A director at the world’s most successful strategic consulting firm has brought the data-mining techniques of her day job to a decision with which many parents wrestle: how to help offspring choose a university course.
Tera Allas, director of research and economics at McKinsey and a self-confessed geek, said that it came as “no surprise” to her family when she launched a fact-based analysis and created a “prioritisation algorithm” to help her daughter weigh up courses.
Read MoreThe “Stormzy effect” has contributed to more black students being admitted to Cambridge University, the prestigious institution has said.
For the first time, black students made up more than 3 per cent of the undergraduate intake, reflective of wider UK society, according to the university.
It said the rise was due to a number of factors, including the "Stormzy effect".
The grime artist is funding the tuition fees and living costs for two students each year.
Read MoreA Japanese student aced an assignment on ninja culture by making her own invisible ink from soya beans in a stealthy move that impressed her professor.
Eimi Haga, a member of Mie University’s ninja club, submitted an essay about the assassins with a message attached instructing the professor to heat it before reading.
Read MoreAs a late spring child myself, I completely agree with this. For certain 11+ school exams, month of birth is taken into consideration. I see many summer born children who, in an ideal world, should be allowed to go back a year if requested by their parents.
Read MoreCapping the number of private school pupils going to university would lead to a brain drain in which bright students would go abroad to study, a leading head teacher has warned.
It could leave universities, which mostly select on academic ability, struggling to fill courses, the annual Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC) of 300 leading private schools was told.
Read MoreThe prison service has made it on to a list of Britain’s top 100 employers for graduates thanks to its innovative fast-track scheme.
The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers 2019-20, published on Wednesday, also shows that the number of new graduates wanting to work in the public sector is at its highest level for almost a decade. There are 11 public sector employers in the rankings, including the NHS at number five, its highest position since the list began in 1999.
Unlocked, a scheme that parachutes graduates into the prison service, entered the table at number 49, the highest new entry.
The rankings are compiled from research with 19,700 graduates who left university this summer. They were asked: “Which employer do you think offers the best opportunities for graduates?”
Read MoreCould Labour really abolish private schools? That's the big question after the party's conference voted to "integrate" private schools into the state sector.
The plan would see the assets of private schools "redistributed".
Universities would have a quota imposed of admitting no more than 7% of their students from private schools, so their numbers were in keeping with their proportion in the overall school population.
And private schools would lose their charitable status and tax exemptions.
Read MoreOxford
California Institute of Tech
Cambridge
Stanford
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
Princeton
Harvard
Yale
Chicago
Imperial College London
Source: Times Higher Education
Read MoreYes, I do have my hand up in the air! I went to senior school in the ‘80’s, 1981-1988 to be precise. I went to two senior/secondary schools. My first, an independent school was in West Yorkshire and my last was in North Yorkshire, a faith state school. I can’t say I remember having any clubs at either school! In addition my mother was very much against outside school activities, as she viewed them as a complete waste of money (sigh)!
Read MoreThe UK risks losing its international influence under strict immigration policies, report suggests.
The UK has been superceded by the US as the most popular place of education for the world's political leaders, a study has found, as experts warn the government's immigration policy could reduce the attraction of British universities to overseas students.
Of the current serving presidents, prime ministers and monarchs who have studied at a university abroad, 58 were educated in the US compared to 57 in the UK - reversing last year’s positions.
Read MoreMiddle-class teenagers and their parents are increasingly using university clearing to shop around for the best courses to the detriment of their less well-off peers, education experts have warned ahead of A-level results day next week.
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