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Why SEND Could Be The Next Big Battle For The Government

09 Jul Education

After a bruising effort to avoid a major rebellion over its welfare reforms, the government now faces the challenge of selling its plans for SEND to Labour backbenchers.

08 Jul Education

Education Secretary Holding SEND Meetings With Labour MPs To Avoid Repeat Of Welfare Rebellion

20 Jun Health

Public Expects To See Improvements In NHS, Schools And Housing Before The Next General Election

19 Jun Education

Absent Minds: How To Solve The Crisis Of School Absenteeism?

18 Jun Education

UK Student Interest In US Universities Falls Sharply

16 Jun Education

Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott: “I See Smartphones As The Equivalent Of Giving Children Cigarettes"

12 Jun Education

"Everything Has To Be On The Table" When It Comes To Student Finances, Says Shadow Chancellor

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08 Jul Education

Let’s end the rigging of public service procurement and repair children’s care provision

01 Jul Education

For dads, mums, kids and the economy, Labour must back longer and better-paid paternity leave

24 Jun Education

We need family hubs in every community to lift parents and children out of poverty

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Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote

03 Jul Foreign affairs

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Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025

07 Jul Energy

One Year After The General Election: Where Are Former MPs Now?

06 Jul Political parties

Reform MP's Caseworker Suspended Following Assault Charge

08 Jul Political parties

House of Lords To Move To QEII Centre While Parliament Restored

03 Jul Parliament

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Starmer: One Year On

03 Jul

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27 Mar Education

Inside The Special Educational Needs Crisis Forcing Councils Into Bankruptcy

A dramatic increase in children judged to have special educational needs has created another dysfunctional market driving councils into insolvency, reports Justine Smith

09 Dec 2024 Health

Baroness Cass: 'I don't have time for keyboard warriors in their basements'

The Cass Review into NHS gender services for children opened up the national conversation on this controversial subject, and divided opinion. Its author, Baroness Cass, speaks to Tali Fraser about being newly introduced as a peer and how she responds to critics. Photography by Louise Haywood-Schiefer

03 Dec 2024 Education

SEND Help: How to reform our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities system

“Lose, lose, lose.” That is how former Conservative education secretary Gillian Keegan described the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system in England, widely described as broken.

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Budget 2016: Adult skills is still the 'cinderella' sector

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17 Mar 2016 Education

Budget 2016: Adult skills is still the 'cinderella' sector

In response to the Chancellor’s eighth Budget, The Tinder Foundation's Charlotte Murray regrets the stark absence of anything for digital or adult skills.

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16 Mar 2016 Education

Fostering enterprising skills in Hertfordshire

According to new research only 10 per cent of university students plan to run their own business when they graduate.

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16 Mar 2016 Education

NASUWT comments ahead of the Budget statement

Commenting ahead of the Chancellor of the Exchequers Budget Statement, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers Union, said:

Teaching unions slam the chancellor’s plans to turn all schools into academies

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16 Mar 2016 Education

Teaching unions slam the chancellor’s plans to turn all schools into academies

Two teaching unions, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) and the NASUWT respond critically to George Osborne’s plans to force all English schools to become academies.

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16 Mar 2016 Education

Investment in skills and employability more important than making schools into academies

The Government’s announcement that all schools will be required to become academies must not be at the expense of investing in vital skills so crucially needed by industry, warns the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

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15 Mar 2016 Health

English girls’ wellbeing plummets as they reach teenage years – report reveals

English schoolgirls are less satisfied with their lives than boys and feel more pressure to succeed at school a report authored by University of Hertfordshire researchers has revealed.

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15 Mar 2016 Education

ATL on Government plans to force all schools in England to become academies

Commenting on the Guardian story that the Government is going to force all schools in England to become academies, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

Don’t make your daughter go to university

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15 Mar 2016 Education

Don’t make your daughter go to university

The Chief Executive of national charity, Career Ready, urges teachers and parents to consider new professional apprenticeships as valid alternatives to higher education.

Degree apprenticeships have potential to fill skills gaps

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15 Mar 2016 Education

Degree apprenticeships have potential to fill skills gaps

‘Degree apprenticeships’ have been lauded by Universities UK (UUK) and Business Secretary, Sajid Javid, as ‘life-changing opportunities’ with the potential to plug more specific skills gaps.

14 Mar 2016 Education

Government failing to increase 'quality' apprenticeships

Shadow BIS secretary, Angela Eagle, warns that “when it comes to apprenticeships, the Government is overly focused on quantity over quality”.

14 Mar 2016 Education

Apprenticeship levy must have 'clear and coherent strategy for implementation'

SNP Spokesperson for Business, Innovation and Skills, Hannah Bardell, says "the implementation of the apprenticeship levy and the proportion allocated to Scotland is far from clear".

'Quantity and quality' - Nick Boles on how to create three million apprenticeships

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14 Mar 2016 Education

'Quantity and quality' - Nick Boles on how to create three million apprenticeships

With National Apprenticeships Week kicking off today, skills minister Nick Boles explains to Debbie Carter how the Government plans to meet its target of creating three million apprenticeships by 2020.

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11 Mar 2016 Education

New study to tackle piracy issues caused by growing use of 3D printers

University of Exeter experts will work to develop a solution to the growing problem of piracy caused by the increasing use of 3D printers.

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11 Mar 2016 Education

Nearly 60% of construction bosses start their careers as an apprentice - research

Nearly 60% of SME construction owners started their career as an apprentice, according to new research from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) ahead of National Apprenticeship Week (14th to 18th March).

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10 Mar 2016 Education

ATL comment on Ofsted’s inspections of multi-academy trusts

Commenting on Ofsteds inspections of multi-academy trusts, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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10 Mar 2016 Education

Patients with anorexia feel less bodily pleasure

Patients with anorexia nervosa perceive physical touch in social interactions as less pleasurable than healthy people of the same age, reveals new research by University of Hertfordshire PhD student Laura Crucianelli.

Government visa policy is turning away the leaders of tomorrow

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10 Mar 2016 Education

Government visa policy is turning away the leaders of tomorrow

The Government’s student visa policy is having a damaging impact on universities and the economy, according to a new report from the Chartered Association of Business Schools.

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09 Mar 2016 Education

Self-harming youngsters put at risk by ‘cycle of shame’

Young people who self-harm only seek emergency hospital care as a last resort due to a deep sense of shame and unworthiness, a study at the University of Exeter has found.

08 Mar 2016 Education

School admissions system becoming 'increasingly complicated' for parents

Labour peer Lord Watson writes that the government’s proposed changes to the School Admissions Code will favour 'the more sharp-elbowed and well-connected parents' who can 'manipulate the system'.

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08 Mar 2016 Education

Innovative ‘connected home’ solution showcased at world’s largest mobile exhibition

University of Hertfordshire academics and specialist test and measurement equipment company, Anritsu, teamed up to demonstrate their connected home solution to over 100,000 visitors at Barcelonas Mobile World Congress 2016.

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08 Mar 2016 Education

Showcasing Life and Medical Sciences Research at the University of Hertfordshire

The University of Hertfordshires Vice-Chancellor, Professor Quintin McKellar, will be opening the Life and Medical Sciences Research Conference on Tuesday 5 April 2016, College Lane Campus.

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07 Mar 2016 Education

ATL comment on school funding in England

Commenting on the Governments funding plans for schools in England, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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07 Mar 2016 Education

ATL calls for new GCSEs and A-levels to be approved as soon as possible

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), called on the Government to get its act together and sort out the delay in accrediting the new GCSEs and A-levels which pupils will be being taught in September.

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04 Mar 2016 Education

Universities UK response to funding for higher education in England for 2016-17

Responding to the publication of the government's annual grant letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Dame Julia Goodfellow, President of Universities UK and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent, said:

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