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Birmingham pupils shine as GCSE results improve across region

West Midlands pupils achieved overall improvements in last summer’s GCSE results, new figures showed today.Read

Lateral thinking needed to plug university funding gaps

Universities are bracing themselves for bad tidings in the new year regardless of what resolutions they may look to make. But it may not be all doom and gloom, as Education Correspondent Tony Collins reports.Read

Teacher’s birth saved his family from Stalin

Senior teacher George Andronov is retiring after more than 30 years at a leading independent school in Birmingham. But that barely scratches the surface of a remarkable story, as Education Correspondent Tony Collins explains.Read

Blue plaque honours Birmingham poet and scientist Constance Naden

Official recognition has finally been given to a Birmingham woman born more than a century and a half ago.Read

Bournville College vision enters reality

Work has begun on a landmark college building in Birmingham which is also playing a key part in the regeneration of the south of the city, Education Correspondent Tony Collins reports.Read

Titanic resurgence for tourism in Belfast

Ed Stephens finds Belfast still has one eye on its troubled past as it builds on its burgeoning tourist reputation.Read

Woman airlifted to hospital after falling out of window at Birmingham house

A woman was airlifted to hospital after falling out of the window of a house in Birmingham today.Read

Protest over University of Birmingham plans to close sociology department

A protest march was being held today by campaigners fighting plans to close the Department of Sociology at the University of Birmingham.Read

Nursery schools under threat following funding changes

Nursery schools could be forced to close in Birmingham following Government-imposed changes to the way early years education is to be funded.Read

Nursery schools under threat following funding changes

Nursery schools could be forced to close in Birmingham following Government-imposed changes to the way early years education is to be funded.Read

Nearly 50 Birmingham schools rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted

Almost 50 schools in Birmingham have been labelled as “outstanding” in the annual report of the Government’s Chief Inspector of schools.Read

Pupils climbing over disadvantage hurdle

Has Birmingham managed to address under-achievement in its schools? Education Correspondent Tony Collins looks at the latest results for the city.Read

Exam successes on the rise in Birmingham schools

This year's exam results in Birmingham schools have shown improvement. How did your school do? Read

Birmingham Wheel finally opens

The Birmingham Wheel finally opens for passengers on Wednesday.Read

Sir Ian McKellen in Birmingham to campaign against homophobic bullying in schools

Acclaimed stage and film actor Sir Ian McKellen visited a Birmingham secondary school today to highlight the issue of homophobic bullying.Read

Jobs threat as University of Birmingham plans to close department

Staff and students at the University of Birmingham are fighting plans to close one of its departments with the threatened loss of more than a dozen academic jobs.Read

Jobs threat as University of Birmingham plans to close department

Staff and students at the University of Birmingham are fighting plans to close one of its departments with the threatened loss of more than a dozen academic jobs.Read

Birmingham graduates facing tough challenge to find employment

Graduates leaving universities in Birmingham and across the West Midlands are facing an even tougher challenge to find employment at the end of their studies.Read

Karren Brady to speak at Specialist Schools and Academies Trust in Birmingham

The former managing director of Birmingham City, Karren Brady, is to share a high-profile platform with a senior Government minister, the first female head of M15 and the Chinese Ambassador to the UK.Read

Universities in hard-hit regions to benefit from shake-up

The Government is aiming for a major shake-up of higher education to help regions such as the West Midlands to beat the economic downturn.Read

Author Profile

Tony Collins joined the Birmingham Mail in 1980.After working in a couple of the Mail's district offices, he became Education Correspondent in 1994. Being regarded as something of a Groucho Marx lookalike, it is no surprise that he is also the Mail's 'Mr Comedy', responsible for interviews with many of our top comics.

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