April 17, 2025
The Swedish National Agency for Education is canceling the digital national exams this spring, the agency wrote in a press release.
The reason is that several serious shortcomings have been discovered, including students' personal data being leaked to teachers who should not have access to it.
April 16, 2025
Hong Kong’s education minister has said that schools are on the “frontline” of preventing the spread of “soft resistance,” as students may develop “extreme, biased” values due to online rumours.
April 16, 2025
Influx of children of non-local professionals admitted by the eight public universities has prompted angry backlash from local parents
April 15, 2025
Leaving Cert results will fall this year as pandemic grade inflation begins to be phased out.
April 14, 2025
The number of students caught cheating in their Leaving Cert and Junior Cert exams has more than doubled in the space of a year. The State Examinations Commission (SEC) said 86 results had been withheld for last year’s Leaving Cert compared to 39 in 2023.
April 11, 2025
A UK delegation from top universities visited Egypt’s New Administrative Capital, marking the largest UK higher education delegation to the country.
April 10, 2025
With Vietnamese students playing a key role in New Zealand’s economy, the two countries are set to strengthen their educational ties.
April 09, 2025
Postgraduate international student interest in the US has taken a sharp dive under Donald Trump’s second administration, falling by more than 40% from January-March 2025.
April 08, 2025
It was a system update that caused the error in the Swedish National Agency for Education's platform for digital national exams. The error led to the cancellation of this spring's digital exams.
April 07, 2025
Scottish voters are divided over Scotland’s policy of free tuition for Scottish students as the crisis over university finances intensified.