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By Hamish Macdonell. For many school-leavers, apprenticeships remain an unexplored option. So how can the government, education and business sectors improve the take-up of workplace training schemes? Why is it that it is harder to get on an apprenticeship with Rolls Royce or BAE Systems than it is to get ion an apprenticeship with Rolls Royce or BAE Systems than it is to get into Oxford or Cambridge? And why is it then, that many school leavers see apprenticeships as a poor alternative to university, even though they could end up in better jobs with less debt than their graduate counterparts? More...

By Richard Adams. The University of Athens, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Athens Polytechnic have been forced to halt all activities as a result of Greek ministry of education proposals to suspend unilaterally 1,655 university administrative workers. The impact on teaching, research, clinical work and international collaboration is unparalleled and the threat to higher education in Greece as a result of stringently imposed EU austerity measures is a cause of great concern far beyond Greece's shores. More...

By Richard Adams. Recovery in UK student numbers suggests increase in fees to £9,000 has not reduced appetite for full-time higher education. As freshers' week gets under way across the country, new figures show that the number of students accepted to study at UK universities has returned to the levels before tuition fees were raised to £9,000. More...