http://www.edconnect.co.uk Connecting YOU with what's happening in education today ... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:58:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en New Shakespeare assessments for 11- to 14-year-olds were launched today at the world famous Shakespeare’s Globe ... (2010/0062) More ... http://www.edconnect.co.uk/2010/03/active-shakespeare-students-act-up-to-learn-the-bard/ - Schools in every Local Authority to have a School Business Manager ... (2010/0061) More ... http://www.edconnect.co.uk/2010/03/a-thousand-more-money-saving-experts-to-save-schools-millions-of-pounds/ 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, ... http://www.edconnect.co.uk/2010/03/how-neil-baldwin-became-keele-mascot/ The government's strategy has driven down standards and devalued degrees, say graduate recruitersLabour'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 ... http://www.edconnect.co.uk/2010/03/abolish-50-university-target-says-report/ Lucy Neville-Rolfe attacks the quality of education received by many of the young Britons recruited by the retailerA 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 ... http://www.edconnect.co.uk/2010/03/school-leavers-cant-write-or-keep-time/ Forget a government-funded college - we need our own profession to create a institution led by, and accountable to, social workers, says Hilton DawsonThe 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 ... http://www.edconnect.co.uk/2010/03/social-work-needs-an-independent-college/ 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". More ... http://www.edconnect.co.uk/2010/03/californias-living-new-deal-project/ Prenuptial training for young people aims to tackle country's rising divorce ratesThere 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 ... http://www.edconnect.co.uk/2010/03/iranian-suitors-offered-online-marriage-course/ 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. More ... http://www.edconnect.co.uk/2010/03/10m-sports-drive-to-get-students-out-of-the-pub/ Pupils are being turned into "a seething mass of bored, frustrated, alienated children" by today's education system, a leading professor will claim tonight. More ... http://www.edconnect.co.uk/2010/03/frustrated-pupils-bored-by-their-factory-schools/