en 60 /educationandacademia/news/story/39802.html?rss=1 Suitors can tell a young person’s attitude to sexual relationships by the look on their face, according to new research which gives deeper insight into mate attractiveness. /educationandacademia/news/story/39492.html?rss=1 Hundreds of schools face closure later this month after members of Britain's biggest teacher's union, the National Union of Teachers, voted in favour of a one-day national strike on 24 April. /educationandacademia/news/story/35252.html?rss=1 The government has announced that all parents will get regular electronic reports on their children's progress in future, but does this spell good news for all concerned? /educationandacademia/news/story/34402.html?rss=1 Every employer, school, library, college and local authority is being asked to get involved for the launch of the National Year of Reading. /educationandacademia/news/story/33122.html?rss=1 Most people in the UK enter medical college straight from school, but there has been some debate suggesting a change in the system. /educationandacademia/news/story/33082.html?rss=1 It seems that the government are adamant on introducing the new diplomas to replace GCSEs and A-levels, but will they be the most effective way to better our education system? /educationandacademia/news/story/32722.html?rss=1 England has dramatically fallen down an international league table for children's reading skills, a major new survey has found. /educationandacademia/news/story/32642.html?rss=1 Harvard University has once again been named as the top university in the world. /educationandacademia/news/story/32022.html?rss=1 It has become a common misconception, amongst a large population of the UK at least, that everybody understands the English language, and thus we need not bother learning any foreign tongues. /educationandacademia/news/story/31962.html?rss=1 One of the biggest headaches for teenagers after taking their GCSEs is making a decision about which A-levels to study. /educationandacademia/news/story/31342.html?rss=1 University is certainly not for everyone, but there certainly are a lot of benefits to be had from becoming a graduate. /educationandacademia/news/story/29782.html?rss=1 A major investment in skills and learning has been unveiled by the government, amid controversy over a provocative slogan. /educationandacademia/news/story/23762.html?rss=1 Stereotypical views that girls are not interested in mathematics and female scientists are unhappy cause many young women to avoid these industries. /educationandacademia/news/story/21742.html?rss=1 Oxford has been named as the top university in the UK for the sixth consecutive year. /educationandacademia/news/story/20862.html?rss=1 Job satisfaction amongst teachers has increased dramatically since 1999, with the profession rising from 54th to 11th in a league table of job satisfaction. /educationandacademia/news/story/20422.html?rss=1 Private school fees in the UK have increased by 41 per cent in the last five years, more than twice the rate of inflation, figures show. /educationandacademia/news/story/6662.html?rss=1 Women are much more open than men to learning a new language, according to a survey by language software provider Rosetta Stone. /educationandacademia/news/story/5402.html?rss=1 More than half of those who left school aged 16 regret their decision later in life, a survey has discovered. /educationandacademia/news/story/4762.html?rss=1 UK graduates will earn record starting salaries when they leave university this summer, research has suggested. /educationandacademia/news/story/4042.html?rss=1 Two-thirds of British people would like to learn a new language in 2007, a survey has revealed. /educationandacademia/news/story/3882.html?rss=1 A third of graduates believe they studied the wrong course at university, a British survey has discovered. /educationandacademia/news/story/3833.html?rss=1 Nearly one in five primary school teachers and two-thirds of secondary teachers have been subjected to sexually abusive language by pupils, research shows. /educationandacademia/news/story/3799.html?rss=1 The average debt of a final-year medical student has broken the £21,000 barrier, a survey has found. /educationandacademia/news/story/3783.html?rss=1 Seven out of 10 children have been bullied at school, according to a survey by the anti-bullying website Bullying Online. /educationandacademia/news/story/3774.html?rss=1 Age discrimination is "rife" across British universities, the University and College Union (UCU) has warned.