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Meet The Royal Ballet And Opera Apprentices Proving Timothée Chalamet Wrong

05 Jun Education

Six times a year, the Royal Ballet and Opera holds school matinees. Matilda Martin meets some of those who went from auditorium to working backstage as it tries to shake off its elitist reputation

31 May Education

The First Restore Britain University Societies Are Being Created

28 May Education

Making Money Shouldn't Be Universities' Priority, Says Zack Polanski

17 May Education

Edtech Wars: Meet The Mums Fighting Screens In Classrooms

04 May Health

How Austerity-Hit Councils Are Passing The Buck – At The Expense Of The Most Vulnerable

26 Apr Education

Sir Robert Buckland: Politicians Who "Bleat On" About Overdiagnosis "Literally Don't Know What They're Talking About"

14 Apr Health

Labour MP Launches ‘Summer Of Sex’ Campaign To Overhaul Sex Education

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11 Jun Education

Britain doesn't need fewer graduates, it needs better ones

05 Jun Education

We must do more to help young people access music if we want the UK to Rock the Casbah

03 Jun Education

The school-based nurseries programme could be Labour’s early years legacy – but there are real problems with it

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Andy Burnham: The Makerfield Campaign, The Aftermath And His Prep For Government

11 Jun Political parties

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Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Awards

22 Jun Health

Red Wall Chair Joins Labour MPs Calling For Net Zero Rethink

09 Jun Energy

Miles Thorpe: From Former Stationery Entrepreneur To Zack Polanski's Morgan McSweeney

08 Jun Political parties

The Sánchez Doctrine: How The Greens Are Remaking Their Foreign Policy Offer

07 Jun Political parties

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Net Zero Week 2026

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17 May Education

Edtech Wars: Meet The Mums Fighting Screens In Classrooms

As consensus grows around the need for social media and smartphone restrictions for under-16s, Sienna Rodgers reports that campaigner mums across the country are now bringing the fight to edtech

01 Feb Education

How Thousands Of Ukrainian Children In The UK Are Growing Up In Limbo

More than 60,000 Ukrainian children have grown up in the UK since fleeing Russia’s full-scale invasion. Zoe Crowther explores how the absence of a long-term settlement plan is leaving these children and their families in limbo.

30 Jan Education

NEU's Daniel Kebede: "Schools Have Become A Battleground For Reform"

Head of the UK’s biggest teaching union Daniel Kebede tells Matilda Martin that schools are the frontline in the fight against Reform – and teachers should get time off for Glastonbury

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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).

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?