Players battling it out to be world champion command millions of dollars in winnings and sponsorship. But chess has long been linked to high brain capacity - and could help make children smarter.

Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz meets with investor George Soros to discuss moving the Central European University from his native Hungary to Vienna. The Hungarian government has up to December 1 to decide the fate of the university.

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It's hard to say which member of the Hawke family is more famous in Romania: Hollywood actor Ethan or his mother, Leslie, who helped thousands of children attend schools.

Lessons will be taught across various age groups and subjects, and themes will include tackling homophobia, biphobia and transphobia and awareness of the history of LGBT movements.

A new report says France has the lowest level of English proficiency of any European Union country, while Swedes were ranked the best internationally.

Hungary's ban on gender studies reveals a widespread fear of marginalised voices, says a feminist from Afghanistan who moved to Budapest expecting to study the subject.

In France, the viral video of a student threatening his professor with a fake gun has led teachers to share their own harassment stories on social media and ask for more support from school authorities

God doesn’t exist, aliens do exist, and time travel could be possible, Stephen Hawking says in a book he wrote before his death.

Are French schools failing their brightest children?

Many fear that without a specific Brexit deal, EU students wishing to study in the Uk will be subjected to the same tuition fees as overseas students.

The University of Lille is the latest European higher education institution to suspend its provision of training in homeopathy. Is the tide turning against a complementary medical practice that relies on the "memory" of the remedies it proposes? We investigate.

University students at the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid are demanding the resignation of the rector due to 'numerous scandals'

If parents opt out of the new measure, they have to consent to up to five days suspension for their child instead.