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Useful education links for 24th-31st May
Tweet These are some of the education stories we found interesting between 24th-31st May 2013. Apprenticeships attract 11 applications per vacancy (BBC News) Figures released this week by the National Apprenticeship Service has found that a record 11 applications are … Continue reading
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Tagged apprenticeships, child protection, degree, department for education, headteachers, schools, Scotland, sports day, university
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Useful education links from 17th-24th May
Tweet These are some of the education stories we found interesting between the 26th April and 17th-24th May 2013. More than 300,000 children missing school every day (The Telegraph) More than 300,000 school children miss school every day according to … Continue reading
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Tagged compulsory, curriculum, department for education, education, Michael Gove, missing school, primary school, private schools, Scotland, sex education, students, swim, truants, ucas, YouGov
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Half of new free schools will be created in London
Tweet Michael Gove has announced 102 new free schools which are going to open in the England in 2014. The schools, which are state-funded independent schools, will join the existing 81 free schools which have already opened and aim to create 50,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged area, birmingham, department for education, free, Hertfordshire, location, London, Michael Gove, new, Newham, schools, Waltham Forest
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Absence figures paint a grim picture for boys with problems
TweetBoys in special schools are three times more likely to be excluded and are twice as likely to have unauthorised absence compared to girls say the latest figures from the Department for Education. The latest data on absence in primary, secondary and special schools, … Continue reading
MAPPED: Department for Education spent more than £1m on hotels last year
Tweet MAP: The Department for Education’s spend across London hotels in 2012/13. The Department for Education spent more than £1m of taxpayers’ money on hotel rooms for staff last year, including at 4* hotels in the heart of London. The … Continue reading
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Tagged copthorne tara hotel, cost, department for education, FOI, freedom of information, hotel, house of commons, international, kensington, Michael Gove, overnight, priti patel, question, rooms, spend, staff, UK, written
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Useful education links for April 26th-3rd May
Tweet These are some of the education stories we found interesting between the 26th April and 3rd May 2013. Universities veto adverts over unpaid internships (The Times) Some of the UK’s leading educational institutions are refusing to advertise unpaid internships … Continue reading
Department for Education faces scrutiny after responding late to one in five FOI requests
Tweet The Department of Education continues to perform poorly in responding to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, according to recently published figures. The figures, published by the Ministry of Justice, show the department responded late to 21% of the requests they … Continue reading
Useful education links for April 19th through April 26th
Tweet These are some of the education stories we found interesting between the 19th and 26th April 2013.
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Tagged academy schools, department for education, gcse, NAS, Ofsted, Times Higher Education, University of East Anglia, UWT
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12,000 children miss out on chosen secondary school
TweetMore than 12,000 secondary school children have failed to get a school preference of their choice, figures have revealed. Recently published data from the Department of Education shows the number of applications being made to secondary schools for pupils to … Continue reading