A gender gap in mathematical ability arises shortly after children begin school — irrespective of the type of school they attend and their socio-economic background. All students in France take a ...

FOR DECADES a big story in education has been the ascent of girls. They now outperform boys in most subjects, leave school with better grades and are more likely to get a university degree. But one ...

A gender gap has opened up between boys and girls in maths and science subjects in England, a new report suggests. The international study, carried out every four years and published by the Department ...

Kinga Morsanyi receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (Centre for Early Mathematics Learning; ES/W002914/1). Carlo Tomasetto does not work for, consult, own shares in or ...

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 ...

History has had no shortage of outstanding female mathematicians, from Hypatia of Alexandria to Ada Lovelace, and yet no woman has ever won the Fields medal – the Nobel prize of the maths world. The ...