At 15 and three months, Arran Fernandez is set to become the youngest Cambridge undergraduate since William Pitt the Younger was offered a place. Photograph: PA At 15, most teenagers are struggling to get their heads around the algebra and equations of maths GCSE. Not Arran Fernandez. Next month, he will become the youngest student [...]

Wayne Rooney is expected to travel with the England squad for the Euro 2012 qualifier against Switzerland. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/REUTERS Wayne Rooney must prove to Fabio Capello that he remains fully focused on leading the line for England in the Euro 2012 qualifier against Switzerland on Tuesday amid concerns that the striker may not be [...]

Students hold on to their hats after graduating from Birmingham University. The CBI suggests top graduates could leave the UK if they are charged for their degrees according to how much they earn. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Tens of thousands of the UK’s best graduates would emigrate if ministers went ahead with plans to charge [...]

The best schools are still monopolised by the middle classes even when a lottery is used to help allocate places, researchers have found. Photograph: John Alex Maguire/Rex Features Middle-class families monopolise the best schools even when a lottery is used to allocate places, according to a study published today. Lotteries have been seen by some [...]