The National Union of Students has elected its first president who has not attended university. Toni Pearce, who is currently the union's vice pres...

A new watchdog with the power to close failing colleges will be created as ministers promised "tough action" to improve standards in further education...

On Tuesday, a couple of working days after its self-imposed deadline, the Department for Education finally made the announcement that colleges would be able to recruit 14- and 15-year-olds directly, as predicted in Friday's TES.

Ten specialist colleges are set to become universities under the biggest expansion of higher education for 20 years, it has been announced. Univers...

Specialist sixth-form colleges are more effective than school sixth-forms and general further education colleges at achieving top A-level grades, rese...

Children studying at college are skipping lunch as they can't afford to buy it and are not being provided with the free school meals they are entitled...

A funding anomaly which has left tens of thousands of poor teenagers missing out on free lunches is to be debated by MPs. Former education secretar...

Fifteen new university technical colleges linked to firms including Jaguar Land Rover and Virgin Atlantic are to open within two years, the government...

Many teachers are feeling demoralised and overworked, with concerns that they are facing constant criticism and unrealistic expectations, a survey sug...

A university's fraternity group is being sued for negligence by the parents of a 19-year-old who died after a vodka binge-drinking session. Megan H...

Fears have been raised that universities are blocking colleges from offering more higher education places at a cheaper cost. Under Government refor...