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France

Are French schools failing their brightest children?

Are French schools failing their brightest children?

United Kingdom

Studying in the UK for EU students could get a lot pricier post-Brexit

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.

World News

Snake oil or science? Homeopathy in Europe

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.

World

Meet Adeeb and Dana Alblooshi, two super smart UAE siblings

Emirati brother and sister Adeeb and Dana Alblooshi are two of the UAE’s child prodigies. At just fourteen-years-old, Adeeb, who was named this year as one of world’s smartest teenagers, has already applied for seven scientific patents.

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World

The UAE launches its first NASA space camp for young scientists

The UAE is aiming to become a world leader in space technology by 2021 and the country is investing heavily in its young scientists.

Spain

Spanish university students strike due to academic 'scandals'

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

USA

US school to 'discipline students with wooden paddle'

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

Europe News

European School brings hope to Georgia

EU project aims at bringing students from eastern partnership countries closer to European values

Belgium

Belgian teachers find this French conjugation rule 'absurd'

Two Belgian teachers who find this French conjugation rule "absurd" are trying to change it.

World

Children in DRC begin to return to school after Ebola outbreak

Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo are starting to return to school following a regional Ebola outbreak, that has killed over 70 people so far.

The Cube

Refugee rocket scientist takes job hunt to London's streets

A double-space engineering graduate and refugee known only as Mohammed is taking a unique approach to searching for a job after university

Israel

‘World’s largest Arabic lesson’ held in Israel after nation-state law

The event sought to offer a “creative way instead of a violent way” of responding to the controversial law, which declared Hebrew the language of the state and gave Arabic a “special status”.

Brazil

Mathematical Fields Medal stolen from second Iranian to ever win

Cambridge professor Caucher Birkar was awarded the most honorable prize in mathematics--the Fields medal--when not a half hour later, it was stolen from him.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: fighting terrorism through education

Can terrorism be defeated if illiteracy were eradicated in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Education is the key to the future of the country

The Minister of Education, Mirwais Balkhi visits a school hit by an explosion in January in Kabul as President Ghani may ask the Taliban for a ceasefire during next months Eid holiday on 22 August

Poland

The teacher who never stopped learning: our sixth #Europeanhero

Małgorzata Kulesza has been teaching chemistry and science for more than three decades. She believes that education is all about building relationships and opening the classroom to the world.

Afghanistan

Exclusive: The school the suicide bombers couldn’t shut

Euronews' correspondent Masoud Imani Kalesar visited Kabul in the wake of a deadly ambulance blast which killed dozens, and witnessed the violence - and Afghans' defiance - first hand.

United Kingdom

Less than half of English teens learn a foreign language

Less than half of English pupils choose to learn a modern foreign language at school, a new report has found.

World News

Celebrating #Europeanheroes, without whom a continent would cease to f

We take them for granted, and yet without them Europe would cease to function. Euronews tells the stories of ordinary #Europeanheroes as they go about their daily lives.

Denmark

Denmark to force 'ghetto' children to learn about democracy and Christ

Children living in areas of Denmark with large numbers of immigrants will be forced to attend school for 25 hours per week to learn about democracy, equality and major public holidays.