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Useful education links for 3rd-10th May
TweetThese are some of the education stories we found interesting between the May 3rd-10th 2013. Michael Gove attacks ‘infantilisation’ of school curriculum which encourages pupils to compare Nazis to Mr Men (The Independent) Education Secretary Michael Gove attacked the school … Continue reading
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Tagged education, Michael Gove, mr men, nazis, oced, oxbridge, private schools, pupils, school curriculum, scottish teachers association, university, university funding
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MAPPED: How many hours do children spend at school around the world?
Tweet Recently proposed reforms could allow UK state schools to stay open until 4:30pm each day with pupils taking shorter, four-week summer holidays to spend more time in the classroom. We’ve mapped the amount of hours pupils across the world spend … Continue reading
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Tagged average, education, Estonia, hours, Iceland, mapped, Michael Gove, primary school, pupils, Russia, school, Scotland, Spectator Education Conference, spend, Turkey, United Kingdom, year
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Useful education links for April 13th through April 22nd
TweetThese are the education links we found interesting between April 13th and April 22nd: Suffolk teachers take time off over stress of Ofsted visits – Telegraph – The statistics have been released by Suffolk County Council following a Freedom of … Continue reading
Useful education links for the last week
These are some of the education stories we found interesting between the 13th and 19th April 2013.
Pupils may get congratulations from David Willetts, the Universities Minister (The Times) – Bright pupils from poor backgrounds could soon receive a letter from ministers encouraging them to apply for university. Continue reading
Useful education links for April 2nd through April 13th
TweetThese are the education links we found interesting between April 2nd and April 13th: Primary school pupils face rise in large classes – In 1998 Labour made it illegal for class sizes to go beyond 30 for children aged four … Continue reading
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Tagged absences, classsizes, data, education, exeter, faithschools, foieg, from:pinboard, gender, hmitwt, ifttt, plymouth, research, sexism, truancy
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Useful education links for 4th April-12th April
Tweet These are some of the education stories we found interesting between the 4th and 12th April 2013. Donations to UK universities from alumni reach record levels (The Guardian) The Guardian reported this week that British universities have received the … Continue reading
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Tagged education, labour, nus, toni pearce, university of south wales
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Useful education links for March 4th through March 28th
Tweet These are the education links we found interesting between March 4th and March 28th: Next Steps Taken for data.ac.uk… | OUseful.Info, the blog… – A new unveiling this week was the HE equipment register (which I think grew out … Continue reading
New investigations, new data and new roles at Help Me Investigate
TweetHelp Me Investigate Education has a new team of editors, brand new investigations – and lots of ideas for new ones. We’re also looking for new contributors to get involved with the website.
Useful education links for January 11th through February 16th
Tweet These are the education links we found interesting between January 11th and February 16th: University students pay £550,000 fines in a year – Oxford and Cambridge rank seventh and fifth respectively in the fines table. Fines for missing a … Continue reading
Useful education links for November 4th through January 2nd
Tweet These are the education links we found interesting between November 4th and January 2nd: £3.2 MILLION library fines bill for forgetful Midland students – Birmingham Mail – Times Higher Education – Public-backed funding to private college students shoots up … Continue reading
Useful education links for October 8th through October 15th
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Useful education links for August 23rd through September 12th
TweetThese are the education links we found interesting between August 23rd and September 12th: