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• Two-tier university warning given
  Vice-chancellors warn that the traditional university experience could become the preserve of an elite.
• Digital subjects 'priority' call
  Digital technology must be a "national priority" in UK universities, says an industry and university task force.
• UK slipping down graduate league
  The UK is slipping behind international rivals in university places, according to figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
• First 16 'free schools' revealed
  The first 16 'free schools' to be set up are named by Education Secretary Michael Gove.
• Former head jailed for sex abuse
  A former boarding school head teacher is jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing and beating pupils.
• Student migration 'unsustainable'
  The number of foreign students let into the UK is "unsustainable", minister Damian Green says in his first major speech on immigration.
• Tory defects over schools scheme
  A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".
• Students 'put off by ÂŁ7,000 fees'
  A report suggests two-thirds of UK students would be put off university by fees of ÂŁ7,000 a year.
• Gove defends free school numbers
  Michael Gove says demand for new free schools has exceeded expectations but Labour says plans for 16 new institutions next year are "laughable".
• Men in short supply in primaries
  One in four state primary schools in England has no male teacher, statistics show.
• Music tuition falling, poll says
  Fewer children are learning to play a musical instrument than in their parents' generation, a survey suggests.
• GCSE triumphs: Whizz kids and athletes
  Across England, Wales and Northern Ireland thousands of pupils are celebrating and commiserating with each other after receiving their results for their GCSE exams.
• GCSE pupils score record results
  Teenagers score another GCSE record with almost seven out of 10 exams awarded a C grade or above, as separate science entries rise.
• 'One in four' students unplaced
  The latest figures show that currently more than a quarter of UK university applicants are unplaced.
• Did the new A* make the grade?
  Did the new A-level grade do what it said on the tin?
• The bright pupils shunning university
  The bright, young things shunning university
• No university place...? Go Dutch
  With UK students facing a tough battle for places at home, universities in the Netherlands are promoting themselves as an alternative - and still have spaces left for this year, reports the BBC's Jonty Bloom.
• A* boosts record A-level results
  One in 12 A-level entries is awarded the new A* grade, as pupils attain record results.
• Ditch the flute and get swotting, students told
  Oxford's head of admissions tells candidates it wants the academically gifted, not 'second-rate historians' who play the flute.
• Why has studying French lost its Ă©lan?
  Is the big fall in the number of British school children studying French something to be concerned about?