Oxford News
A school in Oxford has had its entire board of governors removed by the county council, despite protests by parents of pupils who claim that the council wants to turn the school into an academy. The O...
Dublin News
Trinity Student Numbers to Rise
Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has unveiled plans to increase student numbers by 15 per cent and widen access for poorer students. Trinity, which is ranked as the 13th best university in Europe, says it...
Madrid News
More flexibility needed for gifted children
Madrid has over 4,000 gifted students who are experiencing problems at school, says an association set up to forward the cause of especially gifted young people
Amsterdam News
Funding cuts for Islamic school group
An Islamic school group in Amsterdam is to lose part of its local and government funding after a recent critical report by the state education inspectorate. The As Siddieq school group, which has thre...
Copenhagen News
Local authorities in Copenhagen have successfully introduced a range of anti-bullying measures in the city
Jersey News
Jersey German occupation guide
The Germans built an impressive number of fortifications around Jersey when they occupied the island in 1940. There are underground and above ground bunkers and gun emplacements visible at every looko...
Brussels News
More places in Brussels secondary schools
The city of Brussels has announced that it is to increase class sizes in the first year of its secondary schools for September 2009. The move follows a crisis caused by
Amsterdam News
Amsterdam council sets vocabulary lists for primary schools.
The Amsterdam city council has drawn up a list of 3,000 words that children going up into third year of primary school must know. The list, which includes words such as juicy, wizard and surroundings,...
Dublin News
Dublin schools hit by budget cuts.
More than a third of Dublin primary schools are to lose at least one teacher as of September 2009, according to an inquiry into the effects of education budget cuts commissioned by Irish Republican pa...
Jersey News
International Baccalaureate comes to Jersey.
Hautlieu College will become the first school in the Channel Islands to offer the International Baccalaureate diploma as an alternative to A Level exams.
The school has now received confirmation tha...
Paris News
Adult education courses in Paris.
Enrolment is open for the hundreds of courses available at municipal adult education institutes across the French capital. Fees range from
Madrid News
Madrid city council is running free courses and summer camps in the Spanish capital over the school holidays in subjects ranging from birdwatching and sports to natural medicine and making your own co...
Dublin News
First gay rights lessons at Dublin primary school.
Griffith Barracks multi-denominational school in Dublin
Dublin News
IT courses for Dublin’s elderly.
Dublin city council in conjunction with Age Action Ireland has set up the
Vienna News
Freud University courses in English.
The Sigmund Freud University (SFU) of Psychotherapy in Vienna is to launch a full programme of degree and non-degree courses taught and supported entirely in English. Accredited as a private universit...
