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January 11, 2017 at 12:15AM Our friend Hilary Taylor, who has died after a stroke aged 62, was an artist, teacher, healer and animal lover who always saw the best in others. She was very generous, sharing techniques and giving away and swapping her artwork, which went through many changes: detailed pen drawings, wooden toys, […]

January 11, 2017 at 12:09AM A hard Brexit could be the “biggest disaster” for British universities, costing decades of progress and leaving the UK’s international status diminished, vice-chancellors and senior academics have told MPs. An education select committee hearing on the impact of the vote to leave the EU on British universities was told that

January 10, 2017 at 11:45PM An academy told it would close down before a volte-face from the schools commissioner has now been informed it will likely be shut down after all. Baverstock Academy, in Birmingham, was told by the government it could consult on closure, before this decision was reversed in October with the former

January 10, 2017 at 10:27PM A book by a close ally of incoming US president Donald Trump has been withdrawn by publisher HarperCollins after accusations of plagiarism. Digital editions of Monica Crowley’s What the (Bleep) Just Happened were pulled from sale overnight amid accusations that Trump’s choice for a high-profile national security role had plagiarised

January 10, 2017 at 06:44PM The government has announced several million pounds of special educational needs (SEND) funding to help councils move to the new system of education and health care (EHC) plans, admitting there are still “remaining challenges” in delivering the changes. Edward Timpson, minister for vulnerable children and families, has confirmed that £40

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