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Children in care are being moved far from home – my bill would start to address this crisis
Children in care are being moved far from home – my bill would start to address this crisis
Education
By Jake Richards MP
Aged 15, Jade was moved to a children’s home. Instead of finding her somewhere nearby in London, Jade’s local authority placed her in Lancashire, 250 miles away from everyone she knew. What was initially meant to be a two-week placement lasted two years, she told ITV.
After a difficult childhood, Chereece was relocated eight times in a single year, living out of a bin bag across the North of England and Wales. She told Channel 4 the experience made her feel “like an animal – like a piece of rubbish”.
Oxbridge Should 'Move' Towards How US Universities Are Funded
Education
Oxbridge Should "Move" Towards How US Universities Are Funded
Ofsted 'Culpable' For Poor Children Falling Further Behind, Says Body's Former Head
Education
Ofsted "Culpable" For Poor Children Falling Further Behind, Says Body's Former Head
Criminal Exploitation Of Children Rises By 55 Per Cent In Two Years, Data Suggests
Education
Criminal Exploitation Of Children Rises By 55 Per Cent In Two Years, Data Suggests
Labour MP Warns Homeless Families Are Using Schools As 'Support Hubs'
Education
Labour MP Warns Homeless Families Are Using Schools As "Support Hubs"
Early Years Sector Writes To Chancellor Over Post-Budget Concerns
Education
Early Years Sector Writes To Chancellor Over Post-Budget Concerns
What Next For The University Crisis?
Education
What Next For The University Crisis?
The House Live
Beyond the pay rise: bold steps to make teaching a profession of choice Partner content
Education
By University of Birmingham
Beyond the pay rise: bold steps to make teaching a profession of choice
Breakfast clubs do more than just provide a meal: they're the reason some kids go to school
Education
By Andrew Ranger MP
Breakfast clubs do more than just provide a meal: they're the reason some kids go to school
It has been a year since the Online Safety Act became law – yet we’re still waiting for action
Education
By Sir Peter Wanless
It has been a year since the Online Safety Act became law – yet we’re still waiting for action
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Labour MP Calls For Electoral Reform After 'Most Disproportionate' General Election Result Ever
Labour MP Calls For Electoral Reform After "Most Disproportionate" General Election Result Ever
Political parties
Labour MPs Push For 'Healthier' Parliament By Tightening Alcohol Sales And Creating More Natural Light
Labour MPs Push For "Healthier" Parliament By Tightening Alcohol Sales And Creating More Natural Light
Parliament
The government must tackle distrust in politics – starting with our voting system
The government must tackle distrust in politics – starting with our voting system
By Alex Sobel MP
Political parties
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Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech
Environment
Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out 40 pieces of legislation the Labour Government will aim to deliver in his first King's Speech.
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’
Education news
Partner content
Education
By AQA
GCSE Maths update
As you may know, Ofqual has been carrying out some research into all the exam boards' sample exam papers for the new Maths GCSE and they released the findings of this research yesterday.
Partner content
Education
By million+
University think-tank announces new Chair
Following its Annual Meeting on 14th May, the university think-tank million+ has announced that Professor Dave Phoenix, Vice-Chancellor of London South Bank University, will become Chair of million+ from the 2015-16 academic year.
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Education
By NASUWT
Threats on coasting schools a smokescreen for continuing structural change
Commenting on the announcement by Secretary of State for Education Nicky Morgan that headteachers of so-called coasting schools will be sacked and will face the prospect of being forced to become academies, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK said:
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan ‘must tackle teacher recruitment crisis’ Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan ‘must tackle teacher recruitment crisis’
A crisis in teacher recruitment is the Education Secretary Nicky Morgan’s greatest challenge, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has warned.
Partner content
Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Driverless vehicle crashes won’t stop increased autonomy in our vehicles
Google has revealed that its self-driving cars have been in 11 minor traffic accidents since it began experimenting with the technology six years ago.
Partner content
Education
By AQA
AQA spices up GCSE Music with Sgt. Pepper
Fifty years after The Beatles started recording Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, students will begin studying the album as part of a refreshed Music GCSE from AQA.
Partner content
Education
By million+
million+ welcomes new BIS ministerial team
Following the election of a majority Conservative Government, the university think-tank million+ has welcomed the appointment of new Ministers in the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills where Jo Johnson MP, former Head of the Cabinet Office, has been appointed as Minister for Universities and Science.
Partner content
Education
By University of Exeter
Graphene holds key to unlocking creation of wearable electronic devices
Ground-breaking research has successfully created the worlds first truly electronic textile, using the wonder material Graphene.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL flags up priorities for Nicky Morgan and Sajid Javid
The crisis in teacher recruitment is the greatest problem facing Nicky Morgan as she retains her portfolio as Secretary of State for Education, says the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).
Partner content
Education
By AQA
Oxford University Press and AQA join forces to offer international qualifications
Two leading education organisations announced today that they will join forces to help improve young people's education around the world by delivering a new suite of international GCSE and A-level qualifications.
Partner content
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.
Partner content
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.
Partner content
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.
Partner content
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.
Partner content
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. 
Partner content
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
Partner content
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.
Partner content
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.
EventsAll
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership
2024
De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership Awards
2024
The De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms
Ethnic Minorities into Leadership Awards
A civil servant’s guide to getting AI projects off the ground
2024
Online
A civil servant’s guide to getting AI projects off the ground
PT Cyber Security Conference
2024
The Minster Building, Central London
PT Cyber Security Conference