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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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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

The earliest years may be the most important education policy of all

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02 Jun Education

The earliest years may be the most important education policy of all

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Andy Burnham Says He Wants To Use Devolution To Bring Down Welfare Spending

05 Jun Political parties

Reform Councillor Claims Restore Britain Would Deport People "Just Because Of Their Colour"

05 Jun Political parties

Andy Burnham Says He Is “Not Going To Hold Back” On “Early Change” To The House Of Lords

05 Jun Political parties

Starmer Loyalist Labour MPs Resist Campaigning For Burnham In Makerfield

03 Jun Political parties

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22 Jun Health

Inside The Lib Dem Strategy Rethink

06 Jun Political parties

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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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05 Jun 2015 Education

Grant of £885,000 to fund important food crop research

A Physicist at the University of Exeter has received a substantial grant to help improve the sustainability of commercially valuable crops.

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04 Jun 2015 Education

Student perceptions about value linked to fee regimes says university think-tank

Commenting on a HEPI-HEA survey of 15,000 students published on 4 June, the university think-tank million+ has said that the survey shows that the government in Westminster needs to be cautious about cutting student support.

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04 Jun 2015 Education

Access funding and Student Opportunity Allocation vital says think-tank

The university think-tank million+ has welcomed the publication of the Annual Report from the Office of Fair Access (OFFA).

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03 Jun 2015 Education

Universities UK statement regarding academic boycotts and academic freedom

The board of Universities UK is committed to the free exchange of ideas between universities and between academics, regardless of nationality or location.

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03 Jun 2015 Education

NASUWT comments on the Education Bill

Commenting on the Education Bill, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, said:

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02 Jun 2015 Education

ATL comment on Ofqual statistics on the perception of A-levels and GCSEs

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

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29 May 2015 Education

Magna Carta experienced through Exeter’s medieval law trail

In celebration of the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta a sponsored 10km walk around Exeters legal sites on 3 June at 5pm, is being organised by the South West Legal Support Trust with assistance from the University of Exeters School of Law and the Devon and Somerset Law Society.

Save the Children responds to the Queen's Speech

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27 May 2015 Education

Save the Children responds to the Queen's Speech

Save the Children says it is 'vital' that the Government invests in nursery quality.

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27 May 2015 Education

Queen’s Speech: Housing targets will falter without apprenticeships

The Government must succeed in its aim to create millions of apprenticeships over the lifetime of this Parliament if it is to solve the housing crisis, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

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27 May 2015 Education

ATL comment on the Queen’s speech

The General Secretary of ATL Dr Mary Bousted reacts to the Queen's Speech

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22 May 2015 Education

ATL comment on Nicky Morgan’s pledge to build 500 new free schools in the next parliament

Commenting on the news that the Conservatives will push ahead with their plans to build a further 500 free schools over the coming five years

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22 May 2015 Education

University of Exeter scientists receive Epilepsy Research UK research grant

University of Exeter scientists have received grant worth almost 150,000 to fund their crucial research, which could revolutionise epilepsy is diagnosed.

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22 May 2015 Education

GCSE Maths update

As you may know, Ofqual has been carrying out some research into all the exam boards' sample exam papers for the new Maths GCSE and they released the findings of this research yesterday.

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18 May 2015 Education

University think-tank announces new Chair

Following its Annual Meeting on 14th May, the university think-tank million+ has announced that Professor Dave Phoenix, Vice-Chancellor of London South Bank University, will become Chair of million+ from the 2015-16 academic year.

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18 May 2015 Education

Threats on coasting schools a smokescreen for continuing structural change

Commenting on the announcement by Secretary of State for Education Nicky Morgan that headteachers of so-called coasting schools will be sacked and will face the prospect of being forced to become academies, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK said:

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan ‘must tackle teacher recruitment crisis’

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14 May 2015 Education

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan ‘must tackle teacher recruitment crisis’

A crisis in teacher recruitment is the Education Secretary Nicky Morgan’s greatest challenge, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has warned.

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14 May 2015 Education

Driverless vehicle crashes won’t stop increased autonomy in our vehicles

Google has revealed that its self-driving cars have been in 11 minor traffic accidents since it began experimenting with the technology six years ago.

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13 May 2015 Education

AQA spices up GCSE Music with Sgt. Pepper

Fifty years after The Beatles started recording Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, students will begin studying the album as part of a refreshed Music GCSE from AQA.

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12 May 2015 Education

million+ welcomes new BIS ministerial team

Following the election of a majority Conservative Government, the university think-tank million+ has welcomed the appointment of new Ministers in the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills where Jo Johnson MP, former Head of the Cabinet Office, has been appointed as Minister for Universities and Science.

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11 May 2015 Education

Graphene holds key to unlocking creation of wearable electronic devices

Ground-breaking research has successfully created the worlds first truly electronic textile, using the wonder material Graphene.

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11 May 2015 Education

ATL flags up priorities for Nicky Morgan and Sajid Javid

The crisis in teacher recruitment is the greatest problem facing Nicky Morgan as she retains her portfolio as Secretary of State for Education, says the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).

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06 May 2015 Education

Oxford University Press and AQA join forces to offer international qualifications

Two leading education organisations announced today that they will join forces to help improve young people's education around the world by delivering a new suite of international GCSE and A-level qualifications.

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30 Apr 2015 Education

Mott MacDonald and University Technical College Cambridge launch first engineering Challenge Project, UK

Mott MacDonald and University Technical College (UTC) Cambridge are challenging 60 Year 10 students to consider what is required in the planning of a major engineering project.

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29 Apr 2015 Education

Coastal light pollution disturbs marine animals, new study shows

Marine ecosystems can be changed by night-time artificial lighting according to new research published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.

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