'Strikes benefit no-one' said Nick Gibb, the education minister, referring to today's public sector strike. He is wrong. Traditionally when strikes occurred, they made a point.

Two people have been arrested outside Cambridge University's Union Society building where Dominique Strauss-Kahn was controversially scheduled to deli...

For the past three years, Debate Mate has begged to differ, focusing on "how amazing" children are, and investing in them now to make sure they have every opportunity of becoming the leaders of the future. And now we're starting to see evidence of them taking on responsibility at their schools too.

Over the coming year something very exciting is happening: The Huffington Post is teaming up with Debate Mate, the educational charity I work for, to play host to a number of blogs written by some of the university students who mentor with us.

I am still unsure as to whether a great imagination or a first in my degree will make me more desirable to employers; it is a gamble that may or may not pay off.

August in England may not guarantee sun but it never fails to deliver the annual A-level pantomime: highest ever grades shot down by retorts of lowest ever standards.