Half of academies fall short on funding
Increasing numbers of academies do not have enough income to cover their annual expenditure.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38809574
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At last, here are ‘White House’ tweets that offer hope | Tim Dowling
The account @RoguePOTUSStaff purports to be leaking information about Donald Trump. Authentic or not, its sorrowful tone gives it a ring of truth Now that political satire is dead, we must make some decisions about what will occupy the space in our lives it used to fill. You might just shrug and say “events”. And
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My little children were detained because of a toy gun. Prevent has gone too far | Anonymous
I bought my five- and seven-year-old sons a toy gun in a supermarket. What happened next has changed our feelings about our place in Britain On the penultimate day of spring term 2016, my children – aged five and seven – were detained in isolation after school for nearly two hours and questioned by police
Scottish government to announce school attainment funds
Schools are due to hear how much money they will receive from a government scheme to help raise attainment.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38816114
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Zhou Youguang obituary
Chinese scholar whose western alphabet system advanced literacy and comprehension between speakers of different languages A fortune teller once warned Zhou Youguang he would not live past 35. The prediction was plausible, as Zhou himself later noted. Average life expectancy in China was then around 30. He had experienced tuberculosis and depression and within a
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To raise teaching standards we must first improve the use of technology in the classroom
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/02/01/raise-teaching-standards-must-first-improve-use-technology-classroom/
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Exeter student US trip ban 'undermines academic freedom'
The Iraqi PhD student said he was detained at Heathrow "because of President Trump’s executive order".http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-38825642
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Ilkley Grammar School asks parents for cash donations
Parents are being asked to donate up to £180 a year to boost Ilkley Grammar School’s declining funds.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-38827473
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Why schizophrenia need not rob us of a life in academia
After opening up about my mental health problems, I received the help I needed to do my lecturing job well, writes Erica Crompton On an autumn afternoon in 2009, I was fired from my job as a university lecturer. I hadn’t declared my schizophrenia on an application form and this was treated as gross misconduct.
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Applying to university? It's time to narrow your choices down to two
Getting in your Ucas application was half the battle – now you have to sort through your offers and pick the two that suit you best If you’re in sixth form, with a bit of luck, university offers will be trickling into your inbox about now. But it’s not time to relax just yet. Whittling
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