Students turn backs on nursing degrees in wake of Government decision to axe NHS bursaries, official figures suggest
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/02/02/students-turn-backs-nursing-degrees-wake-government-decision/
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What Tolstoy tells about accepting change
After a long flight, I’ve finally finished rereading War and Peace and, if you were in any doubt, it is a masterpiece. I found so much I’d either entirely forgotten or hadn’t understood from my first reading over 20 years ago. What particularly struck me was the final chapter from the Second Epilogue. Throughout the book,
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University applications fall with drop in nursing and EU students
A drop in EU students and nursing candidates have driven the decline, figures show.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38827189
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The Government's new Institutes of Technology represent a great opportunity – let's hope they make the most of it
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/02/02/governments-new-institutes-technology-represent-great-opportunity/
We need an education system that works for the whole of society
Attainment is important for young people, but exams have to be seen in a wider context as part of an education that allows young people to flourish, says John Sentamu. Up and down the country, there are great examples of schools achieving fantastic results for some of the most disadvantaged pupils – results that give
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Mother shares image of crying daughter to highlight impact of teaching staff striking at school with special needs children
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Devastating impact of meth in the womb exposed in South African schools
Extent of crisis becomes clear as children of women caught up in tik epidemic struggle with hyperactivity and aggression Justin Summers has a mop of curly brown hair and enjoys playing marbles. Aged seven, he is on the cusp of starting his 12-year journey through South Africa’s education system. But before he’s even started, the
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Governors in West Sussex plan strike over school funding
Plans for the first “strike” of school governors have prompted a warning about the morale of volunteers who are being forced to make school staff redundant as budgets tighten. Governors in West Sussex have written to MPs threatening to stop signing off budgets and carrying out supervisory work in protest over a growing school funding
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Ofsted publishes ‘unapproved’ report placing Durand in special measures
The education watchdog Ofsted has apologised after publishing an unapproved inspection report into Durand Academy that placed the beleagured south London school into special measures. Ofsted criticised the school’s leadership and management, teaching quality and pupil welfare and outcomes in the report published late last night. But it has since been removed and is not longer
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Katie Hopkins said I was brainwashing children. But they need to learn about protest | Jackie Teale
I took a banner made by my students to a protest against the UK’s links with Trump because history tells them that the struggle for rights is never over As a teacher, I regularly have to remind students of the perils of using social media, but earlier this week it was me who came under