Education policy
CBI: opposition from heads 'damaging Gove's education reforms'
The Coalition’s education reforms risk collapse because of a lack of support from head teachers, the chief of Britain’s leading business organisation has warned. By Graeme Paton, Education Editor, The Telegraph.
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Leading headteacher: Michael Gove 'chickening out' on return of grammar schools
One of the country's leading headteachers is to accuse Education Secretary Michael Gove of “chickening out” of bringing back a return to grammar schools.
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Bringing new meaning to the spectacle of learning
A teacher is one of the first to trial the Google Glass wearable device. By Richard Vaughan, The TES.
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Suffolk schools to begin partnership with Hackney
The study, by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, proposes the county's schools should link up with a London borough. BBC News Online, no named author.
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School sport puts the 'A' in team, study finds
Students who play for clubs get better grades, US researchers say. By Adi Bloom, The TES.
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Sharp decline in foreign student numbers
A steep decline in foreign students coming to study at UK colleges and language schools has prompted fears of a knock-on effect on universities. By Hannah Richardson, BBC News Education Reporter.
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Never mind the job prospects, follow your star when choosing degree, teenagers told
Students should follow their hearts as well as their heads when picking a degree course, according to the head of university admissions. By Greg Hurst, Education Editor, The Times.
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Second-chance students: mature and motivated
If you're fed up with your job, don't be afraid to return to university – you're a much better student second time round. The Guardian Blogging Students series.
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Employers warned against giving jobs to unpaid interns
Top companies should ignore unpaid internships and degree classifications during the recruitment process to create a “level playing field” for applicants from poor backgrounds, a Government-backed report has recommended.
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Survey finds today's university students are anxious to find alternative social activities that do not involve drinking
The class of 2013 are a sober bunch - anxious to escape from the clutches of alcohol while socialising at university, a survey out today finds. By Richard Garner, The Independent.
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Sex education struggles to keep pace with online porn
In an age when "extremely violent and sadistic imagery is two clicks away", school sex education is struggling to keep pace, a study suggests. By Judith Burns, BBC News Education Reporter. Also reported by The Times, The Telegraph and The TES.
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Nursery reforms could cut childcare costs by 28%, DfE calculates
New calculations released by Department for Education will boost those seeking to push stalled plans through. By Patrick Wintour, Political Editor, The Guardian.
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New curriculum workload 'too high', EIS union survey warns
More than 80% of nursery and primary school teachers in Scotland have warned of high workloads as a result of the new curriculum, a union has claimed.
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Tell boys they can play dressing-up to fight pre-school sexism, guide says
Nursery children in Scotland are the target of a new campaign that aims to end sexism in pre-schools and prevent future domestic violence by encouraging boys to swap their cars for dolls and little girls to dress up as pirates. By Fiona MacGregor, The Times.
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State of the art
Massachusetts carves its own path and excels in education. What is its secret? By Stephen Exley, The TES.
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How Estonia became E-stonia
This northernmost of the three Baltic states, a small corner of the Soviet Union until 1991, is now one of the most internet-dependent countries in the world. And Estonian schools are teaching children as young as seven how to programme computers. By Tim Mansel, BBC News Online.
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