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A thousand more money saving experts to save schools millions of pounds
Active Shakespeare: Students act up to learn the Bard
New Shakespeare assessments for 11- to 14-year-olds were launched today at the world famous Shakespeare’s Globe … (2010/0062)
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How Neil Baldwin became Keele mascot
As a boy, he walked into Keele University – and never left. And he counts bishops, sportsmen and politicians among his friends. So just who is Neil Baldwin?
Last weekend, Keele University celebrated Neil Baldwin’s 50th anniversary there. It was a splendid two-day affair, with speeches from distinguished alumni, a dinner, a testimonial football match, and [...]
Abolish 50% university target, says report
The government’s strategy has driven down standards and devalued degrees, say graduate recruiters
Labour’s target of getting 50% of young people to go to university has driven down standards and devalued degrees – and the next government should abolish it, leading graduate recruiters argued today.
The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR), which represents 750 employers, many of [...]
‘School-leavers can’t write or keep time’
Lucy Neville-Rolfe attacks the quality of education received by many of the young Britons recruited by the retailer
A main board director of Tesco will today attack the quality of school-leavers and the standards achieved by A-level students and university graduates.
Lucy Neville-Rolfe, the retailer’s director of corporate and legal affairs, says school-leavers have basic problems with [...]
Social work needs an independent college
Forget a government-funded college - we need our own profession to create a institution led by, and accountable to, social workers, says Hilton Dawson
The 12,500 members of the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) are being urged to give a resounding “yes” vote in a referendum next month on the organisation’s proposal to create a [...]
Iranian suitors offered online marriage course
Prenuptial training for young people aims to tackle country’s rising divorce rates
There was a time when Iranian women seeking husbands prioritised job status and financial security – not to mention love – at the top of their list of needs.
Now potential suitors face the prospect of having to fulfil a daunting new requirement before asking [...]
California’s Living New Deal project
The Living New Deal project was first conceived to mark the 75th anniversary of the New Deal. The driving force behind it, California academic Gray Brechin, likens it to a society-wide “archeological dig”.
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Frustrated pupils ‘bored by their factory schools’
Pupils are being turned into “a seething mass of bored, frustrated, alienated children” by today’s education system, a leading professor will claim tonight.
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£10m sports drive to get students out of the pub
A £10m drive to coax university students out of the bar and on to the sports field will be launched today after a survey showed that half of undergraduates had gained weight since starting their course and a third had put on more than a stone.
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