TweetThese are the education links we found interesting between August 23rd and September 12th: Asbestos: The deadly material that lurks in 75% of Northern Ireland schools – Northern Ireland, Local & National – Belfasttelegraph.co.uk – Details of the extent of … Continue reading →
TweetThese are the education links we found interesting between July 2nd and August 21st: BBC News – Asbestos ‘likely to be in 70% of Gloucestershire schools’ – Free schools campaigners celebrate freedom of information victory – Times Higher Education – … Continue reading →
TweetThese are the education links we found interesting between June 22nd and July 2nd: Parents spend less on their children’s sport | The Sun |News|Sun City|Cashflow – She said the London Games would be a giant “missed opportunity” to inspire … Continue reading →
Tweet Sheila Oliver has been investigating the decision to build a school on contaminated land over at sheilaoliver.org/toxic-waste-dump-school-.html – the processes that should have been followed… “After much harranguing by local residents the Council grudgingly carried out contamination investigations. These were completely … Continue reading →
TweetKath Torney has been investigating pupil attendance in Northern Ireland. She explains: Figures on attendance rates for every primary, secondary and grammar school have been released to The Detail by the Department of Education (DENI) in response to a Freedom … Continue reading →
TweetEarlier this year, Naric, a UK government agency, recognised the International Certificate of Christian Education (ICCE) as comparable to Cambridge International A-Level standard. This is a travesty, and not just because of Creationism. ICCE is the certificate students get for completing the fundamentalist Accelerated … Continue reading →
Tweet These are the education links we found interesting between May 15th and June 12th: Key Gove adviser blocked civil servants’ free school inquiries – Office of the Independent Adjudicator – OIA Homepage – The Higher Education Act 2004 required … Continue reading →
TweetMore than half of all violent incidents involving children take place within British schools, according to statistics released by the Home Office. The statistical breakdown of crimes involves some worrying statistics: 15% of children aged 10-15 who have a longstanding … Continue reading →
TweetThe graphic below reveals a postcode lottery of funding for special needs learners in Further Education (FE). It presents the average cost of Additional Learning Support (ALS) per FE student in each Local Authority (LA) for the year 2009-10, using … Continue reading →
TweetCross-posted from Student Intellectual Property Rights This post is intended to be a follow-up to part 1, which I posted previously, and will look at the IP policy of the University of Birmingham, University of Warwick, University of Wolverhampton and University of Worcester. … Continue reading →