There have been more than 4,500 attacks on teachers by pupils over the past three years in Wales, figures for the NUT union show.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-38761942
'Alarming' number of teacher attacks, NUT Cymru says Read More »
A teenager explains how loneliness made her want to take her own life.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38796554
Teenager: So lonely 'I wanted to die' Read More »
The family of a transgender child, who was born a boy but now lives as a girl, speak out about her transition.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-38787706
South Yorkshire transgender child on her transition Read More »
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/01/30/tory-mps-rebel-cash-rural-schools/
Tory MPs rebel over cash for rural schools Read More »
My father, Angus Ross, who has died aged 88, was a distinguished scholar of 18th-century English literature and a founding member, along with David Daiches, of the English department at Sussex University in the early 1960s. He also played a key role in the establishment of the university’s graduate school of arts and social studies
Angus Ross obituary Read More »
The skills and apprenticeships minster has warned there is “clearly something wrong” with schools where “not enough” good careers advice is delivered as he launched the government’s ‘comprehensive careers strategy’. But Robert Halfon dismissed that funding was the sole issue, claiming instead it was due to the way a “school chooses to spend” their money.
Poor careers advice due to spending decisions by school leaders, skills minister claims Read More »
From operating theatre to lecture theatre: living with sickle cell anaemia is a constant balancing act Every student feels the pressure of assessments, deadlines and attending classes. But most don’t face the daily dilemma that I do living with sickle cell anaemia: do I settle for lower grades because the hard work needed to achieve
Health or education? The daily dilemmas of a student with sickle cell anaemia Read More »
Many people have written many thousands of words about the difference between knowledge and understanding, but I think Richard Feynman nails it here: You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird… So let’s look at the
Knowing the names of things Read More »
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/01/30/primary-school-encourages-students-wear-slippers-lessons-bid/
Primary school encourages students to wear slippers in lessons in bid to improve grades Read More »
We face a difficult choice: stay away in solidarity with Muslim colleagues banned from the US or be there to lend support to critical voices The inauguration of President Trump poses a challenge to liberals inside the US and beyond; a truth brought home only too vividly by the introduction of an executive order barring
Should academics boycott Donald Trump's America? Read More »