The Principal of Queen Margaret University has announced his retirement. Professor Anthony Cohen CBE will leave at the end of this academic year after heading the university since 2003.

The number of Scottish students accepted for university or college places in Scotland rose by nearly 3 per cent this year, new figures revealed.

It has been revealed that several universities throughout the UK tried to stop further education colleges gaining the power to award foundation degrees.

Six out of 10 of England’s poorer students would drop out without their college allowances, a poll for the National Union of Students suggests.

A new learning course has been launched by the city council and Edinburgh University to focus on the quality of services for adults at risk of harm.

Separate subjects could be ditched in the first three years of secondary school, under new government plans.

Parents of children in Edinburgh are to be kept up to date with what’s going on in their schools in an e-newsletter being launched today.

More men have applied for medical and veterinary degrees at UK universities this year, which may help counteract the dominance of women in these subjects. Women currently make up between 58% and 59% of those studying medicine degrees.

Poor advice is preventing many academically able pupils from non-privileged homes going to university, a new report has found.

Four leading private schools in Scotland were yesterday ordered to increase their spending on bursaries or risk being stripped of their charitable status.