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Posts on ‘July 18th, 2009’

Asbestos activists to carry out stealth tests on schools

Campaigners are to carry out secret tests on dozens of English schools this summer to highlight the threat of asbestos which, they claim, is damaging hundreds of thousands of pupils and teachers every year.

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School praised for overcoming issues

Education inspectors have praised a Telford secondary school for surviving a difficult period with staffing problems.
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Brown to provide 10,000 extra university places

Gordon Brown is to increase the number of university places by up to 10,000 this summer in response to signs that the recession will lead to a big surge in demand.
The prime minister said the university minister would be making detailed announcements in “due course”. He told Commons select committee chairmen: “We will provide more [...]