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Students’ parents don’t know they have credit cards – and other “truths” about student spending
Tweet How do students spend their money? Are they careful? Do they lie about it to their parents? What about the dreaded overdraft? An infographic (shown below) created by ZenithOptimedia and Natwest has revealed how young adults spend their money … Continue reading
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Tagged banking, Christina Hirst, GMI, infographic, NatWest, overdrafts, spending, students, ZenithOptimedia
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Useful education links for July 11th through August 8th
Tweet These are the education links we found interesting between July 11th and August 8th: How our school leavers fare – by school and by postcode| TheDetail.tv – Academics’ bin diving ’caused by zero-hours contracts’ | News | Times Higher … Continue reading
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Tagged complaints, data, education, freeschools, from:pinboard, he, hmitwt, hmiw, ifttt, NI, OIA, schools, sexwork, Welfare, zerohourcontracts
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Useful education links for June 6th through July 5th
Tweet These are the education links we found interesting between June 6th and July 5th: Education ministry gives go-ahead to two-thirds of Christian faith schools – But only one in five Islamic and Hindu schools approved, say DfE figures released … Continue reading
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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Useful education links for April 23rd through May 21st
Tweet These are the education links we found interesting between April 23rd and May 21st: Academy chains decide where children go to school | Education | The Guardian – Academy critics say the underlying issue is that trusts are allowed … Continue reading
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Tagged 11plus, academies, data, eact, education, foieg, freeschools, from:pinboard, hmitwt, ifttt, tutoring
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Useful education links from 10th-17th May
Tweet These are some of the education stories we found interesting between the 26th April and 10th-17th May 2013.
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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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
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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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