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Former Education Secretary Derides "Self-Defeating" Foreign Student Curbs

14 May Education

Justine Greening, a Conservative former education secretary, has urged Rishi Sunak to drop the "self-defeating" idea of further restrictions on international students after a major new report recommended that Government retains the graduate route.

21 Mar Education

Government's Apprenticeship Plans "Lacking Ambition" Says Industry Body

22 Jan Education

Childcare Sector Insists Workforce "Has To Grow" To Cope With Free Hours Expansion

05 Jan Education

Childcare Sector Warns Of "Postcode Lottery" For Availability Of Free Hours

11 Dec 2023 Education

Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts

03 Dec 2023 Education

Former Schools Minister Insists Teachers Must Be Paid More To Avert Staffing Crisis

08 Nov 2023 Education

Tory MPs Want Tax Relief And Top Up Payments To Help Nurseries Fund Free Hours

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22 May Education

Campus hate speech shows that Holocaust education has been an abysmal failure

18 Apr Education

The winner of the next election must deal with the costs of botched and delayed projects

16 Apr Education

Truancy trials – meet the parents hit by the single justice procedure

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New Cabinet Office Minister Says There Is "Massive Waste" In How Local Councils Are Funded

14 Jul Communities

Veteran Tory Wants Conservative Leadership Contests To Be More "Transparent" To Stop "Fibbing And Skulduggery"

15 Jul Political parties

Sharon Hodgson’s Betty Boothroyd-Inspired Deputy Speaker Bid

16 Jul Political parties

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06 Feb Education

Supply teacher: How schools became the last outpost of the welfare state

Britain’s welfare state is in retreat – but should schools plug the gap? Sophie Church visits one outpost to see if the model is sustainable

27 Jan Education

'The Home Office shouldn’t have anything to do with children': The Children's Commissioner interview

Children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza tells Sophie Church why Elon Musk needs to take his fatherhood more seriously and why she thinks the Home Office ‘shouldn’t have anything to do with children’

11 Dec 2023 Education

Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts

English state schools plunged into a financial deficit last year, new figures have shown, with teachers’ leaders warning of a “bleak” future.

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21 Mar 2016 Education

Driving business innovation with 3D printing and digital technologies

Several companies attended an exclusive business event on Thursday 17 March, organised by the University of Hertfordshires Digital Hack Lab.

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18 Mar 2016 Education

Airbus employees volunteer to help local children read

Staff from the Airbus factory in Broughton have been giving up their time to help local primary school children improve their literacy skills.

Investment in skills and employability more important than making schools into academies

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17 Mar 2016 Education

Investment in skills and employability more important than making schools into academies

The Government’s announcement that all schools will be required to become academies must not be at the expense of investing in vital skills so crucially needed by industry, warns the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

Apprenticeships still have an image problem – report

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17 Mar 2016 Education

Apprenticeships still have an image problem – report

Ahead of the Chancellor’s Apprenticeship Levy, due to be introduced in April, and in line with National Apprenticeships Week, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is publishing a report into how young people perceive non-academic education. ACCA's chief executive Helen Brand tells PoliticsHome about the findings.

Budget 2016: Adult skills is still the 'cinderella' sector

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17 Mar 2016 Education

Budget 2016: Adult skills is still the 'cinderella' sector

In response to the Chancellor’s eighth Budget, The Tinder Foundation's Charlotte Murray regrets the stark absence of anything for digital or adult skills.

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16 Mar 2016 Education

Fostering enterprising skills in Hertfordshire

According to new research only 10 per cent of university students plan to run their own business when they graduate.

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16 Mar 2016 Education

NASUWT comments ahead of the Budget statement

Commenting ahead of the Chancellor of the Exchequers Budget Statement, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers Union, said:

Teaching unions slam the chancellor’s plans to turn all schools into academies

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16 Mar 2016 Education

Teaching unions slam the chancellor’s plans to turn all schools into academies

Two teaching unions, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) and the NASUWT respond critically to George Osborne’s plans to force all English schools to become academies.

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16 Mar 2016 Education

Investment in skills and employability more important than making schools into academies

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15 Mar 2016 Health

English girls’ wellbeing plummets as they reach teenage years – report reveals

English schoolgirls are less satisfied with their lives than boys and feel more pressure to succeed at school a report authored by University of Hertfordshire researchers has revealed.

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15 Mar 2016 Education

ATL on Government plans to force all schools in England to become academies

Commenting on the Guardian story that the Government is going to force all schools in England to become academies, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

Don’t make your daughter go to university

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15 Mar 2016 Education

Don’t make your daughter go to university

The Chief Executive of national charity, Career Ready, urges teachers and parents to consider new professional apprenticeships as valid alternatives to higher education.

Degree apprenticeships have potential to fill skills gaps

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15 Mar 2016 Education

Degree apprenticeships have potential to fill skills gaps

‘Degree apprenticeships’ have been lauded by Universities UK (UUK) and Business Secretary, Sajid Javid, as ‘life-changing opportunities’ with the potential to plug more specific skills gaps.

14 Mar 2016 Education

Government failing to increase 'quality' apprenticeships

Shadow BIS secretary, Angela Eagle, warns that “when it comes to apprenticeships, the Government is overly focused on quantity over quality”.

14 Mar 2016 Education

Apprenticeship levy must have 'clear and coherent strategy for implementation'

SNP Spokesperson for Business, Innovation and Skills, Hannah Bardell, says "the implementation of the apprenticeship levy and the proportion allocated to Scotland is far from clear".

'Quantity and quality' - Nick Boles on how to create three million apprenticeships

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14 Mar 2016 Education

'Quantity and quality' - Nick Boles on how to create three million apprenticeships

With National Apprenticeships Week kicking off today, skills minister Nick Boles explains to Debbie Carter how the Government plans to meet its target of creating three million apprenticeships by 2020.

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11 Mar 2016 Education

New study to tackle piracy issues caused by growing use of 3D printers

University of Exeter experts will work to develop a solution to the growing problem of piracy caused by the increasing use of 3D printers.

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11 Mar 2016 Education

Nearly 60% of construction bosses start their careers as an apprentice - research

Nearly 60% of SME construction owners started their career as an apprentice, according to new research from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) ahead of National Apprenticeship Week (14th to 18th March).

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10 Mar 2016 Education

ATL comment on Ofsted’s inspections of multi-academy trusts

Commenting on Ofsteds inspections of multi-academy trusts, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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10 Mar 2016 Education

Patients with anorexia feel less bodily pleasure

Patients with anorexia nervosa perceive physical touch in social interactions as less pleasurable than healthy people of the same age, reveals new research by University of Hertfordshire PhD student Laura Crucianelli.

Government visa policy is turning away the leaders of tomorrow

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10 Mar 2016 Education

Government visa policy is turning away the leaders of tomorrow

The Government’s student visa policy is having a damaging impact on universities and the economy, according to a new report from the Chartered Association of Business Schools.

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09 Mar 2016 Education

Self-harming youngsters put at risk by ‘cycle of shame’

Young people who self-harm only seek emergency hospital care as a last resort due to a deep sense of shame and unworthiness, a study at the University of Exeter has found.

08 Mar 2016 Education

School admissions system becoming 'increasingly complicated' for parents

Labour peer Lord Watson writes that the government’s proposed changes to the School Admissions Code will favour 'the more sharp-elbowed and well-connected parents' who can 'manipulate the system'.

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08 Mar 2016 Education

Innovative ‘connected home’ solution showcased at world’s largest mobile exhibition

University of Hertfordshire academics and specialist test and measurement equipment company, Anritsu, teamed up to demonstrate their connected home solution to over 100,000 visitors at Barcelonas Mobile World Congress 2016.

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