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Children’s Minister Won't Rule Out Students Needing Full Vaccination To Attend Lectures

Education minister Vicky Ford did not rule out suggestions that the government plans to require university students to be double-vaccinated to attend lectures this autumn.

06 Jul Education

School Bubbles Will Be Scrapped Just Days Before The End Of Term

29 Jun Coronavirus

Education Recovery Advisor Quit After Asking Boris Johnson For £15bn But Was Offered "Feeble" £1.4bn

15 Jun Coronavirus

Labour Launch Bid To Force Ministers To Publish Documents Behind Rejected School's Catch-Up Fund

02 Jun Education

Post-Covid £1.4bn School Recovery Package Is A Tenth Of What's Needed, Education Leaders Say

30 May Education

East 17's Tony Mortimer Is Writing His Own Novel To Tackle Shortage Of Books For Young Boys

15 May Education

Academics And Officials Have Questioned The Evidence Behind Gavin Williamson’s “Excessive” University Free Speech Bill

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27 Jul Environment

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill is a golden opportunity for the UK to lead the way on road to net zero

From past glories to new hopefuls, MPs share what the Olympics mean to them

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22 Jul Education

From past glories to new hopefuls, MPs share what the Olympics mean to them

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15 Jul Coronavirus

This World Youth Skills Day, we must reaffirm our commitment to deliver the skills young people need for employment

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15 May Education

Academics And Officials Have Questioned The Evidence Behind Gavin Williamson’s “Excessive” University Free Speech Bill

Several academics and university officials have questioned the evidence underpinning Gavin Williamson’s new Bill aimed at ensuring free speech at UK universities.

07 Apr Education

Teachers Say Gavin Williamson “Has Not Done His Homework” On Plans For Behaviour Crackdown

Education unions and teachers have hit back at the education secretary’s calls for a behaviour crackdown and a ban on mobile phones in schools, calling it “the least useful approach the education secretary can take”.

13 Feb Education

The cost of child poverty

The government must repair the social safety net for the sake of the UK’s 4.1 million children growing up in poverty

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16 Sep 2015 Education

ATL comment on New Schools Network’s call for a “parental trigger” to challenge school performance

Commenting on the New Schools Networks suggestion that greater power should be put into the hands of parents to challenge school performance, Nansi Ellis, assistant general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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16 Sep 2015 Education

Proposed changes for entry to the solicitors profession would disproportionately affect poorer students, warns Law Society

Any move towards choosing new routes for entry to the solicitors' profession must be made following proper consultation with the profession, the Law Society warned today.

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10 Sep 2015 Education

Ofsted’s key stage 3 report is too simplistic and unfair on schools – ATL

Commenting on Ofsteds report on key stage 3 education for 11- to 14-year-olds, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

A strong university sector is fundamental to a strong economy

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10 Sep 2015 Education

A strong university sector is fundamental to a strong economy

The Chief Executive of Universities UK writes ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review and suggests that huge cuts to the UK universities budget will reduce their global reputation for excellence.

Richard Harrington MP: Our ambition for 3 million new apprenticeships in the next five years

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10 Sep 2015 Education

Richard Harrington MP: Our ambition for 3 million new apprenticeships in the next five years

The Prime Minister's Adviser on Apprenticeships Richard Harrington MP writes for Find a Future in support of Team UK who took part in WorldSkills São Paulo 2015 and how the UK will deliver 3 million new apprenticeships over the next five years.

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09 Sep 2015 Education

New Universities UK President calls on government to support universities’ transformational impact

The new President of Universities UK (UUK) will tell delegates at UUK's annual members conference today [Wednesday] that strong support from government is essential for universities to play a full role in transforming peoples lives and helping the economy to grow.

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09 Sep 2015 Education

ATL comment on TUC study of working hours

Commenting on a new study by the TUC, which found the number of people working excessive hours has risen by 15 per cent since 2010, Adrian Prandle, director of economic strategy and negotiations at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

Regional Schools Commissioners’ roles ‘vary widely,’ new research reveals

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09 Sep 2015 Education

Regional Schools Commissioners’ roles ‘vary widely,’ new research reveals

England’s eight Regional Schools Commissioners face different and challenging roles that reflect a wide variation of issues in each region, according to new research published today by the National Foundation for Educational Research.

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08 Sep 2015 Education

ATL comment on summer-born children and school starting age

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

08 Sep 2015 Education

Baroness Sharp: Cuts to Further and Higher Education will not increase productivity or retraining

Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Sharp of Guildford writes about her question in the House of Lords today: 'Reversing the decline in the number of part-time and mature students at higher education institutions'.

07 Sep 2015 Education

Minor changes can have a ‘significant impact’ for summer-born children

Conservative MP and former minister Stephen Hammond MP writes about his adjournment debate tonight on ‘summer-born children and Department for Education guidelines’.

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04 Sep 2015 Education

Give teachers back time and trust – ATL president

The Government needs to trust teachers, give them the time to do the things that most help students to learn, and give them the time to share best practice, says Kim Knappett, the new president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).

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02 Sep 2015 Education

ATL on new wave of free schools

Commenting on the Governments announcement about the next wave of free schools, Mary Bousted, general secretary at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

New project to help children be ready for school

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02 Sep 2015 Education

New project to help children be ready for school

A leading childrens charity, Home-Start, is launching a new project called Big Hopes Big Future to combat the growing problem of children starting school without the skills they need to start learning.

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01 Sep 2015 Education

Butterfly wings help break the status quo in gas sensing

The unique properties found in the stunning iridescent wings of a tropical blue butterfly could hold the key to developing new highly selective gas detection sensors.

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28 Aug 2015 Education

ATL welcomes incoming president

Excessive workload and constant changes in education leaves teachers with little time to do work that benefits students learning, warns the incoming president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).

Slow literacy progress shows need to invest in early years

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27 Aug 2015 Education

Slow literacy progress shows need to invest in early years

Save the Children has responded to the publication of new child literacy figures showing a rise of two percentage points in the number of children reading well at age 11 (from 78% to 80%).

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27 Aug 2015 Education

ATL comment on key stage 2 statistics

Commenting on the latest key stage 2 assessment statistics, Nansi Ellis, assistant general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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27 Aug 2015 Education

Government's obsessive penalisation of pubic service workers continues

Commenting on the letter from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to the Chairs of the Public Sector Pay Review Bodies, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT the largest teachers union in the UK, said:

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26 Aug 2015 Education

ATL on condemning teachers to a pay freeze

Adrian Prandle, Director of Economic Strategy and Negotiations at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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26 Aug 2015 Health

Can’t count sheep? You could have aphantasia

If counting sheep is an abstract concept, or you are unable to visualise the faces of loved ones, you could have aphantasia a newly defined condition to describe people who are born without a minds eye.

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25 Aug 2015 Education

NASUWT comments on Policy Exchange Report

Responding to the proposals in the Policy Exchange report that secondary schools should face fines if students fail to achieve at least a C in GCSE English and maths, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, said

Emotional health: the biggest issue of our time for children and young people

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25 Aug 2015 Education

Emotional health: the biggest issue of our time for children and young people

PSHE Association Chief Executive Joe Hayman reflects on recently published surveys offering insight into the lives of children and young people growing up in Britain today.

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25 Aug 2015 Education

ATL on fining schools if students fail GCSEs in maths and English

Commenting on Policy Exchanges proposals to make schools pay for students to re-take GCSEs in English and maths if they re-take at a further education college, Nansi Ellis, assistant general secretary at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said

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