Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government is to cut back a hugely successful programme designed to encourage teenagers to take up ...

Business studies and physics are booming, while entries for French and German have sunk to a record low, this year’s A-level results show. There is also evidence that the gap in performance between ...

The bonus points initiative (BPI) was introduced in 2012 to incentivise the study of higher-level mathematics and with the long-term goal of improving students’ mathematical capabilities. Since its ...

Pressure points The Institute of Physics says that recent errors in A-level physics unfairly perpetuate the myth that physics is a difficult subject. (Courtesy: shutterstock/monkey business images) ...