Posts on ‘February 10th, 2010’

The education secretary warns that some teachers may have to leave the profession because they are not up to the job.
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‘Funding must be channelled into science courses and research, not degrees in celebrity journalism’
A leading scientist has attacked the government for funding students doing “Mickey Mouse” degrees – and called for the money to be spent on science instead.
Dr Richard Pike, chief executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry, said degrees in celebrity journalism, drama [...]

A head teacher at the centre of a row about the slaughter of a school lamb resigns for “personal reasons”.
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Teachers and schools are being deliberately targeted as a tactic of terror and political violence, says a United Nations report.
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All local authorities will be required to provide short breaks for parents and carers who look after a disabled child, under plans announced today by Ed Balls and Diana Johnson. (2010/0033)
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New adverts show parents how to keep their children safe online Over a quarter of young people say their parents never talk to them about their time online Parents and young people from … (2010/0034)
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More than 30,000 pupils aged 14 and 15 who need extra time and support to reach GCSEs, Diplomas or Apprenticeships are to benefit from personalised help after the Government announced a £20m investment in new … (2010/0035)
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• Leeds staff vote to strike as redundancies look likely• ‘Gifted’ academics forced to reapply for positions

The threat of compulsory redundancies looming over lecture halls and research laboratories at Leeds University has driven professors and lecturers into impassioned union meetings this week.
For the Victorian redbrick institution – one of the elite Russell Group of [...]

When pupils misbehave, how can a teacher get on with the job? Rachel Williams visits a school where the solution is to bring in a behaviour management consultant
Late last year, Paul Dix went into a staff meeting at Portslade community college and put £50 in cash on the table. Anyone who could list the school [...]

Aberdeen University is radically changing its courses in ‘the single most important step in its modern history’
When officials at the University of Aberdeen first considered overhauling their curriculum in an attempt to break into the world’s top 100 universities, they started at the end point, launching a major consultation to discover exactly what constitutes an [...]