A new data driven initiative to support students with mental health issues is being launched by the University of East London.

Pupils have used balloons to learn about the impact of air pollution and how it can be tackled.

Fashion students from the University of East London (UEL) have shown off their original designs in a charity catwalk show.

The new headteacher of a Forest Gate boys' school has been appointed.

Stephen Timms visited pupils in East Ham to give a talk about his life in parliament.

The final touches are being made to an array of designs made up of materials including tea bags to be unveiled by university students preparing for graduate fashion week.

Newham Sixth Form College (NewVIc) has signed a new charter to reaffirm its commitment to staff and students' mental health.

Deaf children in Newham and their hearing classmates tried out flashing doorbells and vibrating alarm clocks as spent a day learning about deafness.

Sixth formers who devised a bracelet that can be used to test drinks for date rape drugs have won their college a national award.

East Ham MP Stephen Timms has welcomed a report into the Home Office's response to cheating in English language tests.

The secrets of London's rivers are being uncovered with archaeology from the tributaries including those now buried beneath our feet.

Mouse crossings and duck crossings could soon appear at schools and nurseries in east London as part of a new national road safety campaign.

The chair of a parliamentary committee has accused Newham Council of 'stonewalling' the group's investigation of special educational needs provision in the UK.

The MP for West Ham praised the secondary school her sister attended for giving her an 'amazing career' during a talk she gave to its current students.

Pupils at a Plaistow primary school have celebrated their cultural diversity with an array of events.

A pair of budding product designers are doing their bit for the environment with a rubbish bin encouraging seaside visitors to take care when throwing away plastic waste.

Forest Gate pupils determined to make the world a better place have put their environmental pledges on display.

University of East London (UEL) student Allison Vitalis has won Student of the Year from a body promoting diversity in higher education at the Palace of Westminster.

A secondary school in Forest Gate has been shortlisted for a prestigious education award for the second time in three years.

A student from East Ham's Brampton Manor Academy has won the Newham regional final of the speaking competition, Jack Petchey's Speak Out Challenge.

A primary school in Forest Gate has been recognised for its commitment to supporting mental wellbeing.

Foreign students accused of cheating tests so they could stay in the UK face 'desperate hardship' as a result of the government's handling of an English test scandal.

A popular headteacher of a Newham school says unaffordable house prices in the borough led to his "tough decision" to resign.

A Romanian teenager who immigrated to the UK a year after the Brexit vote for a better education has won a place at Cambridge University.

Student, academics and employers have come together to develop the tech talent coming out of east London.

The Easter bunny has given youngsters at a nursery school a sweet surprise.

A primary school has been named one of the best performing schools in the country following a series of 'outstanding' results.

A five times former world karate champion has come out of retirement at the age of 61 to 'fight to save young lives'.

Families have been finding out whether or not their children got into their first choice primary schools.

Part of the £170 million pot to increase the number of people with technical skills in the UK is coming to Newham.

A team of schoolboys is celebrating after scooping top prize in a university chesmistry competition.

Located in the heart of east London, Newham Sixth Form College (NewVIc) sixth form college is dedicated to helping students aged 16-19 progress into higher education and employment.

The University of East London is to host a conference about how to keep more black and minority ethnic academics.

Pupils from Sandringham Primary in Forest Gate have turned their hand to modelling London's most famous landmarks.

A top slalom canoeist has his sights set on Tokyo for the 2020 Olympic Games.

A youth worker claiming she was stopped and searched up to 20 times has said the experience made her feel like a criminal.

A former BBC and ITV chairman advised job-seeking media students to take rejection on a visit to a university.

Ofsted has found homophobic and misogynistic books at a Forest Gate primary school.

London mayor Sadiq Khan has launched a tour helping EU citizens through the settlement process at the University of East London (UEL).

Young people have marched through the shopping centre where a 21-year-old man was stabbed to death to demand it be made safer.

Pupils from Manor Primary School in Stratford have performed on stage at Wembley Arena.

School photos are a rite of passage: a snapshot in time of bad hairstyles, gappy teeth and that hideous experiment with the blue eyeliner that went on for far too long.

Students have been preparing new material to perform in two of London's biggest venues.

Newham Council's children's services have seen a "significant deterioration" over the past five years.