A third of university hopefuls remain unplaced. More than a third of UK university applicants are still without a place on a degree course, according to the latest figures. ... "A-level grades and school performance are the primary methods for assessing potential, but so are a host of other factors including the students' personal statement, the report from their schools and information about their school background." But she added that recent figures showed improvements ...

She launched ELLANS Tanzania Limited, a company that sold books and educational materials to primary and secondary school students. She had also tried a number of other entrepreneurial ventures including small scale vegetable gardening, poultry keeping, ... Once again, Ms. Teveli turned to education as her answer. She decided that an MBA degree could make a difference and sought out the various online universities to see which one would best fit her needs. ...

Thousands of Leaving Cert students will find out how they performed in their exams today. Results will be handed out in schools from this morning or online. ... “This is the terrible irony…that the students who come into the school system from primary school who need the very best teachers to teach them maths are getting teachers who have not studied maths to degree level” she added. Meanwhile a special helpline for concerned students is open. ...

“There is nowhere else where an education authority has commissioned a philosophy with children programme that every single primary and secondary child will follow – over 18000 children.” ... Worley already had a philosophy degree as well as experience as a primary school music teacher before he began SAPERE training; he says he set up The Philosophy Shop because he thinks it is important for philosophy facilitators to have in-depth subject knowledge. ...