Spanish students lagging behind in problem solving, PISA report shows
Low scores do not reflect 15-year-olds’ theoretical skills in math, reading and science
Grant-awarded students finish studies two years earlier than peers
Report suggests government could save 900 million a year by limiting time spent at universities
Only highest-achieving students to receive government Erasmus grants
Applicants will need top grades and more advanced language skills Otherwise they will miss out on one of the Education Ministry’s 10,000 study payments
Five regions rebel against Popular Party’s education reform
Commissioners claim Minister Wert’s law is step backward and segregates students
Red tape sees Spanish engineers undervalued abroad
Degree mix-up due to Bologna framework hinders qualified nationals’ prospects
Length of Erasmus stays to be reduced by half after budget cut
Time Spanish exchange students spend abroad will drop from eight to less than five months
Spain at tail end of EU educational mobility ranking
Just half of most disadvantaged citizens improve on parents' level of studies
No improvement in math, but Spanish students edge up in reading and science
OECD’s latest Pisa global education survey places Spain slightly below average
Education reform passes in Congress with only the PP’s support
Opposition lawmakers vote against “Wert law” while UPyD abstains
"They didn't commit to keeping next year's grants," say Erasmus defenders
Students across Europe hail decision to reverse cutbacks, but warn that fight is not over
State Erasmus grants to be slashed for most students
Only those with lowest economic means to continue receiving 180-euro monthly contribution
Cutbacks and PP government’s reform plans fuel students’ strike
Unions say vast majority of teachers stayed away Education Ministry describes protest as a failure based on “simplistic” slogans
Give us back your grant
The government is demanding failing students return state financial aid
Popular Party passes education law with no support in Congress
All other parties refuse to back seventh reform since return to democracy Minister Wert refuses to “waste time” replying to objections “born out of prejudice”
Drop in government schoolbook subsidies sees parents scramble for shared solutions
Central budget for grants slashed by 80 percent in just two years
Immigrants leave schools as families abandon Spain for home countries
The recession is leading to a drop in the number of foreign students
"There's a lot to learn from how Indians use public space"
Architect infuses Spanish capital with Asian influences
Universities call for stricter student grant system to be scrapped
New requirements could result in half of learners dropping out, deans warn
Time for the “magic sandwich”
NGOs, parents and teachers are calling for urgent action against child malnutrition
The graduates caught in a debt trap
Unemployment crisis means that many former students can't pay back loans PP government has since abolished the lending program altogether
For Spain’s Ecuadorian immigrants, a career in the classroom
The government in the Latin American country is hoping to tempt talent home
Thousands abandon classrooms to join second education strike in 12 months
Teachers and students protest cuts and proposed reforms in 30 cities Labor unions put turnout at 72 percent; government says below 20 percent
Toward a diagnosis of chronic fatigue
A breakthrough by Barcelona researchers has given sufferers hope They want to see the disputed syndrome accepted as a disease in its own right
An illustrator not by design
Artist Iban Barrenetxea has gone from amateur to prize winner in just three years
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