The UK's Design Council has weighed in to the debate about the declining number of students taking creative subjects, describing the situation as "not sustainable for design businesses or the UK economy". More
V&A director Tristram Hunt has announced that the museum will spearhead a campaign to get more children taking design and technology subjects at GCSE level in the UK. More
The number of UK students taking arts subjects at school dropped to their lowest level in the past 10 years, according to new industry research, and is expected to fall still further this year. More
Students don't need to take creative subjects at school as they are already exposed to creative processes thanks to mobile phones, according to the author of a new government-commissioned report on the UK's creative sector. More
Royal College of Art tutor Harriet Harriss has created a list of over 300 notable architectural texts written by women, to show universities that there are no excuses for giving students male-dominated reading lists. More
The number of secondary school students taking art and design qualifications in the UK has fallen to the lowest level this century, the latest GCSE results show. More
The number of students applying for art and design degree courses in the UK this year fell by 14,000 compared to 2016, with applications from EU students falling five per cent. More
Joseph Grima has been appointed creative director of Design Academy Eindhoven, Dezeen understands. More
Dezeen promotion: London's RCA has launched two new 15-month MA programmes in environmental architecture and city design starting in September 2017. More
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has taken the number one spot as world's leading architecture school for the third year running, according to new global rankings. More
The UK government is urging schools to promote art and design subjects, after a report found that schools with more creative pupils achieve significantly higher grades. More
A new masters programme titled the University of the Underground is promising a fee-free design education to students who want to "positively challenge institutions and power structures". More
A charity that invites high-profile figures to speak in schools around the UK has called for more leading architects and designers to participate. More
The Brexit vote has led to a "brain drain" of teaching staff and a drop in student numbers at the UK's architecture and design institutes, according to a body representing creative higher education establishments, which warns that universities will be forced to shut down. More
Brett Steele, director of the Architectural Association in London, has been appointed as the new head of the arts school at the University of California, Los Angeles. More
Fresh design graduates are being encouraged to get into crowdfunding early by a new initiative from London's Cass School of Art and Architecture. More
After being the only prominent designer to argue in favour of Brexit, James Dyson is giving UK design education a boost with the creation of a new engineering university. More
Dezeen promotion: Parsons School of Design in New York has introduced a digital product design course to its masters programme. More
Brexit: the UK government's education policy has come under attack from two different design bodies, with claims students are being "actively discouraged" from studying design. More
EU students are deferring or cancelling their offers from UK design schools over Brexit with major implications for the future of the sector, according to London Design Festival co-founder and UAL governor Ben Evans. More