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Former Children's Commissioner Baroness Longfield: "Tech Companies Need To Feel Threatened By Online Safety Act"

13 Apr Education

Former children’s commissioner and newly appointed peer Baroness Anne Longfield has questioned whether the government has the appetite to take on big tech to protect children online.

09 Apr Education

Universities Will Need Extra Money To Make Efficiencies, Government To Be Told

03 Apr Education

British Universities Receiving US Funding Asked By Trump To Fill Out Diversity Surveys

27 Mar Education

Inside The Special Educational Needs Crisis Forcing Councils Into Bankruptcy

26 Mar Education

Vice Chancellor Attacks "Politically Motivated" Investigation After University Gets Record Fine Over Free Speech Row

25 Mar Education

The Childcare Funding Crisis Has Got Worse Since The Election, Warns Sector

14 Mar Education

University Crisis Has Reached "Crunch Point", Says Education Committee Chair

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05 Apr Education

The Office for Students should keep out of the culture wars

Universities are uniquely placed to drive innovation and deliver economic growth

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02 Apr Education

Universities are uniquely placed to drive innovation and deliver economic growth

‘Now or never’ moment approaches for delivering Labour’s election teacher pledge

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27 Mar Education

‘Now or never’ moment approaches for delivering Labour’s election teacher pledge

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Labour Figures Grow Nervous About Net Zero After Reform Success

02 May Environment

The Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act should cause no confusion – the judgment is a model of clarity

01 May Social affairs

Local Elections 2025: Reform Soars As Tories And Labour Suffer Bruising Results

02 May Communities

Reform Is The Common Enemy In The Unpredictable Race For Hull And East Yorkshire Mayor

27 Apr Political parties

Keir Starmer Would Harm Labour’s Chances In Runcorn By-Election, Say Labour MPs

30 Apr Political parties

Recipes for Disaster: Kemi's steak

30 Apr Parliament

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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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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).

Fighting for an education: Syria’s lost generation

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28 Jan 2016 Education

Fighting for an education: Syria’s lost generation

A generation of Syrian children are at risk of losing out on education as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region, Unicef has warned.

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27 Jan 2016 Education

High quality nurseries 'fundamental' to giving every child 'a chance of success' - Save the Children

Save the Children responds to a report by the Family and Childcare Trust whichcallson the Government to make improving the quality of childcareits top priority.

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26 Jan 2016 Education

CII apprenticeships guide launched in wake of changes

Launched today at a conference addressed by the Prime Minister's apprenticeship ambassador Nadhim Zahawi MP, the new employer apprenticeship guide is the latest initiative in the CII's drive to support firms wanting to take on apprentices.

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22 Jan 2016 Education

From Bricks to Clicks: new inquiry report explores what student data will mean for higher education.

The UKs higher education (HE) system is one of the best known in the world for high quality education, student experience and world class research. But there is an opportunity for UK HE to do even better: by using data.

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22 Jan 2016 Education

Exploring how student data footprints will spell out better learning (as long as we make the most of it). The Higher Education Commission launches From Bricks to Clicks.

Students are leaving a data footprint across what they check out, download and research. They swipe into buildings, access library records, download e-books and lecture recordings through virtual learning environments. So does the HE sector make the most of this information?

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22 Jan 2016 Education

From Bricks to Clicks: new inquiry report explores what student data footprints will mean for the higher education sector

On Tuesday 26th January, the Higher Education Commission is launching its inquiry report, From Bricks to Clicks: the potential of data analytics in Higher Education in Parliament. The report explores what the data revolution could mean for HE and students.

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21 Jan 2016 Education

ATL comment on Government thresholds for strike ballots in education and other public services

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

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21 Jan 2016 Education

Social mobility in higher education is about more than just access to university – launch of new Social Mobility Advisory Group

Universities UK (UUK) announced today the launch of a new group to provide advice to the government and support for English universities to improve access and long-term success for under-represented groups in higher education.

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20 Jan 2016 Education

ATL comment on Education Select Committee’s report on the role of Regional School Commissioners (RSCs)

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