A school in London where pupils learn all subjects in both French and English has won a prestigious award founded by French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

The Ecole de Wix, part of the Wix Primary School in Battersea, south London, received the Ordre des Palmes Academiques after teaching French and English for the past six years, the Daily Express reported Sunday.

A Southern California based doctoral research university is launching its third global residency programme next month in India and has plans to add two more in the future.

"The Indian Economy and the Epicentre of Globalization" is a one-week residency in Mumbai from Jan 1 to 8 for University of California, Riverside School of Business Administration undergraduate students, graduate students and alumni.

Academics at Cambridge University have been asked not to shake hands with Muslims or disabled people because it might upset them, a media report said Thursday.

Hundreds of new schoolteachers in Britain are going to teach pupils in their classrooms despite having struggled themselves up to 39 attempts to clear even basic literacy and numeracy tests.