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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

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15 Jul Parliament

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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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11 Aug 2015 Education

ATL on threat to sixth form colleges

Commenting on the results of Sixth Form Colleges Association annual funding impact survey, Nansi Ellis, assistant general secretary at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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11 Aug 2015 Education

Universities UK response to National Student Survey (NSS) results

The Chief Executive of Universities UK has said that it is very good that the satisfaction rate for students studying at UK universities remains high, with 86 per cent saying they are satisfied overall with their course.

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11 Aug 2015 Education

2015 university admissions will be as competitive as ever

Nicola Dandridge, Chief Executive of Universities UK, said today that this year continues to see more applications to study at university. But with more places available, students who get the grades should find their place at an institution this autumn.

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10 Aug 2015 Education

Colour changing sand fleas flummox predatory birds

Sand fleas have a remarkable ability to change colour in order to match dramatically different backgrounds, according to a new study from the University of Exeter and the Ascension Island Government Conservation Department.

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10 Aug 2015 Education

Newly identified tadpole disease found across the globe

Scientists have discovered that a newly identified and highly infectious tadpole disease is found in a diverse range of frog populations across the world. The discovery sheds new light on some of the threats facing fragile frog populations, which are in decline worldwide.

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07 Aug 2015 Education

ATL comment on new partnership between NCS and Teach First

Commenting on a new partnership between the National Citizen Service (NCS) and Teach First, to be announced by the Prime Minister today, Nansi Ellis, assistant general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

PSHE education and social mobility – an opportunity we can’t afford to miss

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06 Aug 2015 Education

PSHE education and social mobility – an opportunity we can’t afford to miss

PSHE Association Chief Executive Joe Hayman responds to research by the Sutton Trust & upReach contrasting social mobility between state school and independent school leavers.

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06 Aug 2015 Education

Animal-eye view of the world revealed with new visual software

New camera technology that reveals the world through the eyes of animals has been developed by University of Exeter researchers. The details are published today in the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

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06 Aug 2015 Education

Personal and social skills crucial to social mobility

Todays research brief from the Sutton Trust and upReach highlights the disparity in income between independent school graduates and their state school counterparts.

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03 Aug 2015 Education

Mott MacDonald to design highway improvements, Czech Republic

Mott MacDonald has been appointed by the Road and Motorway Directorate of the Czech Republic to design new sections of the R35 and R55 expressways.

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31 Jul 2015 Education

ATL comment on FOI into impact of sponsored academies on underperforming schools

Commenting on the FOI about the effect of sponsored academies on Ofsteds rating of under-performing schools, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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31 Jul 2015 Education

ATL comment on FOI into impact of sponsored academies on underperforming schools

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30 Jul 2015 Education

NASUWT comments on pupil exclusion figures

Commenting on the data released today by the Department for Education on permanent and fixed-period exclusions of pupils during 2013-14,Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, said:

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30 Jul 2015 Education

ATL comment on pupil exclusion figures

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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28 Jul 2015 Education

ATL comment on leaked assessment report

Commenting on a report leaked to The Guardian on the assessment of primary aged pupils, Anne Heavey, education policy advisor at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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27 Jul 2015 Education

Nicky Morgan misses the point about teachers’ workload - ATL

Commenting on Nicky Morgan saying teachers should not be expected to spend hours marking schoolwork or answering emails after 5pm, Anne Heavey, education policy adviser at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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27 Jul 2015 Education

University leaders make the case for EU membership

Universities UK launched their Universities for Europe campaign today which will highlight how the UKs membership of the European Union enhances university research and education and in turn benefits British people, the economy and our society.

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25 Jul 2015 Education

NASUWT raises key issues for teachers at World Congress

The NASUWT took a delegation of teachers to the 7th Education International World Congress in Ottawa, Canada between 21 and 26 July 2015.

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24 Jul 2015 Education

ATL comment on Sutton Trust report on academy chains

Nansi Ellis, deputy general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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24 Jul 2015 Education

NASUWT comments on the Sutton Trust Report

Commenting on the findings of the Sutton Trusts Chain Effects 2015 report, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, said:

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22 Jul 2015 Education

ATL comment on national pupil projection figures

Nansi Ellis, assistant general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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21 Jul 2015 Education

ATL on financial viability of FE and review of the sector

Commenting on yesterdays National Audit Offices report into the financial viability of further education and the Governments plans for a review of FE, Nansi Ellis, assistant general secretary at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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20 Jul 2015 Education

ATL comment on Education Committee report on extremism in schools

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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20 Jul 2015 Education

ATL comment on Education Committee’s apprenticeships and traineeships report

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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