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 CromptonOn 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...
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 bestIf 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...
Zhou Youguang obituary
Chinese scholar whose western alphabet system advanced literacy and comprehension between speakers of different languagesA fortune teller once warned Zhou Youguang he would not live past 35. The prediction was plausible, as Zhou himself later noted. Average life...
Andy McNab says joyless education is damaging poor children's literacy
Bravo Two Zero author, who didn’t learn to read until he was 16, says his experience working in schools shows that a box-ticking approach to tuition inhibits reading skills of the less privilegedGovernment literacy policy that emphasises grammar over enjoyment is...
League tables 'mislead on school success'
School league tables would look different if "churn rates" were included, it is claimed.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38809805
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