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UK Student Interest In US Universities Falls Sharply

18 Jun Education

The number of UK students showing an interest in going to university in the United States has fallen significantly in the wake of Donald Trump's second presidency, research shared with PoliticsHome suggests.

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?

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

29 May Education

Growing Numbers Of International Students Look At British Unis As Alternatives To Trump's US

28 May Education

Universities Face Over £1bn In Funding Cuts, Sector Warns

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24 Jun Education

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

23 Jun Education

For a huge innovation in education, look to the simple concept of play

Now is the time to grasp the nettle around SEND reform and fairer education funding

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16 Jun Education

Now is the time to grasp the nettle around SEND reform and fairer education funding

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Former Foreign Secretary Says UK Public Needs A “Philosophical Reset” On Defence

29 Jun Defence

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07 Jul Energy

How No 10 Sleepwalked Into A Welfare Crisis

27 Jun Political parties

I will vote against the Welfare Bill - I don’t want anyone to feel the regret I've had since 2015

29 Jun Health

Recipes for disaster: Gordon Brown’s sushi

26 Jun Political parties

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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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26 Feb 2016 Education

ATL comment on possible scrapping of baseline assessment

Commenting on a Schools Week story that the Government may scrap baseline assessment for reception children, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

UK university gets €700,000 grant to study future security of water, food & energy provision

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26 Feb 2016 Education

UK university gets €700,000 grant to study future security of water, food & energy provision

Researchers from the University of Exeter are leading a pioneering international research project to deliver new guidance for governments to safeguard long-term provision of crucial natural resources.

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23 Feb 2016 Education

Accountants respond to worsening number of incomplete apprenticeships

CEO of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Helen Brand OBE respondsto new research which revealed a third of people who take onapprenticeshipsin Britain are failing to complete them.

Childhood under attack – protecting schools in times of war

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22 Feb 2016 Education

Childhood under attack – protecting schools in times of war

A former BBC war correspondent and Independent MP, Martin Bell warns that "the world is failing to keep schools safe for children affected by war" and calls for the UK to sign up to the Safe Schools Declaration.

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21 Feb 2016 Education

More than 100 University leaders highlight vital role of EU in Sunday Times letter

Today,103university leaders have written an open letter, publishedin the SundayTimes,whichhighlights how the UK membership of the European Union enhances the positive impact of universitieson our economy, driving growth, generating jobs and ultimately improving peoples lives.

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20 Feb 2016 Education

University leaders voice support for EU membership

Following the Prime Ministers announcement that the EU referendum will be held in June, university leaders in the UK have underlined their strong support for continued membership of the European Union.

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19 Feb 2016 Education

ATL comment on Government concessions to assessments at Key Stages 1 and 2

Responding to the Governments concessions to pupil assessments at Key Stages 1 and 2, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

To give every child the best start, the quality of early education matters

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19 Feb 2016 Education

To give every child the best start, the quality of early education matters

Shadow Minister for Civil Society Anna Turley calls for the Government to ensure "early years education is top quality for every child."

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16 Feb 2016 Health

Gene could help identify psychosis risk in cannabis users

Researchers at the University of Exeter and UCL (University College London) have identified a gene which can be used to predict how susceptible a young person is to the mind-altering effects of smoking cannabis. The finding could help identify otherwise healthy users who are most at risk of developing psychosis.

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15 Feb 2016 Education

Around five million crowd workers in the UK ‘gig economy’, new research finds

Findings prompt calls for further research into impact on workers rights, consumer protection and tax revenues

Campaign to deliver vital training in basic digital skills launched by charity

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15 Feb 2016 Education

Campaign to deliver vital training in basic digital skills launched by charity

A campaign to help people improve their basic digital skills has today been launched by the Tinder Foundation - a charity which supports digitally and socially excluded people.

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12 Feb 2016 Education

Teachers question accuracy of baseline assessment – ATL/NUT survey

Baseline assessment does not accurately reflect what four-year-olds can do and disrupts their start to school when many are in education for the first time, according to research* carried out for ATL and the NUT by UCL Institute of Education.

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11 Feb 2016 Education

Female engineers triumph on UN day

Women engineers are celebrating being the very best of British after a glittering red-carpet ceremony in London.

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11 Feb 2016 Education

Universities UK response to UCU report on university leaders’ salaries

A Universities UK spokesperson said: The remuneration packages of vice-chancellors are determined by independent remuneration committees at each individual institution and are publicly available in universities annual reports and accounts.

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10 Feb 2016 Education

Government must act urgently to tackle shortage of teachers - ATL

Commenting on the National Audit Offices report on training teachers, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

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10 Feb 2016 Education

Training new teachers

Government spends 700 million a year on recruiting and training new teachers, but has missed its recruitment targets for the last four years and it needs to do more to demonstrate how new arrangements are improving the quality of teaching in classrooms, according to the National Audit Office.

‘Careers advice failing due to lack of funding,’ union boss warns

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09 Feb 2016 Education

‘Careers advice failing due to lack of funding,’ union boss warns

Careers advice and education is in desperate need of more funding and needs better support from employers, the general secretary of a leading teaching union will tell MPs.

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08 Feb 2016 Education

Local Engineer Takes Starring Role in Advertising Campaign

Coca-Cola Enterprises celebrates Sidcup employee in new regional advert

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04 Feb 2016 Education

ATL comment on the publication of reformed GCSE and A level content

Commenting on the publication of revised subject content for some GCSEs, AS and A levels that will be taught in schools from September 2017, Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:

Almost half of teachers ‘face physical violence from pupils,’ new study reveals

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29 Jan 2016 Education

Almost half of teachers ‘face physical violence from pupils,’ new study reveals

Forty-three per cent of education staff have faced physical violence from a pupil in the last year, according to a new survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.

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29 Jan 2016 Education

Education staff facing physical violence from pupils – ATL

Forty-three per cent of education staff said they have had to deal with physical violence from a pupil in the last year, according to a survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).

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28 Jan 2016 Education

Half of young people say men are better suited to engineering

New research from O2 reveals a significant number of young people believe women are not suited to working as engineers.

28 Jan 2016 Education

Baroness Sharp: Gov't apprenticeship ambitions 'are not enough' to tackle UK's skills gap

Lib Dem peer, Baroness Sharp warns ahead of her House of Lords debate, that the "twin challenges of poor productivity and needing to upskill' an ageing population will not be addressed through increased apprenticeships alone.

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28 Jan 2016 Education

Government’s transport apprenticeship drive must focus on quality not quantity

The Government’s new transport skills strategy, which sets out how it will create 30,000 apprenticeships in the road and rail sector by 2020, must focus on quality and not just be a numbers game, warns the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

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