Primary and secondary pupils from across Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton gathered today at Dudley Zoo to find out who had won this year’s Black Country Challenge Student … (2009/0207)
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Black Country pupils impress at awards
Break middle-class stranglehold on medicine, says leading doctor
Well-off medical students should pay higher tuition fees so more scholarships can be made available for those from poorer backgrounds, says chair of General Medical Council
Medical students from well-off families should pay higher fees so that more would-be medics from poorer backgrounds can go to university, one of the country’s leading doctors has urged.
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Universities make £60bn a year for UK economy, study finds
Higher education generates more for the economy than either agriculture or the pharmaceutical industry, report says
Universities generate almost £60bn a year for the UK economy – more than agriculture and the pharmaceutical industry, a study reveals today.
Higher education puts more back into the economy per £1m spent than the NHS, researchers at Strathclyde University [...]
Students still waiting for loans
Thousands of students in England are still caught up in delays to the delivery of loans, according to the latest figures.
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Tories to raise entry requirements for teachers
A Conservative Government would make it harder to become a teacher by raising entry requirements for the profession, the party’s education spokesman Michael Gove declared tonight.
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Tories set out schools objectives
The Conservatives would close the educational achievement gap between rich and poor, the party’s education spokesman says.
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Appeals rise over schools tests
More appeals were lodged this year over the results of national tests taken by 11-year-olds in England.
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Parents to lose rights over sex education
Parents are to lose the right to withdraw their child from sex education classes when the youngster reaches 15, the Schools Secretary announced today.
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Healthy schoolchildren may be inoculated against swine flu
Department of Health examines whether to broaden vaccination programme as figures show small rise in new cases
The Department of Health today revealed that all healthy schoolchildren could be inoculated against swine flu.
The news came as the department issued fresh guidance on how to help pregnant women who become infected with the virus.
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Council ’spied on woman 21 times’
A woman who says she was spied on over her application for a school place for her child takes the case to a tribunal.
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