How US students get a university degree for free in Germany
By Franz Strasser BBC News, Germany While the cost of college education in the US has reached record highs, Germany has abandoned tuition fees altogether for German and international students…
What’s it like to start reading at 60?
By Sean Coughlan Education corresponden What’s it like to read your first words at the age of 60? What difference does it make after a lifetime of getting by without…
Reaching 130 million girls with no access to school
In the time it takes to read this story, about eight girls under the age of 15 will have given birth – mostly in the world’s poorest countries – and…
England’s children decline ‘significantly’ in science tests
IMAGE SOURCE,TIMSSImage caption, The maths and science tests were taken by pupils in 64 countries By Sean Coughlan BBC News family and education correspondent England’s secondary pupils have “significantly declined”…
Boris Johnson says girls’ education key to ending poverty
By Sean Coughlan BBC News family and education correspondent Boris Johnson says it is his “fervent belief” that improving girls’ education in developing countries is the best way to “lift…
The exchange project uniting young Americans during the pandemic
A project to bring together young Americans of different backgrounds hopes to become first nationwide domestic exchange programme in the US – but the pandemic has thrown up some major…