried about his GCSE exams hanged himself at his home less than a week before he was due to return to boarding school.

Parents have a responsibility to teach their children to value education, love learning, behave well in school and respect their teachers, Ruth Kelly, the new Education Secretary, has said.

John Clare answers your queries on the faith debate and learning styles.

Exams for 11-year-olds are putting parents and pupils under pressure, reports Andrew Baker.

It's tough and the pay is no better than on a supermarket till, but work as a teaching assistant has many rewards, finds Alexandra Buxton.

SKETCHIn best parliamentary style I must declare an interest in yesterday's proceedings: Your honour - sorry, force of habit - Presiding Officer, I have known Andrew Arbuckle, man and older man, as a dubious character...

TONY Blair yesterday risked a damaging rift with Washington and a weakening of the Atlantic alliance by backing the EU's decision to sell arms to China.

TONY Blair will declare today that his New Labour path is the only way ahead for the party, as he lays out his personal third-term agenda while Gordon Brown, the Chancellor, continues his tour of Africa.

JACK McConnell is today expected to be forced to explain to MSPs why he failed to register his New Year holiday with Kirsty Wark.

THE ill-natured spat between Jack McConnell and Lord Fraser, who led the Holyrood Inquiry, escalated yesterday when the Tory peer told the First Minister he should not have gone on holiday with Kirsty Wark.

LOCAL authorities came under fire yesterday after new figures showed that £600 million in council tax remains uncollected since 1996.

THE Scottish Parliament last night backed an Executive move to allow Westminster to legislate for Scotland in the UK Gambling Bill despite angry attacks on plans for new "super casinos".

A LAW change to allow householders to use force against burglars without fear of prosecution has been shelved by the government.

WHAT price Tory charisma? Not that much, if the cost of tickets to meet party personalities is anything to go by.