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Former Education Secretary Derides 'Self-Defeating' Foreign Student Curbs
Former Education Secretary Derides "Self-Defeating" Foreign Student Curbs
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.
Government's Apprenticeship Plans 'Lacking Ambition' Says Industry Body
Education
Government's Apprenticeship Plans "Lacking Ambition" Says Industry Body
Childcare Sector Insists Workforce 'Has To Grow' To Cope With Free Hours Expansion
Education
Childcare Sector Insists Workforce "Has To Grow" To Cope With Free Hours Expansion
Childcare Sector Warns Of 'Postcode Lottery' For Availability Of Free Hours
Education
Childcare Sector Warns Of "Postcode Lottery" For Availability Of Free Hours
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
Education
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
Former Schools Minister Insists Teachers Must Be Paid More To Avert Staffing Crisis
Education
Former Schools Minister Insists Teachers Must Be Paid More To Avert Staffing Crisis
Tory MPs Want Tax Relief And Top Up Payments To Help Nurseries Fund Free Hours
Education
Tory MPs Want Tax Relief And Top Up Payments To Help Nurseries Fund Free Hours
The House Live
Campus hate speech shows that Holocaust education has been an abysmal failure
Education
By Baroness Deech
Campus hate speech shows that Holocaust education has been an abysmal failure
The winner of the next election must deal with the costs of botched and delayed projects
Education
By Meg Hillier MP
The winner of the next election must deal with the costs of botched and delayed projects
Truancy trials – meet the parents hit by the single justice procedure
Education
By Andrew Kersley
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
New Cabinet Office Minister Says There Is "Massive Waste" In How Local Councils Are Funded
Communities
Veteran Tory Wants Conservative Leadership Contests To Be More 'Transparent' To Stop 'Fibbing And Skulduggery'
Veteran Tory Wants Conservative Leadership Contests To Be More "Transparent" To Stop "Fibbing And Skulduggery"
Political parties
The Professor Will See You Now
The Professor Will See You Now
By Professor Philip Cowley
Parliament
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Supply teacher: How schools became the last outpost of the welfare state
Education
By Sophie Church
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
'The Home Office shouldn’t have anything to do with children': The Children's Commissioner interview
Education
By Sophie Church
'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’
Schools Funding Plummets Into Deficit Risking A “Bleak” Future Of Staff Cuts
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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Education
By Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald and University Technical College Cambridge launch first engineering Challenge Project, UK
Mott MacDonald and University Technical College (UTC) Cambridge are challenging 60 Year 10 students to consider what is required in the planning of a major engineering project.
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Education
By University of Exeter
Coastal light pollution disturbs marine animals, new study shows
Marine ecosystems can be changed by night-time artificial lighting according to new research published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.
Politics explained: new guide for young voters Partner content
Education
By University of Exeter
Politics explained: new guide for young voters
University of Exeter student Liz Atkins hopes to engage young voters on politics through a new online guide
Lord Bilimoria: Tories 'risking prosperity of UK' with international student crackdown Partner content
Education
By London Metropolitan University
Lord Bilimoria: Tories 'risking prosperity of UK' with international student crackdown
In a speech on international students at London Metropolitan University, crossbench peer Lord Bilimoria targets the Conservatives for risking the “future prosperity of our country” with their immigration policies.
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Education
By NASUWT
Workers more at risk as a result of coalition’s trivialisation of health and safety
The NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, is marking Workers Memorial Day today (Tuesday) by highlighting the continuing concerns about the Coalition Governments approach to health and safety, in particular its failure to address the hidden killer in our schools-asbestos.
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Education
By University of Exeter
Complex cognition shaped the Stone Age hand axe
New research has shown that the ability to make a Stone Age hand axe depends on complex cognitive control and memory. The recently published results knock another chip off theories that pre-historic hand axes are simple tools that dont involve complex functions of the brain made by ape-men just banging rocks together.
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Education
By University of Exeter
Defence and Uncertainty lecture by Strategy and Security expert
The issues behind unforeseen events like the disorder in the Ukraine to the revolutions of the Arab Spring which caught intelligence organisations off guard, is the subject of a fascinating lecture at the University of Exeter.
Taking a Chance: Leading law firm gives praise and cash to children’s charity Partner content
Education
By Chance UK
Taking a Chance: Leading law firm gives praise and cash to children’s charity
Chance UK this week celebrated their partnership with international law firm Kirkland & Ellis, who have pledged to give the charity £50,000 over the next two years. 
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Education
By NASUWT
Another empty promise from the Liberal Democrats
Commenting on the Liberal Democrats statement on public service workers pay, ChrisKeatesGeneral Secretary of theNASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, said
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Education
By NASUWT
Calls for ministers and employers to address the drivers of teachers’ sickness absence
Commenting on a debate in the Northern Ireland Assembly on sickness absence in the public sector, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in Northern Ireland said:
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on Liberal Democrat education pledge
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers comments on the Liberal Democrat manifesto
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on school places
Commenting ahead of the allocation of school places due tomorrow, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:
Partner content
Education
By AQA
New Geography GCSE brings the world into the classroom
Students will travel the world from their classroom in AQA's new Geography GCSE - exploring topics including climate change, poverty and global shifts in economic power.
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Education
By AQA
New language GCSEs speak to students and teachers
AQA has launched a new suite of Modern Foreign Languages GCSEs aimed at enabling students of all abilities to study a language - and equipping them with both the cultural and linguistic skills they need to put their chosen language to use.
Partner content
Education
By Mott MacDonald
Ofsted recognises marked improvement at Slough Children’s Centres
Ofsted has recognised a marked improvement at Sloughs Childrens Centres, managed by Cambridge Education on behalf of the Borough Council.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on Conservative Party manifesto
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers comments on the Conservative party manifesto
Partner content
Education
By University of Hertfordshire
University develops new cloud-based connected car system
The University of Hertfordshire has recently launched a new cloud-based connected car system which will use satellite positioning to track a cars location and assess data collected for potential dangers.
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Education
By PSHE Association
Labour Manifesto Response
The PSHE Association welcomes today's commitment in the Labour manifesto to statutory status for the Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) element of PSHE education, but is concerned about the lack of reference to the subject as a whole.
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Education
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million+ comments on Labour manifesto pledge for careers advice service
The university think-tank million+ has commented on the manifesto pledge made by the Labour Party today (April 9) that every teenager will receive one-to-one careers advice to support them from school to work.
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Education
By NASUWT
NASUWT welcomes Labour's commitment to educational entitlement for all children and young people
Commenting on the launch of the Labour Partys education manifesto, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, said:
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Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL welcomes Labour's education manifesto but some issues remain unaddressed
Adrian Prandle, Director of Economic Strategy and Negotiations of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers comments on the Labour manifesto
The success of Labour's careers advice pledge Partner content
Education
By National Federation of Builders
The success of Labour's careers advice pledge
The National Federation of Builders welcomes Miliband's promise to guarantee personal careers advice for all teenagers, but warns the success of the plan depends on the advisors. 
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Education
By Save the Children
Charities lay down election challenge on nursery quality to get toddlers back on track
More than half a million children in independent (private) nurseries are being deprived of the benefits of a qualified early years teacher, according to the Read On Get On. campaign. This number includes many of the poorest children, who are most at risk of falling behind in basic language and reading skills and most in need of skilled teaching support.
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Education
By Mott MacDonald
Cambridge Education-led consortium evaluates teacher absenteeism rates, Indonesia
A consortium led by Cambridge Education, Mott MacDonalds international education consultancy, has completed a survey of schools in Indonesia to create nationally representative estimates of teacher absenteeism.
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