Reeta Chakrabarti

Free schools, started by groups of parents or teachers, could be set up in existing schools with surplus places, reports BBC Education Correspondent Reeta Chakrabarti.

A BBC investigation finds an industry where students can pay to have their coursework written for them is becoming a growing problem.

The UK has a reputation for poor work-life balance and days full of hurry and worry. Is Denmark an example to follow?

Women have always worked in India, but the rise of the corporate woman in the last two decades in the banking sector has been phenomenal.

Is there a downside to increased social mobility? For The Editors, a programme which sets out to ask challenging questions, Reeta Chakrabarti decided to find out.

Reeta Chakrabarti speaks to a London family scarred by female genital mutilation, who now speak out against it.

Chile’s first female president, Michelle Bachelet, has made it her mission to change her country’s restrictive abortion laws.

A small fleet of humanitarian volunteers keeps watch for migrants making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean.

The Met Police have not changed, says Stephen Lawrence’s mother, 30 years after his racist murder.