The owner of the biggest learning provider in the UK used the money to fund a lavish lifestyle of racehorses and gambling, a court heard.
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Posts on ‘December 11th, 2008’
Top of the pie charts
Food scientists at Greenwich university reckon the winners are not just mince pies…
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Balls gives Ofsted vote of confidence
Children’s secretary has ‘full confidence’ in watchdog, despite mauling by MPs over involvement in Baby P case
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Has the University of Greenwich found the perfect mince pies?
The boffins have turned their research skills on to mince pies - tell us what do you think of their results
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Rise in middle-class birth rate will save universities
Fears that a plunge in the student-age population will damage universities may prove to be unfounded because the middle-classes are producing more children, claims a university thinktank.
A report by the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) suggests that when middle-class children, who are more likely to go on to higher education, make up a larger proportion [...]
Lessons in diversity for Oxford rugby boys
Oxford University is to hold a special seminar on cultural diversity for its under-21 rugby squad, some of whom have recently been accused of racism and anti-Semitism.
Three weeks ago pictures emerged of team members “blacked up” and wearing loincloths for an African-themed party named “the Safari Bop”.
A week before that, one of the players [...]
Unicef child study disputed by UK
The quality of early years childcare and education in England is falling behind that of other nations, a study suggests.
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Many allowance calls unanswered
Thousands of students who called a helpline at the height of the EMA fiasco were unable to get through, figures show.
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Letters: More thinking needed in education
Letters: It is now a year since the announcement of the 10-year Children’s Plan
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Victor Keegan: Games can have a serious role to play
People have been saying for years that it was about time that computer games grew up. All that awesome technology being wasted on escapist fantasies - why couldn’t it be used to generate interest in learning maths or something? Well, whisper it quietly, it might be starting to happen. It is, of course, a bit [...]